Media

25 May 2018

Campaigners have welcomed the Government announcement that it will consider, for the first time, providing grants or other financial incentives to support the use of e-cargo bikes. 

24 May 2018

A group of ten national transport and conservation organisations, with a combined supporter base of over 3 million have written to the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and the Environment Secretary Michael Gove to request a review of the Arundel bypass proposed by Highways England.

24 May 2018

Campaign for Better Transport is launching a new rail campaign today, the Passenger Railway Challenge.

22 May 2018 

Responding to the publication of the Government’s Clean Air Strategy, Bridget Fox from Campaign for Better Transport, said:

21 May 2018

Campaign for Better Transport has branded a study commissioned by West Sussex County Council, which suggests two controversial options for improvements to the A27 at Chichester, as ‘pathetic’.

18 May 2018

Changes to the rail network timetable could mean passengers are left standing confused on the platform when they head back to work on Monday morning, as their train passes them by or doesn’t arrive at all.

16 May 2018
 
Responding to the announcement that services on the East Coast Main Line are being brought back under UK Government control, Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:
 
“The deeply flawed franchising process is at the root of the problems on the East Coast Main Line. The process encourages train companies to overbid, leaving the Department for Transport without the resources to manage the resultant franchise agreements properly.

14 May 2018

Campaigners will today deliver a letter signed by over 4,000 people to Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling MP, urging him to introduce a new fund to pay for the opening of additional railway lines and stations across the country.

11 May 2018

Campaigners today warned of strong resistance to the planned bypass at Arundel in West Sussex, which they said set a highly damaging precedent and could be followed by more big roads through national parks and other valuable and irreplaceable countryside and wildlife habitats. 

10 May 2018

Responding to the Secretary of State’s decision on the Silvertown Tunnel planning application, Bridget Fox, sustainable transport campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:

10 May 2018

Campaign for Better Transport, along with four other NGOs and charities, has written to Ken Skates AM, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport, National Assembly for Wales, to oppose plans to allow heavy goods vehicles to use bus lanes on certain roads in Wales. 

9 May 2018

Serious and urgent measures need to be taken by national Government and local authorities to reduce local transport emissions to help improve air pollution, a new report has found.