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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 1178574" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>The issues are beyond simply a car centric transport system. Yes, that is a huge issue, but there are wider problems.</p><p></p><p>Take a short trip to the shops. If you're taking your weekly shopping home from the supermarket then you aren't going to want to get a bus or train etc... back home, especially if you have a larger family and you will have hundreds of pounds worth of shopping. However, this issue isn't just based around the logistics of a car. Like with many areas, supermarkets have decimated competition with their low prices. Just look at pubs. It's the same for high streets with butchers, green grocers etc... they have been completely priced out of the market. Corner shops and newsagents have some stuff and occasionally you might have a small supermarket nearby, but most people will only use them for little bits and bobs, not all their shopping. By creating a one size fits all shop, we actually encourage the use of cars. If you wanted to move from a car centric system, you would need to provide alternatives within reach for people that are accessible and affordable. With rents and bills as they are it's never going to happen. Any specialist shop like a butcher is marketed as a premium service, not an affordable one. I honestly believe, we wouldn't just have to remake our roads and transport links, but actually how entire towns are designed. Instead of roads running through, there should be multiple central areas that cater to the entire community's needs that have good transportation links. However, the cost would be astronomical. The only other solution for shopping would be to encourage more online shopping with more deliveries in one vehicle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 1178574, member: 72977"] The issues are beyond simply a car centric transport system. Yes, that is a huge issue, but there are wider problems. Take a short trip to the shops. If you're taking your weekly shopping home from the supermarket then you aren't going to want to get a bus or train etc... back home, especially if you have a larger family and you will have hundreds of pounds worth of shopping. However, this issue isn't just based around the logistics of a car. Like with many areas, supermarkets have decimated competition with their low prices. Just look at pubs. It's the same for high streets with butchers, green grocers etc... they have been completely priced out of the market. Corner shops and newsagents have some stuff and occasionally you might have a small supermarket nearby, but most people will only use them for little bits and bobs, not all their shopping. By creating a one size fits all shop, we actually encourage the use of cars. If you wanted to move from a car centric system, you would need to provide alternatives within reach for people that are accessible and affordable. With rents and bills as they are it's never going to happen. Any specialist shop like a butcher is marketed as a premium service, not an affordable one. I honestly believe, we wouldn't just have to remake our roads and transport links, but actually how entire towns are designed. Instead of roads running through, there should be multiple central areas that cater to the entire community's needs that have good transportation links. However, the cost would be astronomical. The only other solution for shopping would be to encourage more online shopping with more deliveries in one vehicle. [/QUOTE]
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