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Campaign for Better Transport’s response to the Major Road Network announcement

Dec 21st 2018

21 December 2018

The Government has released its response to the consultation on the proposal to create a Major Road Network. The consultation ran for 12 weeks and ended on the 19 March 2018 and received a total of 1,465 responses.

Campaigners welcome MPs report into Mobility as a Service

Dec 19th 2018

19 December 2018 

Welcoming the publication today of the Transport Select Committee report into Mobility as a Service (MaaS), Darren Shirley, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

January 2019 rail fare rise – media briefing from Campaign for Better Transport

Dec 18th 2018

18 December 2018

On Wednesday 2 January rail fares will rise on average 3.1 per cent, with season tickets rising 3.2 per cent.

Let’s not see a repeat of this summer’s rail timetable chaos, warn campaigners

Dec 7th 2018

7 December 2018

Campaign for Better Transport warns the rail industry that passengers will not tolerate a repeat of the rail timetable chaos they endured in the summer and lessons must be learned from past mistakes.

Campaigners welcome investment in local sustainable transport for Wales

Dec 5th 2018

5 December 2018

Responding to Wales’ Transport Secretary Ken Skates’ announcement of £78 million for local transport projects, Darren Shirley, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

New report shows rural public transport is in crisis

Dec 5th 2018

5 December 2018

A new report released today, by Campaign for Better Transport, reveals rural transport in a state of crisis, with bus cuts and shrinking transport networks leaving communities cut off, unable to access jobs and services, and creating increasingly congested roads

MPs’ report backs our call for a January fares freeze

Dec 4th 2018

4 December 2018

Responding to the publication of the Transport Select Committee report into May’s rail timetabling chaos, Darren Shirley, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said:

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