Better Transport

Transport affects everyone, so we never work alone: we support hundreds of local groups and individuals around the country, and bring together dozens of national organisations. Together, we campaign in a number of different ways for sustainable transport.

Political work

We are a national organisation based in London.  We lobby Ministers, MPs, regional government and local authorities, making sure green transport issues are kept high on the political agenda.  Our lobbying work is helped greatly by members of the public taking part in our campaigns. 

Research

Decision-makers can't develop sensible policies unless they know the facts. Our research highlights the environmental and social impacts of transport. We frequently advise on transport issues, and we comment on a wide range of draft bills, policy documents and consultations.

Local communities 

We support local groups fight devastating road-building schemes and communities blighted by dangerous, noisy and polluting traffic.  You can find some of that work online.

Transport companies

We work with transport companies, to promote best practice, and to pressure for support of public transport. An example of our work with transport companies is the Freight on Rail partnership. It works to get freight off the road and onto the railways.

Pooling ideas

We bring together specialists from many fields to pool ideas for improving transport. For instance we convene the Transport Taxation Group, which brings together environmental groups, transport operators, academics, consultants and think tanks to come up with better ways of taxing transport. Find out more about the group (PDF, 53K).

Media 

We make the headlines with stories such as the scandal of our overcrowded railways, and the spiralling cost of the Government’s road building programme.