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Planes, trains and buses: 2021 a year in review
12 January 2022
Sitting down to write this blog about our some of our biggest achievements last year made me realise just how…
Rail fare rise is far from fair
17 December 2021
Today we learnt that rail fares will rise by 3.8 per cent in March. This is bad news not just…
DON’T increase rail fares if you want a green future
20 October 2021
The Government is considering whether to increase rail fares in January. If it raises them by one per cent above…
Domestic flights are a climate disaster: we need #trainNOTplane
11 October 2021
The effects of climate change are being felt around the world. The need for action is urgent. So why is…
On the road to a national zero emission bus fleet
17 September 2021
The vast majority of people now recognise the urgency of tackling climate change and air pollution, and the Government has…
Will UN’s climate wake-up call be answered?
10 August 2021
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) recent report has provided “unequivocal” evidence that humans are to blame for…
Better public transport is essential for the jobs recovery
30 July 2021
A guest blog by Sarah Welfare, Head of Policy and Research at Reed in Partnership. “While many people have been…
Is the Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan up to scratch?
16 July 2021
This week (14 July) the Government published its long-overdue Transport Decarbonisation Plan. Last spring, they had published a document setting…
A fare start?
24 June 2021
A blog by Norman Baker of Campaign for Better Transport. We’ve all been waiting on the platform for ages –…
Tackling air pollution
17 June 2021
The UK Government and the World Health Organisation now recognise air pollution as one of the top health threats we…