Campaign For Better Transport
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There’s much that needs to be done to improve the alternatives to driving. We’re calling on the Government to invest in public transport, along with walking and cycling routes, to…
“Social isolation is an increasing problem and, while public transport offers the perfect opportunity for people to get out and about, for many it is too big a step to…
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 World’s Steepest Funicular Switzerland is famous for its mountains, clocks and cheese but did you know it is also home to the world’s densest public transport network? This includes…
We now talk about most reports produced for government ministers as being left on the shelve to collect dust. Sadly, this was not the case with this report. Its main…
Last year, a BBC study found that during a two-month period, Premier League clubs took 81 individual short-haul domestic flights to and from 100 matches. The average journey time was…
Last week the deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner committed to reforming the National Planning Policy Framework, something that’s of great interest to us at Campaign for Better Transport. It’s no…
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…
Railways Bill Of the three bills affecting the railways, this is the one we can most clearly welcome. This bill enables the creation of an arms-length body, Great British Railways…
Transport has tended to get a free pass on carbon reduction but it is clear from the advice of the independent UK Climate Change Committee that this must change if…
But with little time for celebrating, Louise Haigh’s in-tray looms. This week Louise has made it clear that the Department for Transport is going to ‘move fast and fix things’,…
Not famed for my bright ideas, I was looking for something to occupy myself in summer 2024 and having followed Campaign for Better Transport for a few years, I thought…
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH