Use this time to create firm Green Policy
We should be also thinking of creating new Green ideas for policy after coming out of lockdown. We should be trying to get away from families having a petrol car each. Free rail and bus travel, they do it in other countries. Green fuel in all buses. Staggered working hours to re introduce people to new working patterns post Covid. Incentives for businesses to increase working from home. Free insulation for homes and cut price incentives for home owners. Increase fuel allowance for 66 years and older. We could create a better air quality for city dwellers which would take pressure off nhs. Just a few ideas.
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We want Scotland to be forward looking, able to carry out futuristic policy, to improve quality of life for its population rather than just accept things as they are, a lot of them tied to old fashioned thinking, not questioned for many years. Changing policy would then create new jobs and accelerate
by IndyScot1000 on May 06, 2020 at 10:46AM
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Posted by RosG May 06, 2020 at 12:15
Cities starting to look at ways to re-design road and pavement space is a great example of this. Can the Scottish government do more to encourage councils not to be too timid? Thought needs to be given now as to how workers are going to commute. It’s likely a lot of folk will be reluctant to use public transport, and there certainly isn’t space for everyone to drive. Cities could be redesigned around mass bike use. More cycle hangars/ parking, more segregated cycle lanes, more roads closed to cars.
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Posted by EmmaHart May 06, 2020 at 13:14
So, please Scottish Government, act on your warm words and do whatever you can to make this state of affairs long term. We don't own a car, and I can't see why the majority of citydwellers (who are not disabled or have specific work-related reasons) need one either - we are a member of a car club and this provides us with affordable transport when we need it.
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