Take Action!
Car travel has brought huge benefits, but it has come at a cost to our quality of life, our health, our environment and local businesses.
People find it difficult to get to work, the shops and other facilities, particularly by public transport. There are too many accidents on Cardiff’s roads and many people suffer from transport-related health problems, such as asthma and obesity.
Our priorities for transport in Cardiff are:
- Tackling traffic growth and congestion - traffic is forecast to grow by 7% - 10% over the next 5 years. This is higher than the average for Great Britain.
- Safer roads - there were 1,634 road casualties in Cardiff in 2003, including 12 fatalities
- Better air quality - transport pollution is seriously harming Cardiff's air quality and people's health
- Improving access to jobs and services - 30% of households in Cardiff do not have access to a car
- Better heath - 60% of men and 70% of women are so physically inactive that they risk obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease or stroke
If we do nothing, the problems will only get worse. But together we can take steps to reduce congestion and make Cardiff healthier, safer and more accessible for everyone. There are some tough choices to be made. Encouraging motorists to car share or to switch from their cars to using public transport, walking or cycling for some journeys is the key to solving Cardiff’s transport problems.
Doing nothing is not an option. Given the long-term nature of transport planning we recognise that we must act now before it is too late.
