Comments on: Blue House – at what cost to health? https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/blue-house-cost-to-health/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Josephine Ellis (MRTPI) https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/blue-house-cost-to-health/#comment-1738 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:59:05 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=1065#comment-1738 Another health impact of this scheme would be its effect upon active travel (i.e. cycling and walking). Newcastle CC argue that it will make the junction safer for cyclists. It will not; it will make the junction so very dangerous for cyclists that they are forced off it altogether. Cyclists will be forced onto an inconvenient and circuitous route which they will share with pedestrians. When pedestrians have to share a route with pedestrians, they are put at risk. So, this scheme would act as a disincentive for both cyclists and pedestrians – putting obstacles in their way, and increasing the level of risk they would face. It generates an obesogenic environment – one in which it is most convenient, least risky, and most socially-acceptable to live an inactive lifestyle.

]]> By: Moira Conway https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/blue-house-cost-to-health/#comment-1682 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 11:18:52 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=1065#comment-1682 Over the past 2 years I have driven less and less as the metro service is quicker and easier. However for a family it is expensive to travel by metro. But it has encourage me to walk short distances.
I notice in London over the passed ten years family and friends have given up their cars it is too difficult to get round despite the congestion zone which is now becoming ineffective. Hence the rise of Uber.
I am treated for breathing difficulties due to years of living in polluted areas. When I go on holiday to the country/seaside I can breath easier and sleep better.
I hope this is of some help to your research please contact me if you need comments.
Moira Conway MA

]]> By: Rupert https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/blue-house-cost-to-health/#comment-1659 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:13:42 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=1065#comment-1659 Some more links on Induced Traffic for anyone who is interested.

Generated Traffic and Induced Travel Implications for Transport Planning
11 May 2016 Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
http://www.vtpi.org/gentraf.pdf

What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse, Wired Magazine, 06.17.14
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-traffic-induced-demand/

California’s DOT Admits That More Roads Mean More Traffic
CityLab 11 Nov 2015
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/11/californias-dot-admits-that-more-roads-mean-more-traffic/415245/

]]> By: Sandy Irvine https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/blue-house-cost-to-health/#comment-1657 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:55:30 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=1065#comment-1657 SPACE could be the group to host a mini public meeting to rally opposition to the ‘Gosforth suppository’. The councillors seem unwilling to do this. Indeed they are promoting a petition that, most likely, will be treated as but one objection. If there were a meeting at, say, the Gosforth Hotel, it could be advertised on Streetlife where a lot of concern has been expressed. The consultations have been quite inadequate. It could be a springboard for the organising of a lobby at the cabinet meeting next month at which the plan will be put. Such a meeting might have the beneficial side-effect of raising interest in Space.

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