Users of Terminal 5 at Healthrow had better not want a rest. As this article reports 30 million passengers, 23,000 square metres of shops … and just 700 seats. Gotta hope you’re not an older person travelling through the Terminal. A common issue, reported in most reports on public space and quality of life for older people, is the dearth of seating in cities and other spaces. For example, this was highlighted recently in the Help the Aged report Spotlight 2007.

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