Campaign For Better Transport
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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…
This really is an extraordinary opportunity to support sustainable transport and make a huge difference. Every donation will be doubled, helping to make transport better, protect the environment, connect communities…
How far have we come? In the UK, upward trends in public transport service capacity and quality in recent years provide much cause for celebration. Accessibility is being given greater…
France builds 300,000 homes every year. If that number sounds familiar, it’s because that’s the target that the UK misses year after year. So far this century, a new tramway…
“Glossopdale is situated in the far north west corner of Derbyshire, a couple of miles from the border with Greater Manchester to the West, and close to the Peak District…
The Beeching closures of the 1960s reshaped the country’s transport geography in ways that still shape daily life today. Entire towns lost their rail links, local economies were weakened, and…
Safety and security concerns, particularly for women and girls, significantly inhibit access to public transport. British Transport Police data revealed that nearly a third of women have been victims of…
When you travel widely by train, patterns start to appear. I’ve spent the past few years researching my first book, The Hungry Passenger, travelling by train and visiting over 100 railway stations…
With 70 per cent of trips under five miles, buses form the backbone of a well-functioning local transport system. Yet thousands of areas across England and Wales fall short of…
The decline of the high street is well documented, and a huge challenge which we must address. So much of our shared life has gone online, and many of the…
Transport accounts for 24 per cent of the UK’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Westminster has repeatedly pledged its commitment to cutting these figures, with electric cars now accounting for 22.7 per…
Quietly and unobtrusively, Wales has become the transport example that much of the rest of Britain should follow. It is leading the way in several respects, partly because it passed…
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH