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Great news as Lincolnshire rural buses saved from the axe

Feb 22nd 2016

22 February 2016

Responding to Lincolnshire County Council’s u-turn on the proposed £2 million bus cuts, James MacColl, Head of Campaigns at Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Campaigners respond to Which? rail satisfaction survey

Feb 18th 2016

18 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to new survey by Which? revealing high level of dissatisfaction among train users with the price of their ticket.

New sustainable travel fund welcomed, but more is needed

Feb 15th 2016

15 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport responded to the launch by the Department for Transport of a Sustainable Travel Transition Year Revenue Competition today. 

Transport group calls for moratorium on all lane running

Feb 15th 2016

15 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport has joined calls for the Government to stop its policy of introducing all lane running, or so-called smart motorways, until the safety and environmental impacts have been fully investigated.

Campaigners call for investigation into high cost of failed South East smart ticketing programme

Feb 15th 2016

15 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport calls for an audit into the cost of the smart ticketing programme which was to introduce smart Oyster-style ticketing across south east England.

Campaigners respond to Buses Bill speech

Feb 11th 2016

11 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport responds to Bus Minister, Andrew Jones MP, speech at today’s Bus Summit outlining the government’s forthcoming Buses Bill.

Institute of Economic Affairs report ‘out dated and out of step with public opinion’

Feb 10th 2016

10 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport responded to the publication of the Institute of Economic Affairs report, Without Delay – Getting Britain’s railways moving, today.  

Beeching of the buses – New research shows rural bus services are being wiped out

Feb 4th 2016

4 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport has revealed the shocking state of local subsidised bus services across England and Wales with millions of pounds being cut from essential everyday services.

Ticket office closures opposed by campaigners

Feb 3rd 2016

3 February 2016

Campaign for Better Transport responds to Govia Thameslink proposals to close more than eighty ticket offices across routes served by Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Gatwick Express. 

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