Healthy Streets
From "Draft Borough Plan Priorities"
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The best place for the community is a place where the air is clean, the streets feel safe and inclusive whether you are 7 or 77 years old, and whatever your mobility needs. Where you can choose to walk, wheel, cycle, or use public transport, and going out is a pleasant experience rather than a challenge. Where you can have a conversation with your neighbours without having to talk over traffic noise. Where crossing a street is not terrifying. Where shopping locally is the easiest option.
Changing the built environment to prioritise people over private motorised movement is a proven, highly effective way to positively influence residents' physical and mental health, support the local economy and clean up the dirty air. This is the common denominator of all the priorities listed in this document. Get on with it.
