Do blue and yellow make green?

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Dear Ms Beverley Hoyle, welcome to the June edition of the Network.



Do blue and yellow make green? Within weeks of taking office, airport expansion plans and road building projects across the country have been scrapped. However, much still needs to be done to stop worsening congestion, growing obesity, climate change and energy depletion. Read the full article

	Get the active travel habit The decline in children’s physical activity levels, including travel behaviour for the school journey, is likely to have contributed to the current high levels of obesity. Millions of children could be walking and cycling to school thanks to some simple and cost-effective initiatives, so why isn't it happening? Read the full article

	Take to the streets Some of us were lucky to grow up during a time when playing, walking, cycling and general socialising in the streets where we lived was the norm. Unfortunately this is no longer an option for most children. Where did it all go wrong? Read the full article

	Do governments dream of electric cars? The new UK government is to invest millions supporting the development of electric vehicle technology. But couldn’t this money be more effectively spent by investing in much more clever, healthier local transport options? Read the full article

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