Rolling Stones

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Alison Wolf asks whether human beings have an innate need to travel and, if so, whether that raises profound questions for transport policy. As we get richer, so we choose to travel faster, despite the damage it does to the planet. But what does the wrong kind of travelling or no travelling at all mean for our personal health and happiness? How should governments respond to this complex side of our psyche? Is it right to subsidise any form of transport or should towns and cities be designed in such a way that we are forced to abandon our cars?