{"id":2611,"date":"2021-01-24T15:10:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycyclist.org\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2021-01-24T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:10:39","slug":"myth-emergency-services-wont-be-able-to-get-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"Myth: &#8220;Emergency services won&#8217;t be able to get through&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Filtered neighbourhoods typically allow motor vehicle access to all residences; you just have to use the designated route(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many decades, housing estates have been designed like this anyway and millions of people live in cul-de-sacs without having any fear of dying because an ambulance or fire engine won&#8217;t be able to get through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2671\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Typical modern housing estate with many cul-de-sacs, often linked by paths to which motor vehicles have no access.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amp.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/feb\/13\/covid-bike-and-walking-schemes-do-not-delay-ambulances-trusts-say\" target=\"_blank\">Information from healthcare trusts<\/a> shows that schemes do not delay ambulances. In any case, emergency services are always consulted before any modal filters are installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filtered neighbourhoods typically allow motor vehicle access to all residences; you just have to use the designated route(s). For many decades, housing estates have been designed like this anyway and millions of people live in cul-de-sacs without having any fear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/?p=2611\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myths"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}