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BOOK REVIEW Cutting Your Car Use by Anna Semlyen |
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160 pages with cartoons, maps, directory of 224 organisations, references, 22 'success stories' of people who have cut their car use, and spaces to insert local contacts. Published by Green Books in June 2000.
174 x 123mm ISBN 1 870098 87 0 . Price £4.95 "An extremely user-friendly book-a bargain you should not miss" -Environmental Transport Association. "If you are trying to cure yourself of the car habit, this book provides practical tips" - Nicola Baird, Earth Matters (Friends of the Earth magazine). This guide shows how individuals can counter the destructive trend of rising traffic. By cutting our car use we can save money, be healthier and more environmentally responsible. Many organisations now recognise the commercial benefits of taking action on commuter and business journeys to reduce reliance on single occupant cars. This book is a cost-effective travel planning tool, which aims both to educate and be a practical reference manual. Your staff, students or the general public will learn cost saving and other reasons for travelling less and more sustainably. Give them all the information at their fingertips! Cutting Your Car Use is a pocket-sized (174 x 123mm) 160-page book. It is about cutting, rather than completely eliminating, personal car use and all drivers will find tips to help them limit the damage done by their motoring. The Government's recent White Paper on Transport encourages local authorities to increase public transport services and support walking and cycling as alternatives to private car use. 'Integrated transport' was supposed to be the way forward, but it has been hard to guide the public to greener travel habits, even though it is acknowledged that we can all make positive changes! Cutting Your Car Use will help individuals and organisations to change their travel habits for the better.
reviewed by John Franklin |