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Manchester should consider a workplace parking levy

Jan 30th 2018

30 January 2018

Responding to the plans to tackle Manchester pollution, transport campaigners say a workplace parking levy should be at least considered as part of the package. 

Extra train carriages must help solve rail overcrowding say campaigners

Jan 29th 2018

29 January 2018

Campaign for Better Transport welcomed the rail industry announcement of new trains and said they needed to be used on lines and services with the worst overcrowding.

Charging lorries by how far they travel would improve air quality and help reduce congestion and crashes

Jan 26th 2018

26 January 2018

Campaigners are calling for the way that heavy goods vehicles are charged to use UK roads to change in order to better reflect the impact HGVs have on the environment and other road users.

Commuters would be better off if Government took on board CPI recommendation

Jan 22nd 2018

22 January 2018

Campaign for Better Transport has today welcomed the Treasury Select Committee recommendation that the Government should start using the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI), to set annual rail fare increases.

North’s Strategic Transport Plan’s emphasis on rail welcomed

Jan 16th 2018

16 January 2018

Responding to the launch of Transport for the North’s draft Strategic Transport Plan today, Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Which survey underlines challenges facing the railways

Jan 16th 2018

16 January 2018

Responding to today’s publication of a Which survey that found only a fifth of rail passengers thought their train service had improved in the last year, Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

Research welcomed that looks at non-motorists’ experiences of roads

Jan 15th 2018

11 January 2018

Responding to the publication of Transport Focus’s Cyclists, pedestrians and equestrians: measuring their satisfaction with Highways England’s network, Bridget Fox, Sustainable Transport Campaigner for Campaign for Better Transport, said: 

Highways England’s ‘ten design principles’ welcomed

Jan 15th 2018

11 January 2018

Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the publication of Highways England’s The Road to Good Design, which sets out ten design principles to create “better, more beautiful roads”.

Rail commuters ‘snubbed’ by Government as fares go up

Jan 2nd 2018

2 January 2018

As commuters return to work today, Campaign for Better Transport has criticised the decision not to freeze rail fares which has left the average commuter coming in London £146 worse off.

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