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Cuts-Watch UK – We need you! 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
23 August 2013: Over the next few weeks and months we will be conducting research into bus cuts and where they are happening. read more
Private Eye's 'Road Rage' column on traffic and forecasts 14 Aug 2013 | 02:14 pm
14 August 2013: Reprinted with permission, Private Eye's Hedgehog column recently summarised how unfeasibly high Government traffic forecasts are being used to justify road-building. read more
Déjà vu? Government announce huge rail fare increases - Again! 13 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
13 August 2013: Today the Government has announced that regulated train fares will increase by a huge 4.1% in the next round of fares increases from January 2014. read more
Treasury minister's role in road funding 'in danger of looking like pork barrel politics' 12 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
12 August 2013: As reported by the FT, we have uncovered emails that show a £290 million road in a marginal constituency was funded thanks to the intervention of Danny Alexander. read more
Shh...the Government's just published its national transport strategy 5 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
5 August 2013: Last Friday, the Government slipped out what it effectively their national transport strategy. Big on the supply side, it misses out on influencing and managing demand. read more
Combe Haven rally brings home the damage caused by new roads 25 Jul 2013 | 09:27 pm
25 July 2013: Campaigners from across the country joined us at the first national Rally Against Road-Building and saw the damage already being done by preparations for the Bexhill-Hastings L read mor...
Government responds to Fair Fares Now petition 23 Jul 2013 | 07:06 pm
23 July 2013: This week we received a response from the government following the hand in of our Fair Fares Now petition. read more
7000 voices calling for Fair Fares Now 16 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
16 July 2013: Today we made our way along Horseferry Road to the Department for Transport to hand in our Fair Fares Now petition calling on the Government to name a date to end above inflation annual ...
Last chance to tell the Government we need Fair Fares Now! 11 Jul 2013 | 06:38 pm
11 July 2013: In March 2012 the government published its consultation on Fares and Ticketing and promised to end above inflation fare rises once they had taken the time to identify efficiency savings ...
EU bureaucrats paving the way for mega trucks 4 Jul 2013 | 01:48 am
Huge double-articulated 25 metre mega trucks could become a common sight on Europe's roads. read more
