2007 January
-
4 January 2007
TRANSPORT 2000 [1] estimates that this week’s closure of the HSBC branch bank in Shepshed, Leicestershire will add 1.4 million extra miles to people’s travel, increasing congestion on already crowded local roads and buses, resulting in an... -
8 January 2007
The campaign group Transport 2000 today blamed the Government for the temporary closure of two community rail lines in the South West of England. -
10 January 2007
In the week the Government announced the awarding of a massive road building contract [1], two of this country’s most respected and effective transport campaigning organisations announce they have joined forces. -
12 January 2007
New research from Transport 2000 [1] published 17 January shows that, if the Mayor is serious about London leading the way in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, he must cut traffic in outer London. -
17 January 2007
In solidarity with fellow train passengers 'fished off' at being crammed on trains like sardines, Transport 2000’s [1] Sardine Man will be at Bristol Temple Meads train station on Friday 19 January, to make the case for expanded train service. [2] -
24 January 2007
A report from a leading transport expert [1] has found that – against its own guidelines – the Government approved plans for the controversial Bexhill to Hastings Link Road [2] without fully considering the alternatives. -
24 January 2007
A new campaign was launched today at www.planningdisaster.co.uk in response to concerns that proposed changes to the planning system will reduce public involvement in decisions about the development of their... -
26 January 2007
Responding to the publication of research in the leading medical magazine The Lancet [1], which links pollution from motorway traffic with unhealthy lung development in children, the campaign group Transport 2000 [2] said that this research gave yet another... -
26 January 2007
Campaign group Transport 2000 [1] has come out today in support of the efforts of Richmond upon Thames Council to discourage gas-guzzling vehicles. In advance of the expected decision on Monday to base resident parking permit costs on a vehicle’s carbon...