Better Transport

29 July: Findings from 2009's National Travel Survey were announced today. They show that the distance travelled by car has continued to fall but that bus use across the UK is starting to pick up.

27 July - Councils have developed an obsession with replacing failed road schemes with privately-funded tolled roads. Let's hope this love affair is swift and fleeting.

22 July: The government has today published the consultation on rail franchising that we and many other organsations have been calling for, allowing members of the public to have their say on the way rail services are run.

19 July: Investing in sustainable transport supports the creation of more jobs than spending on road building. That's the message of the report we've just published with Sustrans and pteg.

19 July: Yesterday traffic on the German Autobahn was brought to a halt by a massive street party, attended by 3 million people. Why can't we do things like that?

16 July: Free bus passes have enabled millions of older people to retain their independence. But they only work if there are buses to use them on.

15 July: After years of hard work by the No Way! group, the Shrewsbury Relief Road has bitten the dust - for a decade, anyway.

12 July: The Department for Transport will this week submit their bid to the Treasury for what they want to fund over the next three years. There are plenty of powerful lobbies arguing for billions to be spent on building new roads, but the voice of bus users must be heard.

9 July: Norfolk County Council has cut £10 million from its budget, decimating public services. Why not cut the Norwich Northern Distributor Road instead?

5 July: Ever since the recession hit, think tanks have been falling over themselves to persuade us to privatise the road network. It's not the panacea they think it is.