{"id":77868,"date":"2023-02-23T15:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=77868"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:41:24","slug":"cardiff-isnt-built-for-cars-campaigners-look-for-ways-to-beat-congestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/cardiff-isnt-built-for-cars-campaigners-look-for-ways-to-beat-congestion","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Cardiff isn&#8217;t built for cars&#8221; campaigners look to beat congestion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Higher parking fines aren&#8217;t enough to fight congestion, say campaigners. So how do we deal with Cardiff&#8217;s car problem?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7307-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a familiar sight for anyone who lives in Cardiff: queues of traffic slowly trundling along the A470, trying to make their way out of the city at rush hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as you walk along the pavement, there&#8217;s a sense that you are ingesting pollutants from the gas-guzzling cars that are idling on the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi-tech cameras and road planning can&#8217;t solve the problem. According to local active travel campaigner Tom Overton, the city is too small. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t need to be a scientist to see that there are too many cars. It&#8217;s a small city, it&#8217;s not built for cars, and it&#8217;s just getting busier and busier and busier,&#8221; says Tom Overton, founder of The Bike Lock Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have just got to invest in the future because young people are gonna have to live in this in 20 years&#8217; time. And if we keep polluting it, it&#8217;s going to be an unhealthy environment, and people will have ill health,&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7406-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the recent hike in the parking fee, active travel is the most sustainable and efficient mode of transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Better Investment in bus travel, better investment in the trains, allow people to take their bikes on trains. Create a clean air zone in the city&#8217;s centre so people can&#8217;t bring polluting cars into the city, and I would have an integrated transport system. So you could go from a car to a train, a bus to a bike, to your feet,&#8221; says Tom while explaining what the council needs to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/councilor-modofied-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Councilor  Stephen Cunnah of Canton <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Canton&#8217;s Cllr. Stephen Cunnah said, &#8220;The price hike in parking fees aimed to encourage citizens to travel via public transport or alternative travel.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further said that the council was actively monitoring the congestion issue in the city and is making plans to address it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, the Welsh government proposed introducing a congestion charge several times to escape the backlash for their inability to improve infrastructure for alternative travel modes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But congestion charge proposals have received heavy backlash as it puts a financial burden on drivers. The Welsh government has been criticised for not equipping the city with alternative transport modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7403-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cardiff council has hiked parking fees across 11 locations in the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff council has also received backlash for rising parking fees as people are already struggling with the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed congestion charges would impact low-income families. Charging \u00a32 to enter Cardiff would disproportionately affect regular commuters who come to work in the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To encourage people to use public transport, the Welsh government&#8217;s National Transport Delivery Plan 2022 &#8211; 2027 aims to build efficient public transport networks and make them affordable to \u00a31 journeys.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city now has more electric vehicle charging points to encourage EV travelling to reduce emissions and pollution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7398-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/IMG_7398-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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