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Campaigners call for dedicated funding to put Design Panel principles into practice
Sep 29th 2017
29 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport responds to the publication of Highways England’s first progress report of its Design Panel.
Latest quarterly rail freight figures shows importance of rail in construction & housing markets, say campaigners
Sep 28th 2017
28 September 2017
The latest quarterly Office of Rail and Road (ORR) rail freight statistics [1] issued today, 28 September, show expansion in the construction (2 per cent) and metals (3 per cent) markets which demonstrates the industry’s importance in the infrastructure, industrial and housing markets.
Upgrade to key strategic rail freight route which will cater for pent-up demand, welcomed by campaigners
Sep 27th 2017
27 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport welcomes increased capacity for freight trains from Felixstowe which will cater for the immediate, suppressed demand for rail freight services.
Modest proposals welcomed as A27 East of Lewes preferred options announced
Sep 26th 2017
26 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the announcement of Highways England’s preferred options for the A27 East of Lewes which were consulted upon earlier in the year.
Campaigners respond to Trans-Pennine rail route plans
Sep 22nd 2017
22 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport responds to the speech given today to business leaders in Manchester, by Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling MP.
New motoring report highlights motorists’ air pollution worries, say campaigners
Sep 21st 2017
21 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport has responded to the publication today, 21 September, of the new motoring report by the RAC, Report on Motoring 2017.
Report claiming benefits of longer lorries is flawed, say campaigners
Sep 21st 2017
21 September 2017
Campaigners have reacted angrily to the publication by the Department of Transport of a report which claims that longer semi-trailers can reduce congestion, pollution and collisions.
Free people from car dependency and help them onto public transport, say campaigners
Sep 14th 2017
14 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport responds to new Department for Transport (DfT) provisional road traffic estimates which show that motor vehicle traffic has reached a record high.
A27 proposals will not provide long-term solutions, as consultation closes
Sep 12th 2017
12 September 2017
Campaign for Better Transport has submitted its response to the Highways England consultation on the proposed A27 Worthing-Lancing improvement scheme.
Bus Services Act can arrest decline in bus use
Sep 12th 2017
12 September 2017
UNESCO ignored, as damaging Stonehenge scheme announced
Sep 12th 2017
11 September 2017
The Stonehenge Alliance and Campaign for Better Transport have expressed shock at Highways England’s A303 Stonehenge preferred route announcement today.
Operational Bus Services Act ‘one step closer’
Sep 5th 2017
5 September 2017
Reacting to the publication of the Government’s response to the consultation on the Bus Services Act draft regulations and guidance, Lianna Etkind, public transport campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:
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