Nearly a fifth of bus users would previously have taken the car and two-thirds would not have been able to travel at all. InterConnect is an hourly core service between Skegness and Lincoln connecting with an extensive network of minibuses to surrounding villages. Would-be travellers can phone a dedicated booking line to arrange to be picked up from their home. Our report Blueprint for Quality Public Transport shows how rail, bus and tram services can be transformed to provide a high quality alternative to driving. Living streets for the community Home Zones hand street space back to communities for tree planting, child play areas and places for people to meet.
Traffic has to move slowly.
Ealing, London, is one of several places in the UK where the local residents' group is working with the council to create a Home Zone. A Home Zone is a street where pedestrians and cyclists have priority and cars travel at little more than walking pace. Home Zones are widespread in the Netherlands and Germany, and very popular too. There, road humps, width restrictions and twists in the narrowed road make motorists drive slowly. There are trees, pleasant places to sit out and slides and rocking horses for children.