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Government urged: don’t cut fuel duty but spend it wisely
May 23rd 2008
23 May 2008
Campaign for Better Transport [1], responding to plans by the road haulage lobby for a demonstration on Tuesday [2], today urged the Chancellor to reject calls for a decrease in fuel duty and to use the revenue to give people real travel choices.
New report recommends cable car alternative to Thames Gateway road bridge
May 20th 2008
20 May 2008
A new report recommending a range of alternatives to proposals to build a new six-lane road bridge across the Thames in East London [1] has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth and the Campaign for Better Transport.
Award of £5bn M25 PFI contract shows “appalling judgment”
May 8th 2008
8 May 2008
Commenting today on the announcement of the selection of the Connect Plus consortium as the provisional preferred bidder for the £5 billion M25 PFI project [1], Rebecca Lush Blum, roads and climate campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport [2] said:
Taxpayers are subsidising lorries on Britain’s roads, new research shows
May 1st 2008
1 May 2008
Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) on Britain’s roads are not paying anywhere near the full cost of the damage they cause to roads and communities, leaving taxpayers to pick up the bill, research published today by Campaign for Better Transport shows [1].
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