Better Transport

Campaign for Better Transport features regularly in national, regional and local media.

Here is a selection of recent coverage:

Buses face 'Beeching axe' threat
Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2010

Transport groups warn of Beeching-style bus cuts
Lancashire Evening Post, 12 July 2010

Bus fares 'will increase if government axes fuel subsidy'
Metro, 12 July 2010

Price of train tickets could jump by a third
Daily Mirror, 16 June 2010

Ripping out seats would ease crowding on trains, suggests public pending watchdog
Daily Mail, 4 June 2010

Rail passengers face service cuts threat
Daily Telegraph, 3 May 2010

Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
The Ecologist, 25 March 2010

Budget 2010: motorists face 1p fuel duty rise
Daily Telegraph, 24 March 2010

Budget 2010: pale green measures that could bring 80m-tonne cut in CO2
The Guardian, 24 March 2010

Budget 2010: Instant reaction to the Budget
Financial Times, 24 March 2010

Budget 2010: Full fuel duty rise delayed
The Independent, 24 March 2010

TfL attacked for transporting ‘green’ buses around the world
London Evening Standard, 24 March 2010 

Train fares: Video - campaigning in Sittingbourne
Kent Online, 22 March 2010

Train fares: Video - campaigners in Kent
Meridian Regional News, 22 March 2010

Train fares: advance coverage of campaigners at stations
This is Kent, 19 March 2010

Planes: Private jet users should pay tax
BBC News, 19 March 2010

High Speed Rail: Mixed response to plans
New Civil Engineer, 11 March, 2010

High Speed Rail: Passenger group cautions
Birmingham Post, 11 March 2010

Cars: Bigger engines, two-car homes, school runs on rise
Ecologist, 16 February 2010

Planning: Call for transport integration strategy
Local Government Chronicle, 26 January 2010

Comment: On the right road?
The Engineer, 18 January 2010

Roads: Benefits of new roads being overstated 
BBC News, 18 January 2010

Train fares: Rail fares to increase
The Independent, 2 January 2010

Train fares: UK passengers pay 20% more than the rest of Europe
The Scotsman, 2 January 2010

Train fares: Firms accused of hiding 15% rise in some ticket prices
The Mirror, 1 January 2010

Train fares: Low inflation means small drop in many fares
The Guardian, 31 December 2009 

Roads: Concern as haulage firm rolls out 25m 'superlorry'
BBC News, 1 December 2009

High Speed Rail: Labour to promise high-speed rail link
The Independent, 23 November 2009

Train fares: London Midland announces peak-time fare rises
Birmingham Mail, 21 November 2009

Train fares: Rising fares 'a scandal', says passenger group
Lancashire Evening Post, 19 November 2009

Public transport: No.10 to put transport information at passengers' fingertips
Daily Telegraph, 14 November 2009

Public transport: National Express East Coast franchise nationalised
The Guardian, 6 November 2009

Train fares: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
BBC News, 3 November 2009

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