Better Transport

Ipswich and East Suffolk Campaign for Better Transport campaigns on local issues and supports the national organisation in pressing for sustainable transport. We are currently concerned with campaigning for a better standard of buses and safer provisions for pedestrians. We recently submitted evidence to the consultation on SnOasis, a winter sports centre that would be close to Ipswich and include the biggest indoor ski slope in the world.

We meet four times a year at Ipswich train station.

East Suffolk Travellers Association is the independent, voluntary body which provides a voice for train and bus users in the eastern part of Suffolk.

It covers Ipswich, Woodbridge, Saxmundham, Framlingham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, Halesworth, Southwold, Beccles, Bungay, Lowestoft and the surrounding villages. ESTA has a separate branch for Felixstowe.

ESTA-Felixstowe vigorously promotes public transport to, from and within Felixstowe, and seeks improvements to and integration of the services provided by the various operators. We:

• Cooperate with local authorities and other statutory bodies
• Liaise with managers of public transport bodies and MPs
• Publish newsletters to members and affiliated groups
• Hold meetings and exhibitions
• Publish leaflets, timetables and press articles
• Organise and run visits and tours
• Raise funds by way of subscriptions, donations and profits from visits and tours