When people move into a new area, they make transport decisions and establish new transport habits. Those habits stick.
That’s why the old way of developing suburbs of houses with the promise that local community facilities (schools, libraries, etc) and public transport will come later sets us up for ongoing car dependency.
We’d never dream of letting housing estates be built without car infrastructure. Why do we allow them to be built without active transport, social, health, and commercial infrastructure?
Clinton lives in City of Whittlesea and walks 1.5km to get to the Laurimar Town Centre shops (and Laurimar Creek Reserve) several times a week.
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