Better Transport

A response from the Campaign for Better Transport to the AA report published today which claims that 20 mph speed limits may be bad for the environment:

The huge planned Brent Cross development should include a light rail line in order to reduce traffic growth, according to a new report published by the London group of the Campaign for Better Transport.

Commenting today on the Policy Exchange report Towards better transport – Funding new infrastructure with future road pricing revenue [1], Rebecca Lush Blum, the roads and climate campaigner at the Campaign for Better Transport [2], said:

The Government’s appraisal and funding systems favour road building and make it very difficult for local councils to secure money for public transport and demand-management projects, according to new research published today. [1]

This report comes as the Government is reviewing the way it appraises transport projects. [2]

Campaign for Better Transport [1] says that today’s above-inflation increase in rail fares [2] is a backward step for a Government that talks about tackling climate change.