Campaign For Better Transport
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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…
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,…
In Britain, rail infrastructure is primarily managed by Network Rail, which charges train operators a fee for using its tracks. These fees, known as Track Access Charges, are vital for…
The history of mail on rail is a long one. By 1838 ‘Travelling Post Offices’ (TPO) were in operation across the British rail network, with postal workers sorting mail in…
Running from 12 to 18 June and inspired by our 50th Anniversary, Better Transport Week will highlight positive, innovative work being done across the transport sector, promote the wide range…
HGVs were involved in 43 per cent of critical incidents lasting more than five hours, and 56 per cent of critical incidents lasting more than ten hours on motorways and…
Transferring more freight from road to rail, where there is pent-up demand on certain key routes, should be part of the solution as every tonne carried by rail instead of…
The DfT allowed a ten year trial of 7ft (2.05 metres) longer semi-trailer trucks in 2012 (the current limit is 16.5m (54ft)) and has since extended the trial by a…
The relative safety costs of the different modes need to be taken into account. Government figures show that the HGV involvement rate on urban roads is almost six times the…
Meanwhile customers are crying out for more rail freight services, especially out of Felixstowe and Southampton so we now need action – the Government needs to get on and commit funding to these…
A single freight train carrying construction materials can remove up to 136 HGVs and carry enough materials to build 30 houses. Campaign for Better Transport has compiled figures for the…
The report uses national averages in transport planning, instead of analysing individual corridors where there are parallel rail routes, which is misleading. Furthermore, the NIC is pinning its hopes on…
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH