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11 July 2007
Planning minister Baroness Andrews has granted an independent public inquiry into the controversial Westbury Bypass after lobbying by Transport 2000 [1] and other groups. The road scheme would pass in front of the famous Westbury White Horse and through a... -
11 July 2007
Transport 2000 [1] has criticised the Government in response to today’s announcement [2] of fare increases at least 30% above inflation. The organisation argues that pricing people off the railway to combat overcrowding makes no environmental or economic... -
9 July 2007
In order to protect a nationally designated landscape, Transport 2000 [1] and CPRE [2] have today gone to court to challenge Dorset County Council`s decision to let the Weymouth Relief Road be built. -
2 July 2007
In an effort to say ‘good-bye’ to car-dependent train stations, Transport 2000 [1] today launched a competition to find the train stations in England and Wales that are most difficult to travel to [2]. The Government is due to publish the Local Transport Bill... -
21 June 2007
Growing emissions from transport will force big cuts in other sectors if Government targets on carbon emissions are to be met, according to new research. -
20 June 2007
57 MPs [1] today joined Transport 2000’s [2] Sardine Man [3] and actress Jenny Agutter in Westminster to show their support for a growing railway. -
20 June 2007
Campaign group Transport 2000 [1] today welcomed news that the Department for Transport has refused to fund an £860-million road scheme near Stockport.[2] -
15 June 2007
Leading environmental campaign group Transport 2000 [1] is today calling on the Government to move ahead on national road pricing by introducing a national scheme for lorries. -
11 June 2007
Press release issued by Transport 2000 and Friends of the Earth on behalf of the National Transport Roundable) -
25 May 2007
For the first time, an outside expert will be advising the Government on whether an expensive motorway widening proposal makes sense. A coalition of national environmental and transport groups, together with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council [1], have...