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Door to turnstile - Improving travel choices for football fans May 2013 A survey of more than 1,000 fans helped us explore how football fans get to matches and what problems they have getting there without the car. Read our recommendations for how clubs, local authorities, transport operators and government can help improve things. Download the report
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Going Local, Lessons for rail policy London Overground and Merseytravel February 2013 We explore the lessons for rail policy from the London Overground and Merseyrail franchises in the aftermath of the Government's review of rail franchising. This report shows what makes these two franchises work very well and how that might inform future franchising policy.Download the report
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Going backwards, the new roads programme October 2012 Our Roads to Nowhere campaign looked at plans from Government, the Highways Agency and local authorities and identified 191 road projects in the next decade across England and Wales. This report summarises the findings and warns about the potential impact. Download the report
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Air travel
Annual reviews
Buses
- How to fight bus cuts in your area, 2011
- How can bus services be protected when funding is restricted?, 2011
- Local authority bus cuts; are legal duties being fulfilled? September 2011
- Financial Support for 16-19 year olds, May 2011
- Making Savings; Protecting Bus Passengers, April 2011
- Buses Matter: a report by Campaign for Better Transport for the RMT, January 2011
- Transport, Social Equality and Welfare to Work, October 2010
- Briefing on the threat to the Bus Service Operators Grant, July 2010
- Our views on OFT proposal to refer local bus services market to Competition Commission, October 2009
- Rural Buses: an endangered species October 2007
- Competition law and bus services - legal advice we secured, August 2007
- Rural Transport Futures - summary, September 2003
Car dependency
- Why getting transport right matters to young people, May 2013
- Network St Albans update report, March 2013
- Car Dependency Scorecard 2012, August 2012
- Car Dependency Scorecard 2011, September 2011
- Network St Albans report, July 2011
- Door to door journeys, June 2011: full report and summary report
- Car Dependency Scorecard, September 2010
- Car Dependency Scorecard, September 2009
- Car Dependency Scorecard - summary, September 2009
- Tourism without traffic - a good practice guide, September 2001
Election 2010
Freight
Local transport
Low-carbon transport policy
- Comments on the Draft Climate Change Mitigation Strategy, March 2010
- A Carbon Reduction Fund: A Proposal for the Department for Transport's Carbon Reduction Strategy, April 2009
- Transport Costs and Carbon Emissions, December 2008
- Transport Costs and Carbon Emissions - companion document, December 2008
- A Low-Carbon Transport Policy for the UK, November 2008
- A Low-Carbon Transport Policy for the UK - companion report, November 2008
- The Cost-Effectivenss of Carbon Abatement in the Transport Sector, February 2008
- Tomorrow's England - South East. Research into how climate change might affect the South East, February 2008
- Transport Policies to Address Climate Change, phase 1, June 2007
- Transport Policies to Address Climate Change, phase 1 - summary, June 2007
Planning
- Sustainable transport and the NPPF – a guide for local councils and communities, July 2012
- Reducing the Need To Travel, November 2011
- Joint letter from the RAC Foundation and Campaign for Better Transport about the National Planning Policy Framework, September 2011
- What the draft National Planning Policy Framework means for sustainable transport, August 2011
- Our response to the Practitioners Group draft National Planning Policy Framework, June 2011
- Missed Opportunity Areas: Traffic and transport implications of the Brent Cross and Battersea Power Station developments, May 2010
- The Outer London Commission - submission, May 2009
- Masterplanning Checklist for Sustainable Transport in New Developments, October 2008
- Masterplanning Checklist - summary, October 2008
- Planning white paper - joint briefing, May 2007
- Improving Transport in Outer London, January 2006
- Improving Transport in Outer London - research - Making Way for Better Transport in Outer London, January 2006
- Improving Transport in Outer London - research - Low-Carbon Transport in Outer London, January 2006
Rail
- Going Local - report on rail franchising, February 2013
- ORR Periodic Review of Freight Access Charges, August 2012
- Core standards to raise the performance of rail passenger franchises, July 2012
- Media briefing ahead of the publication of the Government's High Level Output Specification (HLOS), July 2012
- Reopening Railways: the case for growing the rail network and how it can be achieved, July 2012
- Response to Fares and Ticketing Review, June 2012
- Rail Decentralisation: Devolving decision-making on passenger rail services in England, Response from Campaign for Better Transport, June 2012
- Campaign for Better Transport’s Happiest Commuter Index, June 2012
- Media briefing on fares review, rail command paper and rail devolution consultation, February 2012
- Fares and public spending on the railways in difficult economic times - A briefing from Campaign for Better Transport, November 2011
- High Speed Rail: Investing in Britain's Future, July 2011
- Our briefing on the McNulty value for money review of the rail industry, June 2011
- Philip Hammond's to-do list for fair fares, May 2011
- Fairer rail fares briefing, March 2011
- Fair Fares Charter, January 2011
- Transport Costs and Carbon Emissions, December 2008
- Transport Costs and Carbon Emissions - companion document, December 2008
- Station Travel Plans: the way forward, September 2007
- Local Rail Partnerships, September 2007
- Growing the Railways - a manifesto, October 2005
- The Case for Rail, 2002
Road building
- Joint report with NW TAR on the failings of the business case for the A6-Manchester Airport Relief Road - January 2013
- Joint letter with business groups calling for road repair fund ahead of big projects November 2012
- Going backwards: the new roads programme October 2012
- Problems with private roads, August 2012
- Letter to Justine Greening about Bexhill–Hastings Link Road, March 2012
- Briefing on the risks of toll road investment in the UK, November 2011
- Note on the material submitted in support of the South Devon Link Road, November 2011
- Transport schemes in the Development Pool: our letter to the DfT, October 2011
- Our comments on the bid for funding for the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road, October 2011
- Our comments on the bid for funding for the Norwich Northern Distributor Route, October 2011
- Our comments on the bid for funding for the South Bristol Link Road, October 2011
- Our comments on the bid for funding for the Kingskerswell Bypass, October 2011
- Failings of the consultation process for the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road, October 2011
- Failings of the consultation process for the Kingskerswell Bypass (South Devon Link Road), October 2011
- Failings of the consultation process for the Norwich Northern Distributor Road, October 2011
- Failings of the consultation process for the South Bristol Link Phases 1&2, October 2011
- Why are councils gambling on bypasses and ring roads while making cuts to services?, September 2011
- Letter to Norman Baker about the Heysham-M6 Link, July 2011
- The Risks and Financing of the Mersey Gateway Bridge, January 2011
- The M6 Toll, five years on: Counting the cost of congestion relief, August 2010
- The Highways Agency's Billion Pound Traffic Gamble, January 2010
- The A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton draft orders - consultation response, January 2010
- National Parks Circular revising 12/96 and 125/77 - consultation response, January 2010
- The Strategic Road Network Needs Strategic Policy Appraisal, July 2009
- The Strategic Road Network Needs Strategic Policy Appraisal - companion report, July 2009
- Regional Funding Advice: Driving transport down a carbon cul-de-sac, March 2009
- The Kingskerswell Bypass business case - our response, February 2008
- Active traffic management feasibility study - consultation response, February 2008
- Driving Up Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Road Transport: An Analysis Of Current Government Projections, July 2006
Road safety
Taxation and spending
- Transport, Accessibility and Social Exclusion summary report, July 2012
- Transport and Poverty literature review, July 2012
- Recommendations for further work and policy changes to tackle transport related poverty, July 2012
- Social Inclusion Value of Buses - Burbank, July 2012
- Social Inclusion Value of Buses - Marchwood, July 2012
- Transport barriers to getting a job – Evidence from Citizens Advice clients, July 2012
- Smarter Spending to boost the economy, November 2011
- Investing for the future: using fuel duty revenue to support growth, March 2011
- Transport in the Spending Review: An advance briefing from Campaign for Better Transport, October 2010
- Employment in Sustainable Transport, July 2010
- Smarter cuts: making the right cuts, not the easy cuts in transport, June 2010
Trams
Transport appraisal