The 52 lane motorway from London to Edinburgh.

September 12th, 2007

This week the Campaign for Better Transport highlighted figures from the Department of Transport which predicted by 2031 there will be some 5.7m more cars on the road than there are now. That’s 21% more or, apparently, enough cars parked end-to-end to fill a 52 lane motorway between London and Edinburgh. That’s quite a traffic jam…

…and it’s quite an apposite image because other forecasts predict that traffic overall will actually increase at an even greater rate, rising by 31% by 2025 alone.

If you’ve not heard of the Campaign for Better Transport, you won’t be too surprised to learn that it is a campaigning organisation that aims to not just improve public transport, but also reduce traffic and tackle climate change. You can read more about their campaigns on their site . It may seem odd that Swiftcover.com would promote these given that more drivers might mean more car insurance policies, but since it also follows that more cars and more traffic also mean more jams, longer journeys, more stress and more environmental damage, you can’t really quibble with their aims. Indeed, you might want to support them!

You may also like to visit www.travelometer.co.uk - a simple website powered by Swiftcover.com which will help you discover whether or not depending on where you live, you really could give up your car and rely on the public transport in your area. It might seem fanciful to leave the car at home for some journeys, but of course it can be quicker and less stressful sometimes to do so.

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