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The city of Durham


The city of Durham
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Kris Murrin prepares to take on her biggest challenge yet – trying to convince the city of Durham to leave their cars at home for one day. The medieval city, home to almost 100,000 people, is in the top 10 highest carbon producers in the country. It has recorded the largest traffic increase in the whole of the north-east in the last decade alone.

The city of DurhamGridlock in DurhamThe council has built park and ride facilitiesThe cycle path is mainly used by dog walkers
Kris focuses on the local schoolSoon Kris recruits two volunteers to spearhead her campaignKris pounds the pavements with a loud hailer publicising the event'No Car Day' arrives in Durham
The walking crocodile begins its journey to the schoolScores of people showed support for the campaign
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