Better Transport

Commenting on the RAC Foundation's road-building myth buster [1], Campaign for Better Transport's executive director, Stephen Joseph, said "The road to hell is paved with false myths. It's time for solutions. The RAC Foundation and other supporters of road-building should come up with real solutions to tackle this country's traffic problems. Decades of car-led transport policy have confined us all to a spiral of increasing traffic, leaving people across the country demanding change that they can believe in, not these false myths being presented by the RAC Foundation."

Campaign for Better Transport welcomes the Mayor of London's announcement that the Thames Gateway Bridge has finally been cancelled [1]. Richard Bourn, London Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said:

"We're delighted that our work to halt this scheme has paid off in the end. Massive road-building and traffic-generating projects have no place in Transport for London's Business Plan. Now we look forward to the development of sustainable transport projects for the growth areas in East London and the Thames Gateway."

Notes for editors

Reacting to the Government’s draft eco-towns planning policy statement [1], Campaign for Better Transport welcomed the commitment to at least 50% non-car travel, but warned that the commitment would be undermined if the Government did not ensure that the towns had high quality public transport and good local services provided from Day 1. Campaigns Director Jason Torrance said: