Chris Grayling is a car kind of guy - but he crosses pedestrians at his peril | Laura Laker

Moving roadworks on to pavements, as the transport secretary wants to do, will worsen congestion by making it harder to walkIt seems ironic that the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, should usher in National Walking Month by announcing plans to dig up more pavements, to spare motorists the inconvenience of roadworks.His idea is that cables and services should be laid under pavements and verges to cut congestion and reduce potholes. Even when pavement is only being dug up when there's another one on the other side of the road to use, as the Department for Transport (DfT) is proposing, the plan to free up road space by making the walking environment more difficult to navigate could have the opposite effect, by reducing non-driving options. Continue reading...