Just because resources may be built it doesn't mean they will be used!
Much research shows this to be true for a whole variety of social and
cultural reasons..
Steve
Maxey L. wrote:
> To my mind this is the most sustainable option reducing carbon
> emissions, creating community benefits, etc., what do you think?
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> *Sent:* 28 November 2007 11:08
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> *Subject:* [localsustuk] Vote Sustrans Connect2!
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> I'm posting this to ask you to help sustainable transport charity
> Sustrans win £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund to invest in 79
> communities UK-wide. In this winner-takes-all contest Sustrans'
> Connect2 project is up against 3 other organisations - the Eden
> Project: The Edge, Black Country Urban Park, and Sherwood: The
> Living Legend, with the winner to be decided by public vote over the
> coming weeks.
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> I'm supporting Sustrans' Connect2 because it will transform local
> travel in towns, cities and villages throughout the UK. By building
> new bridges and crossings over busy roads, railways and rivers, and
> linking these into networks of paths, Connect2 will make it much
> easier for people to get where they want to go under their own
> steam. So whether children are going to school, people to work and
> the shops, or friends and family to visit each other, they'll be
> able to walk or cycle for many more journeys.
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> As many as 6 million people live within a mile of a proposed
> Connect2 scheme, and 1 million children go to school within a mile
> of a scheme. It is calculated that over 60 million active, low
> carbon journeys will be made each year on the Connect2 routes,
> potentially saving 79,000 tonnes of carbon - the equivalent of
> emissions from 79,000 people's annual car use.
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> If you'd like to know more about Connect2 before making up your mind
> take a look at www.sustransconnect2.org.uk
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> To make Connect2 happen we now really need your support and just a
> few moments of your time could make all the difference. We need
> your vote and the votes of as many people as you know.
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> There are three opportunities to vote - online, from a landline and
> by mobile.
> Online voting began at 9am on Monday 26th November at
> www.thepeoples50million.org.uk with phone voting starting at 9am on
> Friday 7th December. All voting concludes at 12 noon on Monday 10th
> December. If you want to be sent a reminder to vote please register
> at www.sustransconnect2.org.uk or text 'Connect2' to 80010.
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> If you do vote for Sustrans' Connect2 (and I really hope you do!),
> many thanks and please do forward this e-mail to your own contacts
> and urge them to vote too
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