Media

27 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the Government’s announcement of the winning bids for the Total Transport Pilot Fund, which aims to improve the efficiency of local transport delivery, and that the fund has been increased to £7.6 million.

26 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the publication of the 20th Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey which shows that despite investment, the bill to improve the condition of local roads has increased.

25 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the rail industry publishing a code of practice for the selling of rail tickets and services

23 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to details of the franchise extension for First Great Western, published today by the Department for Transport. 

20 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport welcomes the publication of the first Northern Transport Strategy report.

18 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport welcomed the Budget commitments to a Northern Transport strategy, but wanted further help for rail and bus users, especially through freezing rail fares and stopping local bus cuts. 

16 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the House of Commons Transport Committee report into the future of strategic river crossings [1] calling for new motor crossings across the Thames to be built in east London.

16 March 2015

On 18 March, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne will deliver the Budget Statement – the final major set-piece statement of the present Parliament.

12 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the announcement of spending plans for Highways England, which will take over running motorways and major trunk roads from the Highways Agency on 1 April 2015, and the pulication of new long-term Road Traffic Forecasts by the Department for Transport.

10 March 2015

A delegation of bus pass campaigners from the National Pensioners’ Convention and Campaign for Better Transport will be back at Downing Street at 3pm on Wednesday, 11 March, to deliver the second instalment of their Love the Bus Pass petition.

5 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed a report calling for better coordination of transport investment in the north of England.

3 March 2015

Campaign for Better Transport has demanded action after research exposed the illegal air pollution impacts of planned hard-shoulder running on the M4 through outer London and major commuter towns.