Media

29 September 2016

Consumer rail traffic has reached its highest traffic level since 1998. In fact, increases in consumer, construction and biomass rail traffic demonstrate the ongoing importance and potential in these key rail markets, in line with the findings of the Department for Transport Rail Freight Strategy, published this month.

28 September 2016

A group of experts are urging the Chancellor to use the Autumn Statement (23 November) to change the way transport is taxed in order to better support the economy and help the UK to meet its environmental obligations.

26 September 2016

Responding to Rail Minister Paul Maynard’s comments in the Daily Telegraph (26 September), on plans to improve the way rail passengers can claim compensation, Lianna Etkind, from Campaign for Better Transport, said:

22 September 2016

Campaign for Better Transport is refusing to back any of the options put forward by Highways England to upgrade the A27 bypass around Chichester.

21 September 2016

Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the publication of the Welsh Government programme ‘Taking Wales Forward’, which includes a commitment to deliver an M4 relief road, ahead of the forthcoming public inquiry into the scheme.

20 September 2016

Boosting spending on fixing existing transport infrastructure and on local schemes is the best practical way of helping the UK economy now, according to a briefing from Campaign for Better Transport.

16 September 2016

Campaign for Better Transport has reacted to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Ken Skates AM, of a five point plan to support the bus industry.

13 September 2016

Reacting to the Government’s response to the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s Fourth Report into the National Air Quality Plan, Bridget Fox, Sustainable Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:

13 September 2016

Campaign group, Freight on Rail, welcomed the publication of the Government’s Rail Freight Strategy today, which will inform both local and devolved Government rail freight policy for the next 20 years.

7 September 2016

Campaigners respond today, Wednesday 7 September, to the publication of Transport for the North’s Intermodal Freight Strategy which outlines the economic benefits to the economy of the north of England of upgrading rail freight capacity on the key east-west and north-south routes.

6 September 2016 

Transport experts are warning that longer heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) pose a significant road safety risk and should be restricted in towns and cities, despite Government plans to increase their use.

5 September 2016

Campaign for Better Transport has called on the Government to take immediate action to improve public transport in rural areas.