'Cycling-first homes' could be in our future

But they won't happen by themselves

Wouldn’t it be brilliant if our 1.5m new homes created neighbourhoods where people could reach most of the things they need on foot, bike or public transport? Where people didn’t need to buy and run multiple cars just to get by?

Waterbeach, the massive development whose genesis I covered in Bloomberg’s CityLab this week, is looking to be just such a plac…