WALKING QUICKER THAN RIDING
LONDON'S TRAFFIC CONGESTION (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 24th November. Sir Raymond Unwin, a pioneer In town-planning, was presented to-day with the Ebenezer Howard Memorial Medal. The Minister of Health, in a speech at the function, said that one of the most striking ways in which the planned growth of towns had reacted upon the lives of the people was exemplified in transport delays. Motor transport instead of speeding it lip, had slowed down traffic, and it was now often quicker to walk. A horse omnibus in 1914 carried its passengers between Oxford Circus and Swiss Cottage more quickly than a motor-bus did to-day. Sir Raymond, replying, emphasised that the true purpose of planning was not restrictive. Its aim was to afford greater and wider opportunities for right living and the right location of human activity.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 November 1938, Page 9
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