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Campaigners react angrily to news of major cutbacks in Network Rail investment
Mar 31st 2017
31 March 2017
Campaign for Better Transport reacts today to reports that Network Rail has plans to make major spending cuts across Britain’s rail network.
Campaigners demand Government action to halt rise in transport greenhouse gas emissions
Mar 29th 2017
29 March 2017
Campaigners respond today to new Department for Transport (DfT) domestic transport greenhouse gas emission figures.
Road survey proves a ‘fix it first’ approach needed on road spending
Mar 28th 2017
28 March 2017
Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the publication of the 22nd Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey.
New South Western franchise ‘important test’
Mar 27th 2017
27 March 2017
Responding to the news that First MTR South Western Trains Limited has been awarded the next South Western franchise, Lianna Etkind, Public Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:
National Bus Passenger Survey: More can be done to improve bus punctuality
Mar 22nd 2017
22 March 2107
Campaign for Better Transport responds today to the publication of Transport Focus’ National Bus Passenger Survey.
National Audit Office report confirms Government roads strategy is a ‘waste of public money’
Mar 22nd 2017
22 March 2017
Responding to the release of the National Audit Office (NAO) report, Progress with the Road Investment Strategy, which concluded that the Government’s roads programme is over-budget, has too many schemes in it and was set up too fast, Bridget Fox, Sustainable Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:
Government should reorder roads spending in light of landmark report
Mar 20th 2017
20 March 2017
Responding to the release of a report by Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) which found most new roads failed to reduce congestion and actually increased traffic instead, Bridget Fox, Sustainable Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:
Campaigners welcome announcement that extra trains to run across rail network
Mar 20th 2017
20 March 2017
Campaign for Better Transport responds today, Monday 20 March, to the announcement by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train operators and Network Rail, that 6,400 extra trains will run across the rail network every week by 2021.
Plans not to widen south-west section of M25 welcomed by campaigners
Mar 16th 2017
16 March 2017
Campaign for Better Transport responds today to the Department of Transport’s M25 south-west quadrant strategic study.
Attempts to address the problem of first class and overcrowding in South Eastern consultation welcomed
Mar 14th 2017
14 March 2017
Responding to the launch by the Government of the public consultation into the new South Eastern franchise, Lianna Etkind, Public Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:
Latest government bus stats confirm ‘buses in crisis’ across England
Mar 14th 2017
14 March 2017
Responding to the publication of the latest quarterly bus statistics from the Department for Transport, which show that bus mileage in England has decreased by two per cent since last year and that mileage on local authority supported services outside London has decreased by 12 per cent, Lianna Etkind, Public Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:
‘Transport deserts’ risk as new research reveals bus funding crisis: better funding and Bus Services Bill powers needed to reverse decline
Mar 13th 2017
13 March 2017
New research out today reveals supported bus services have been hit hard by funding cuts with over 500 routes completely withdrawn or reduced across England and Wales in 2016/17.
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