Expert comment: We are hooked on a toxic transport addiction. Time to break the habit

Published on June 29, 2023

Our obsession with vehicles and planes is bad for our health, bad for our lives, bad for equality and, yes, bad for the environment. We need to give people and places proper alternatives to the car and long-distance mobility.

By Professor Tim Schwanen, Director of Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit.
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