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 ### Reducing the need for transport at all ### Reducing the need for transport at all
  
-This includes designing [communities](community) so that housing, work, shopping, schools and leisure are closer together rather than zoned, like Milton Keynes and most US cities. This may mean reducing the scale of enterprises, but [that works for us](small). Then there's working from home, online meetings and conferences, and [[low-impact tourism]], without flying+This includes designing [communities](comy:community) so that housing, work, shopping, schools and leisure are closer together rather than zoned, like Milton Keynes and most US cities. This may mean reducing the scale of enterprises, but [that works for us](smal:small). Then there's working from home, online meetings and conferences, and low-impact [[lito:tourism]], without flying
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 ### Fuel efficiency / alternative fuels ### Fuel efficiency / alternative fuels
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 This is due to the [Jevons Paradox](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/do-energy-saving-measures-actually-increase-overall-energy-use/) – i.e. money saved by fuel efficiency is spent on other things, that may actually require more energy than was saved; plus GDP growth will mean that consumption increases overall. This is due to the [Jevons Paradox](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/do-energy-saving-measures-actually-increase-overall-energy-use/) – i.e. money saved by fuel efficiency is spent on other things, that may actually require more energy than was saved; plus GDP growth will mean that consumption increases overall.
  
-More sustainable ways to power transport (than burning fossil fuels) include [electricity](electric_vehicles) (from renewables); [wood gas](gasification); [[biodiesel]] (from waste cooking oil); [wind](sail_boats); and muscle power ([[walking]], [[cycling]] and [animals](working_horses))+More sustainable ways to power transport (than burning fossil fuels) include [electricity](elvh:electric_vehicles) (from renewables); [wood gas](gasf:gasification); [[biod:biodiesel]] (from waste cooking oil); [wind](sail:sail_boats); and muscle power ([[walk:walking]], [[cycl:cycling]] and [animals](woho:working_horses))
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 ### Sharing vehicles ### Sharing vehicles
  
-This ranges from sharing our private vehicles ([[car sharing]] or [[hitchhiking]]) to sharing public vehicles (trains, buses etc.).+This ranges from sharing our private vehicles ([[cars:car sharing]] or [[hitc:hitchhiking]]) to sharing public vehicles (trains, buses etc.).
  
 ### Freight / moving goods more sustainably ### Freight / moving goods more sustainably
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 ### Democracy ### Democracy
  
-- Fewer cars sold and fewer flights means less money for car, aviation and oil corporations and less wealth concentration, which [corrupts democracy](/thde/the_democracy_problem).+- Fewer cars sold and fewer flights means less money for car, aviation and oil corporations and less wealth concentration, which [corrupts democracy](/demo/democracy).
  
  
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 Starting with the assumption that you have a car, these are the things you can do, in order of effectiveness (some of you will start further down this list than others): Starting with the assumption that you have a car, these are the things you can do, in order of effectiveness (some of you will start further down this list than others):
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 ### Increasing the fuel efficiency of your car ### Increasing the fuel efficiency of your car
  
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 Move away from fossil fuels by: Move away from fossil fuels by:
  
-- Having a go at making [[biodiesel]] from waste cooking oil;+- Having a go at making [[biod:biodiesel]] from waste cooking oil;
  
-- Making sure your next car is an [electric / hybrid vehicle](electric_vehicles);+- Making sure your next car is an [electric / hybrid vehicle](elvh:electric_vehicles);
  
-- Or can run on [wood-gas](gasification).+- Or can run on [wood-gas](gasf:gasification).
  
 <WRAP center centeralign> <WRAP center centeralign>
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 </figure> </figure>
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
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 ### Sharing your car ### Sharing your car
  
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 - Including picking up [hitchhikers](hitc:hitchhiking). - Including picking up [hitchhikers](hitc:hitchhiking).
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 ### Phasing out your car ### Phasing out your car
  
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 - Using public transport more; - Using public transport more;
  
-- [[Walking]] and [[cycling]]+- [[walk:Walking]] and [[cycl:cycling]]
  
 - Including with your kids to school rather than the car run, or enrol your child in a [[wp>walking bus]] group (or organise one if there isn’t one); - Including with your kids to school rather than the car run, or enrol your child in a [[wp>walking bus]] group (or organise one if there isn’t one);
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 </WRAP> </WRAP>
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 ### Freight ### Freight
  
-Support sustainable freight [buying local](low-impact_shopping), [[downshifting]] and/or finding goods brought from overseas [via sailing boats](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/how-we-got-olive-oil-from-a-small-farm-in-portugal-brought-over-in-a-sailboat-by-a-co-operative-based-in-brighton-and-how-you-can-do-the-same/).+Support sustainable freight [buying local](lish:shopping), [[down:downshifting]] and/or finding goods brought from overseas [via sailing boats](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/how-we-got-olive-oil-from-a-small-farm-in-portugal-brought-over-in-a-sailboat-by-a-co-operative-based-in-brighton-and-how-you-can-do-the-same/).
  
 We’ll leave the last word to Simon Fairlie, about what it might be like with fewer cars: We’ll leave the last word to Simon Fairlie, about what it might be like with fewer cars:
  
 > “… garages will make a comeback, providing hire cars, minibuses, bicycle repairs, light engineering and jobs for youngsters who like messing about with motors. Pedestrians, children, cyclists and horses will reclaim the streets. Old people will walk to the shops, and younger adults bike to work. Verandas will replace car ports, bus stops will replace speed cameras, allotments will replace bypasses, and chickens will once again be able to cross the road and get to the other side.” > “… garages will make a comeback, providing hire cars, minibuses, bicycle repairs, light engineering and jobs for youngsters who like messing about with motors. Pedestrians, children, cyclists and horses will reclaim the streets. Old people will walk to the shops, and younger adults bike to work. Verandas will replace car ports, bus stops will replace speed cameras, allotments will replace bypasses, and chickens will once again be able to cross the road and get to the other side.”
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 ## Further resources ## Further resources
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 +- [Campaign for Better Transport](https://bettertransport.org.uk/)
 +- [Living Streets](https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/) - making streets safe for walking
 +- [Walk Wheel Cycle Trust](https://www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/) - helping make it possible for everyone to walk & cycle
 +- [TransForm Scotland](https://transform.scot/) - promoting sustainable transport in Scotland 
 +- [BusUsers](https://bususers.org/) - championing bus passengers
 +- [Rail Passengers](https://www.railpassengers.org.uk/) - protecting the interests of rail passengers
 +- [RailFuture](https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Welcome-to-Railfuture) - campaigning for improvements to the UK passenger and freight rail network
 +- [Car Free](https://carfree.com/) - site dedicated to solving the problems of cars in cities
 +- [RoadBlock](https://www.roadblock.org.uk/) - against road building
 +- [Hacan](https://hacan.org.uk/) - fighting airport expansion
  
  
-## Specialists+## Specialist curators of this topic
  
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