LONDON NEIGHBOURHOODS WITHOUT CARS - WHY NOT?
How it will happen
1.5 million adults in London live without a car. Imagine how life would improve if cars were removed from parts of the city, where people could live free from traffic, where children could play round their homes, like they always used to. Would you like to live in such a neighbourhood, or even help to design it?
Does this sound unrealistic? Utopian? Did you know that some European cities are already doing it?
london.carfree, supported by the organisations below, held two public meetings to help answer these questions and to create a London Carfree Association to start working to make this possible, here in London.
Would you like to hear more? Why not...
Just send us your contact details to stay in touch with developments, or let us know what kind of a house and area you'd like to live in – carfree.
London Carfree Association Inaugural Meeting
Thanks to all of you who came to our two public meetings in Brixton and Islington in September. We are now meeting regularly to develop the new carfree association for London. New voices are always welcome at our meetings - please get in touch.
If you want to read any more about carfree development, you will find a lot more information on: carfree.org.uk (see Carfree in Europe and How to Build Carfree). A copy of the Powerpoint presentation given by Steve Melia is on: stevemelia.co.uk/cl.ppt (a big file – 8MB).
Supported by: Transition Town Brixton, Lambeth Borough Council, Islington Borough Council, Campaign for Better Transport, Carplus, Friends of the Earth, Living Streets, London Cycling Campaign, Sustrans.
Whether you are looking for quiet streets to bring up your kids, free from the danger of traffic, or whether you're simply not prepared to have other people's vehicles choking up your road, london.carfree will demonstrate to developers and authorities that there is huge demand for building a complete new neighbourhood with parking and cars away from people's front doors.
How could it happen?
By signing on to our website you can tell us what kind of house, community and area you would like to live in. With the help of thousands like you we will convince planners and architects to build the capital's first major carfree community, designed the way you want it. The more people that register on our website, the more evidence we will have to take to the authorities and the developers.
Whether you are looking for quiet streets to bring up your kids, free from the danger of traffic, or whether you're simply not prepared to have other people's vehicles choking up your road, london.carfree will show the developers and authorities that there is huge demand for building a complete new neighbourhood with parking and cars away from people's front doors.
Won't residents still need cars?
Some, possibly—but we're looking for people who already think they could pretty much do without one. Carfree neighbourhoods are designed around:
Needless to say, they will need to have the very best public transport possible, as well as car clubs and bike hire and of course up-to-date travel information in and around the home.
How can I get involved?
There are three things you can do:
...is coming soon.
See us at one of the meetings coming up soon!
Supported by
Find out which boroughs have carfree-friendly policies that would facilitate carfree housing on carfreehousing.co.uk.
Wondering how you could start to live without a car? Read giveupYourcar.com – a positive, fascinating discussion with contributions by Alistair McGowan, Nigel Planer, Adam Hart-Davies and Arthur Smith.