Media

28 September 2009
Campaign for Better Transport welcomes Lord Adonis’s Bikerail initiative [1] but says it has to be accompanied by measures to make cycle access to stations easy and safe.

25 September 2009
Campaign for Better Transport will next week copy Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, who took a train around the country in April 2009. Like him, they will buy a seven-day, all line, Rail Rover pass and travel around the country[1].  But unlike him, they will be dealing with rail passengers’ biggest gripe: fares.

23 September 2009
News that Boris Johnson will not dismantle the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge Zone by next spring is good for congestion levels, air quality and TfL’s public transport budget. Richard Bourn, London Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:

14 September 2009
Comprehensive research published today shows for the first time how dependent we are on our cars – and what can be done about it. 

4 September 2009
Campaign for Better Transport is blaming the Government for the fare increases being introduced this weekend on trains in the East Midlands and South West. The organisation says that train companies are increasing fares so that they can pay back billions of pounds promised in ‘premium payments’ to the Government. It calls on the Government to revisit the policy it has of reducing its contribution to rail and making passengers pay more. Cat Hobbs, the group’s public transport campaigner, says: “The Government wants train fares to keep going up – but it’s happy for train companies to take the blame. Train companies are squeezing passengers in order to pay back billions of pounds to the Government. These fare rises are unfair and unsustainable.”