Better Transport

A new YouGov poll confirms that the British public overwhelmingly want the Government to invest in better public transport rather than build new roads [1]. The poll results raise important questions about the wisdom of a new RAC Foundation report calling for more road building [2].

In the poll, 62% of people voted for public transport, whilst only 30% voted for road building.

The Campaign for Better Transport reacted with dismay to Government plans for making it easier to build major infrastructure projects published in the Planning Reform Bill today.

Jason Torrance, Campaigns Director, said:

Responding to the Government’s Heathrow airport expansion consultation launched today, Jason Torrance, the campaigns director at the Campaign for Better Transport [1], said:

"Any plan for future expansion of Heathrow must be abandoned and money instead put into high-speed rail links."

Notes for editors
Campaign for Better Transport is the new name of Transport 2000, which has been securing better transport policy and programmes since 1973.

The Campaign for Better Transport [1] welcomes today’s announcement that the Government’s Local Transport Bill will create a national bus passenger watchdog [2].

Cat Hobbs, the group’s public transport campaigner, said: