Petition for Carfree Neighbourhoods in Ecotowns

A growing number of European cities are starting to offer their citizens new neighbourhoods free from traffic, where children can play and people are able to walk and socialise free from traffic noise and pollution. For more information on these see www.carfree.org.uk/009

For the first time, there is a real prospect that we in Britain might start to enjoy this choice which is currently denied to us. The Ecotowns programme will mean ten small to medium sized new towns in different parts of the country, with a range of environmental objectives. The guidelines are likely to mention carfree areas. But property developers are notoriously conservative. Many of them don't believe that British people would buy or rent homes that aren't surrounded by traffic and parking. Can you help us to show that they are wrong?

We have started a petition on the Prime Minister's website. Any British citizen or UK resident can sign it. Just follow the instructions on
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/CarfreeEcoTowns. Only 200 signatures are required to guarantee a Government response.

Deadline: April 27th.