Better Transport

Campaign for Better Transport [1], responding to plans by the road haulage lobby for a demonstration on Tuesday [2], today urged the Chancellor to reject calls for a decrease in fuel duty and to use the revenue to give people real travel choices.

Roads and Climate Campaigner Richard George said:

A new report recommending a range of alternatives to proposals to build a new six-lane road bridge across the Thames in East London [1] has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth and the Campaign for Better Transport.

The new report into alternatives to the Thames Gateway Bridge was commissioned by the Green Party Assembly Members and funded by TfL. The report should help the new Mayor, Boris Johnson, whose election manifesto confirmed his opposition to the planned bridge 'in its present form'.

Friends of the Earth London Campaign Co-ordinator said:

Commenting today on the announcement of the selection of the Connect Plus consortium as the provisional preferred bidder for the £5 billion M25 PFI project [1], Rebecca Lush Blum, roads and climate campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport [2] said:

Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) on Britain’s roads are not paying anywhere near the full cost of the damage they cause to roads and communities, leaving taxpayers to pick up the bill, research published today by Campaign for Better Transport shows [1]. 

Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the Government to stop giving lorries a free ride. The group’s executive director, Stephen Joseph, says: