How we will travel while maintaining social distancing is one of the biggest challenges the government faces as it seeks to start to lift the lockdown.
BBC News 5/9/20 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52524807
It has led communities, UK transport groups and public health experts to call for radical changes - some already happening globally - such as wider pavements, traffic restrictions and cycle networks.
Such changes would prevent further waves of infections, improve air quality and public health, and help countries achieve their climate goals, they say.
The decline in road use during the lockdown has seen dramatic falls in air pollution - an unforeseen benefit of the pandemic - as well as quieter roads for cycling.
BBC News 5/9/20 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52524807
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