Campaign For Better Transport
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The sight and sound of children playing is a common thread running through car free days. Close a street to traffic, and you can be sure that scooters and trikes…
Climate change is a global challenge, but it demands action at every level. Transport has a particularly important role to play. It is the UK’s highest-emitting sector, with road transport…
“The UK is heading towards a significant funding gap as people shift from petrol to electric vehicles and revenue from fuel duty steadily erodes. In response, from 2028, the UK…
Private cars may be the only viable option in some areas, but where there is choice, the comparative cost of travel strongly influences how people get about. While electric vehicles…
The cost of different forms of transport, both on their own and relative to each other, has a critical influence on whether and how people travel. People on low incomes…
“Carpooling offers a practical way to reduce the environmental impact of commuting, while also easing parking demand and cutting travel costs. For organisations, encouraging carpooling can support sustainability targets, improve…
The UK loves its cars. Over the last 50 years, the proportion of households with access to one or more vehicles has increased from 52% to 78%. And for many…
That’s why Campaign for Better Transport partnered with UNISON to explore what a just transition to greener transport could look like for the care workforce. Our new report, Greening Social…
Did you know that new cars are getting 1cm wider every two years? This is one of those crazy facts I just can’t get out of my head at the…
What exactly is an Integrated National Transport Strategy? It sounds like it’s all about how different transport modes integrate together. Things like, making sure bus times coordinate with train times,…
There’s no getting around the stark facts. For bus users, the Budget increased the cap on fares for single journeys outside London by 50 per cent. For rail passengers, it…
The proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which would connect Kent and Essex via the UK’s longest road tunnel, is purported to relieve congestion on the Dartford Crossing and ‘double road capacity’…
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH