On Wednesday 30 July, the European Commission published four new guidance documents drawn up as part of the SMARTA-NET project on ‘Sustainable Rural Mobility in Support of Ecotourism’.
Indeed, the trend for access to essential services to be increasingly concentrated in urban centres is increasing dependence on private vehicles. This exacerbates socio-economic inequalities, increases carbon emissions and puts people without access to a car at risk of transport poverty.
The first...