The video of Jeremy Vine being hounded on his bike by an arrogant car driver showed that in ‘car-centric’ countries, many drivers still think they own the road. But in many other cities, walking and cycling is what it should be – joyful
Looking around at our streets, it’s startling when you first notice it: like waking from a dream and forgetting where you are. A moment of disorientation as your eyes make sense of the shadows and see the room for what it is.
After that, it’s unmistakable: our streets are not our own. From the parked cars that line the roads to the traffic that speeds along them, in many of our cities we are second-class citizens if we’re not inside a motor vehicle.
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