Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.
    • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      It’s not a surprise to anyone in fuckcars, but to wider audiences it could just be a matter of them never considering it. Our parents had cars, now we have cars, cars are used to go places, even if I get stuck in traffic it’s worthwhile to get to my destination - end of thought.

      Sure there’s a huge group of ‘carbrains’ but in my experience, most people don’t have an allegiance one way or the other.

    • DrunkEngineer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      The low-emission zone only reduced total car traffic by around 5-10%. The reduction in driving to school is much higher than expected.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    Weirdly, the abstract on the original paper is a bit clearer than the linked text:

    Among children who took inactive modes at baseline, 42% of children in London and 20% of children in Luton switched to active modes. For children taking active modes at baseline, 5% of children in London and 21% of children in Luton switched to inactive modes.