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Transport campaign group ask Coalition to honour their promise on fare rises

Aug 16th 2010

16 August 2010
Reacting to Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond’s refusal to rule out even higher annual rail fare rises, Campaign for Better Transport Director Stephen Joseph said:

Next week’s announcement will test Government’s ‘fair fares’ pledge

Aug 9th 2010

9 August 2010
Rail passengers are braced for next week’s Retail Price Index (RPI) announcement, which will be the first test of the Coalition Government’s commitment to fair pricing for rail travel.

Abolishing the Western Extension Zone would increase London’s illegal air pollution levels

Aug 2nd 2010

2 August 2010
The Mayor of London’s proposal to remove the Western Extension of the Congestion Charging Zone (WEZ) is condemned by air quality, transport and environment groups [1], who say, among other things, it would increase air pollution and could result in European air quality laws being broken.

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