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Network Rail investment must focus on value for money for passengers

Mar 31st 2014

31 March 2014
Responding to the announcement of a £38bn rail investment programme by Network Rail, Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport’s chief executive, said:

Campaigners comment on increase in cycling to work

Mar 26th 2014

26 March 2014
Campaign for Better Transport has commented on the release of statistics by the ONS on cycling to work and distance travelled to work.

Buses not bingo: Response to Budget 2014

Mar 19th 2014

19 March 2014
Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the Budget Statement given in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

European Parliament votes for safer, greener lorries

Mar 18th 2014

18 March 2014
The European Parliament’s Transport Committee has voted to change rules on lorry design to make them safer and greener.

Campaigners raise alarm over 30-mile ‘strategic road by stealth’ through Manchester and Cheshire Green Belts and countryside

Mar 17th 2014

17 March 2014
Plans for roads to the South and East of Manchester would link up to encircle a vast area of Green Belt and countryside in Stockport and North Cheshire and fill it with traffic and development, local and national campaigners have warned today.

Charities call for Government action to stem loss of vital bus services

Mar 11th 2014

11 March 2014
A broad coalition of Charities and Trade Unions has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take urgent action in this month’s Budget to end the crisis in funding for buses.

Taxpayer-bankrolled Mersey Gateway Bridge sets a dangerous precedent

Mar 10th 2014

10 March 2014
Responding to the Government’s announcement of taxpayer funding for the Mersey Gateway Bridge, Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport’s chief executive, said:  

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