Media

26 November 2009
A programme to cut carbon from urban transport, endorsed by the Committee on Climate Change, is under threat from Government spending cuts. As Transport and Treasury Ministers lock horns over the transport budget in the run-up to the pre-Budget Report, Campaign for Better Transport has learned that the Sustainable Travel Cities programme [1], which would fund urban transport programmes to give people alternatives to car travel, is under threat. The programme was endorsed in the Committee on Climate Change’s annual report last month with a recommendation that it be rolled out to all cities and towns over the next few years. Funding for upgrading local bus services – the Kickstart programme – is also under threat.

18 November 2009
Rail commuters are being charged several hundred pounds more every year on their season tickets because of a Government policy change a few years back, Campaign for Better Transport reveals today [1]. That “extra charge” will continue to grow, as early as January when new fares come in. Campaign for Better Transport is concerned that the rising cost of train travel is making it harder for people to choose the greener mode of transport.  

3 November 2009
Reacting to today’s Government report on urban transport [1], Campaign for Better Transport calls on the Government to do more to help local authorities to improve transport. 

30 October 2009
Campaign for Better Transport has responded to ATOC’s report [1] on franchising by telling the Government to guard against train cuts, and to reduce fares.

20 October 2009
Campaign for Better Transport slammed the call issued today [20 October] by the Drivers’ Alliance and the TaxPayers’ Alliance for cuts in rail spending and for more roads [1]. Stephen Joseph, the organisation’s executive director, said:

19 October 2009
Environmental groups are today naming the airlines as the country’s biggest tax dodgers and showing up the falsity of claims by the aviation industry that air passenger duty (APD) is hurting their business.  

14 October 2009
Campaign for Better Transport will criticise rises in tube, bus and some rail fares if, as expected, the Mayor announces substantial increases tomorrow. 

12 October 2009
Responding to the Committee on Climate Change’s report released today [1], Stephen Joseph, executive director of Campaign for Better Transport, said: 

9 October 2009
Campaign for Better Transport condemns the Government’s decision today to re-approve funding for the proposed Bexhill-Hastings Link Road.

28 September 2009
Campaign for Better Transport welcomes Lord Adonis’s Bikerail initiative [1] but says it has to be accompanied by measures to make cycle access to stations easy and safe.

25 September 2009
Campaign for Better Transport will next week copy Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, who took a train around the country in April 2009. Like him, they will buy a seven-day, all line, Rail Rover pass and travel around the country[1].  But unlike him, they will be dealing with rail passengers’ biggest gripe: fares.

23 September 2009
News that Boris Johnson will not dismantle the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge Zone by next spring is good for congestion levels, air quality and TfL’s public transport budget. Richard Bourn, London Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said: