Better Transport

"The secret? Consistency. You must develop a sensible message and then keep banging on about it."
-Derrick Coffee

There's much we can learn from the other people working locally for better transport. 

Passionate, inspiring, knowledgeable: local campaigners tell their stories and share their advice:

• Alison helped to stop the M6 from being widened through Cheshire and Staffordshire, and she’s full of useful campaigning tips.
• Seasoned transport campaigner Barry and his group work to improve trains and buses, walking and cycling in Suffolk.
• Imaginative campaigning is the key to David's success in Nottinghamshire. And the work doesn't stop when he goes down the pub...
• To raise awareness of their campaign to reopen a rail line for passenger journeys, Dennis and his group chartered a special, one-off train on the line.
• Derrick is campaigning to stop a road from being built through a precious landscape in Sussex, and shares his advice on building relationships.
• Emma fought to stop the destruction of her local nature reserve in Derbyshire, and she found creative ways of getting local people involved.
  
• Worried that speeding traffic in her street was "an accident waiting to happen," Jenny decided to take action; if your street’s a rat-run too, read her advice.
• Judith and her neighbours won their spirited fight against plans to build a seven-lane super-highway through their North Wales village.
• Inspiring Sheffield GP Julie campaigned against plans to widen the M1; her advice covers how to raise funds for your campaign and produce great leaflets.
• Julie and Cat's persistence and focus paid off for residents of Bristol who needed a  better service on an existing suburban rail line.
• Margaret and her group helped to stop a damaging road from being built through a beautiful Wiltshire valley: learn the secrets of their fantastic success.
• Neil and the other Friends of Walkden Station have turned an unloved, run-down station into a welcoming place for everyone.
• By lobbying their local council and bus company, tenacious Pauline and her neighbours succeeded in getting a vital bus service in Lancashire reinstated.
• Ray is passionate about public transport; find out how he and his brilliant group have improved buses and trains in West Yorkshire.
• Sean's success story is proof that local campaigning works. He organised a high-profile demonstration that helped secure a new cycle bridge.
• Determined campaigner Sheila helped stop a damaging bypass being built near Stockport, and she has some great advice for fellow campaigners.
• Brilliant Bedfordshire campaigner Victoria has persuaded her council to look at alternatives to road building, and won a great bus service for a new estate.