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As the UK’s leading authority on sustainable transport we work with journalists and broadcasters across the media spectrum. Journalists are invited to contact us on 07984 773 468 (calls only no texts) or at communications@bettertransport.org.uk.
Rail line re-opening will boost local economy
Oct 31st 2011
31 October 2011
Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed today’s (31 October) announcement by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills of funding to re-open the Todmorden Curve. The scheme, which will see a section of rail track reopened that will provide a direct rail link between Burnley and Manchester, has been awarded funding through the second round of the Regional Growth Fund.
Work doesn’t pay for parents as childcare and rail fares swallow up 35% of families’ wages
Oct 28th 2011
28 October 2011
Commuting families are now spending more than a third of their wages on childcare and rail fares, according to figures from Campaign for Better Transport.
Select Committee warned of traffic implications of new planning policy
Oct 24th 2011
24 October 2011
Campaign for Better Transport will warn that the Government’s new planning framework will add to congestion and car-based development later today (24 October), as part of oral evidence to the Communities Select Committee examining the Government’s draft National Planning Policy Framework.
New figures reveal cuts to 1 in 5 council bus services
Oct 13th 2011
13 October 2011
Figures obtained by Campaign for Better Transport show council spending cuts have led to 1 in 5 supported bus services being cut with more yet to come. The figures, which were collected through freedom of information requests, reveal that council cuts to bus budgets totalling £36m have resulted in more than 1000 (1114) service cuts.
Longer lorries trial will result in more congestion and accidents
Oct 11th 2011
11 October 2011
Responding to the Government’s announcement of a trial of longer lorries, Stephen Joseph Campaign for Better Transport’s chief executive said:
Railway Children star hands petition to Downing Street as rail fares rises branded a tax on passengers
Oct 7th 2011
7 November 2011
A petition with more than 11,000 signatures calling for fairer rail fares was handed in to 10 Downing Street this morning by Railway Children star Jenny Agutter, as campaigners brand fare rises a tax on passengers.
Bus cuts make Competition Commission’s recommendations academic for many passengers
Oct 6th 2011
6 October 2011
Responding to the publication of Provisional Decisions on Remedies for Local Bus Services by the Competition Commission, Campaign for Better Transport’s bus campaigner, Sophie Allain, said:
Raising speed limit to 80mph a stealth tax on drivers that will damage the environment
Oct 1st 2011
1 October 2011
Figures released today by Campaign for Better Transport show that motorway drivers could be be hit hard, paying an extra £500 million a year to the Treasury, if a new 80mph speed limit on motorways is brought in.
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