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Transport AFoE has campaigned for years for a sustainable transport system in Aberdeen. We did our own pollution monitoring tests in the City Centre, showing that pollution levels were above national limits at a time when the Council insisted that there was not a problem. The City Centre is now covered by an Air Quality Management Zone. We also arranged the first Aberdeen Commuter Challenge: a car driver, a cyclist and a bus passenger trying to get from Bridge of Don to a shop on Union Street in the rush hour (order of arrival: cyclist, bus passenger, car-driver). We have always campaigned for high-quality, integrated public transport and for the potential of walking and cycling to be recognised. We always need to be open to new ideas, such as Home Zones and Green Travel Plans. Many ideas which were ridiculed when Friends of the Earth first championed them are now mainstream, and much of what we have campaigned for is now Council policy. Unfortunately, a lot of this progress is being undermined by the Council’s obsession with the Western Peripheral Route, a major bypass project which their own research has shown would not help to relieve congestion in the City, largely because our problems are on radial routes - only 2% of Aberdeen’s rush-hour traffic is passing through. Because of its size, the WPR pulls money and initiative away from other measures which could make a real difference now if we put effort into walking, cycling, buses and new commuter rail stations. You can find much more detail in our response to the City Council’s draft transport strategy or in our responce to the Western Peripheral Route "Consultation".
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Aberdeen Friends of the Earth is supporting a local farmer’s petition to the Scottish Parliament on the Western Peripheral Route, which is rapidly becoming the biggest e-petition ever presented to the parliament. Petitioners to the Parliament are able to make a presentation on their case to MSPs and, obviously, the more signatures the petition has, the more weight it carries. The petition argues that due to spiralling costs and poor value for money, the WPR should be reviewed. Click the link above to add your voice. Just a thought. Transport plans are lovely...if they are decent. Why do we hear so little about the ones which already exist in Aberdeen?
Bypassing the Truth: The case against the proposed Aberdeen western bypass, A briefing from Aberdeen Friends of the Earth 2006 (in .pdf format) Responce to the 2003 consultation on the WPR Bypassing the truth 28th August 2000
Aberdeen Nitrogen Dioxide Survey 1991
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