Media

28 February 2017

As the public inquiry into the Welsh Government’s proposal for the M4 corridor around Newport opens today campaigners are calling on the Welsh Government to drop its plans to plow a 14 mile motorway through the Gwent Levels.

27 February 2017

Campaign for Better Transport has called for the consultation on the A5036 Liverpool port access road to be rerun with proper options and real choice for local people.

27 February 2017

Campaign for Better Transport, along with 12 other NGOs and charities, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, urging him to take action ahead of the Budget and consider reforming vehicle excise duty (VED).

24 February 2017

Consistent expansion in the key emerging consumer and construction rail freight markets both in the latest quarterly and the accumulative annual ORR figures, demonstrates confidence and the potential of the sector, according to Freight on Rail.

22 February 2017

The Government’s 21 per cent cut to the rail freight grants, effective from the beginning of April, is bad for the economy and society as it will force trainloads of freight back onto our roads, the third most congested in Europe. 

17 February 2017

Freight on Rail welcomes last nights’ planning approval for the rail freight interchange at Howbury Park in South East London which can help the Mayor reduce air pollution, congestion, road crashes and carbon emissions in the capital. 

17 February 2017

Campaign for Better Transport responds today to the announcement by Transport for London that from 23 October, owners of older, more polluting cars will have to pay an extra £10 for entering London’s congestion charge zone.  

10 February 2017

Reacting to the publication of the Government’s Freight Carbon Review, Campaign for Better Transport said that the review was welcome but was not ambitious enough, and included proposals for bigger trucks that could add to rather than reduce carbon emissions. 

9 February 2017

Campaign for Better Transport responds to new Department for Transport provisional road traffic estimates which show that motor vehicle traffic has reached a record high.

7 February 2017

Campaigners will be handing out green hearts to commuters at Stockwell Tube Station this morning to highlight the need to protect the Underground from risks posed by climate change.

6 February 2017

Time Team presenter Tony Robinson will add his voice to the growing outcry against UK government road building plans for the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS).

5 February 2017

Campaign for Better Transport responds to the publication today of the Transport Select Committee’s report, The Future of Rail: Rail franchising, looking at the Department for Transport’s (DfT) ability to manage rail franchising.