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Electric Vehicles: a personal journey
Susie Morrow MSc DPhil
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London context
● Growing population
● Falling car ownership● Mayor’s Transport Strategy: aiming for mode
shift to walking, cycling and public transport
● Growing recognition of having externalised costs of motor traffic
● Air pollution not the only public health challenge
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Grant Road, Clapham Junction – Inner London transport hub
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Colonisation of Grant Road footway – May 2012
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Grant Road, September 2014
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Grant Road, March 2018
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Sociable walking in Grant Road?
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Greener than what?
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Horses for Courses
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A Tesla Model 3 has 450 horsepower
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… or 1350 donkey power or 4500 human power
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Resource use & environmental degradation (elsewhere)
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Local effects of electric cars that get little attention….● Air pollution: particulates - tyre, road (+ brake
wear)…. Road wear proportional to the fourth power of axle weight
● Road danger – stifling effect on active travel
● Opportunity cost of colonising kerbs with motor vehicles rather than social uses e.g. parklets
● Non-inclusive mode of transport
● Congestion: how will shift to electric cars help buses to move through London’s streets?
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Questions arising for me
● What problem(s) are we trying to solve?● Who are the beneficiaries?
● What might be the unintended consequences?
● What does this tell us about decision makers’ priorities for our streets?
● How can we ensure our streets make active travel the easy option for everyone?
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Susie Morrow Electric Vehicles: a personal journey
Credits: 3 Streetmap, 4-6 Google Streetview, 7 S Morrow, 8 Tesla, 9 wikipedia, 10 Tim Flach, 11 S Morrow, 12 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth