We've joined @bettertransport.bsky.social and 15 other orgs in calling on the PM to set a national mode shift target, invest in buses, rail and active travel to give people affordable alternatives to driving, and reducing reliance on volatile fuel prices. bettertransport.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Transport is one of the UK's biggest sources of emissions — and councils have real power to shift how we get around 🚌 The 2025 Action Scorecards Transport findings: ✅ 72% of councils have 60+ public EV chargers (up 40!) 🚌 66% of transport authorities have low-emission buses (up 7)

The Government is so confident this is a great use of public money, it is delaying publishing a business case until all those funds are spent: bsky.app/profile/tran...

This is brilliant! It will hopefully get a new generation used to using buses. More needs to be done though. £3 fares is still too high for many, especially if they have to change buses to complete a trip, making the cost £12 for a round trip.

⚠️ The gov is repeating HS2 mistakes with the Lower Thames Crossing. At an estimated £769M per mile, this 'smart' motorway is set to cost MORE mile-for-mile than HS2—yet construction has begun without a final business case. Read our press release 👇 transportactionnetwork.org.uk/lower-thames...

Labour is set to privatise new roads, starting with the Lower Thames Crossing. Drivers face new tolls, even as the government brings rail back into public ownership due to privatisation's failures. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/labour-to-pr...

The Queensbury Tunnel Society has done an excellent job campaigning to restore the tunnel and enable its use as a cycling, walking and wheeling route. Grant Shapps’ intervention in 2020 should have been the end of it, but still the fight goes on... transportactionnetwork.org.uk/the-fight-fo...

The UK government has today announced laws to nationalise railways at the same time as privatising roads in the #KingsSpeech Does it make any sense though?

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Well it looks like Labour and the Conservatives will take a drubbing if early results are anything to go by. Reform are the biggest winners so far but it's also been a good night for the Greens and LibDems.

We have written to the DfT about the status of 26 local road schemes that were not given the go-ahead but were left in limbo. It is important that the DfT is clear and transparent with the public about the future prospects of these schemes. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Every day in Britain, three children under 7 are killed or injured while walking. Read Transport for Quality of Life's hard-hitting paper, which has key practical steps needed to make walking safe and attractive for all www.transportforqualityoflife.com/reports/putt...

There are known and acknowledged material risks for a scheme costing well over £10bn that will not have a full business case until 2028... @christoframes.bsky.social on the Lower Thames Crossing transportinsights.blog/2026/05/06/d...

Travel options from SE >NW Derbyshire are too dependent on the car. Peaks&Dales Line Ltd have done superb research on this chinleybuxworthtg.co.uk/blogs/the-pe... @wrirosscities.bsky.social @eastmidrailway.bsky.social @peaksanddalesline.co.uk @paultattam.bsky.social @transportaction.bsky.social

Accessible should also mean accessible by public transport. We don't need more car parks on South Downs and the ones that exist should cost more to help subsidise active travel @bettertransport.bsky.social @transportaction.bsky.social @sussexuk.bsky.social

Rising fuel costs are changing travel habits⛽️ New YouGov research for Cycling UK shows 28% of drivers are walking/cycling more, with 15% considering it. cyclinguk.org/news/more-people-turn-walking-and-cycling-fuel-costs-rise

Congratulations to the Community Planning Alliance for their national day of action on 18 April that saw 220 groups take part. This sent a strong message to the government that people care about nature! It's not too late to add your voice vote-for-nature.org

There needs to be shift in the balance of national funding for roads from building new highway schemes to greening of existing highways. Some useful insights in this report by Jonathan Bray 👇🏼

Ever since the arrival of John Prescott in government in 1997, there have been attempts to promote more active travel and public transport and reduce car use in new developments. Yet other than modest success, we have gone backwards since the 1990s transportactionnetwork.org.uk/delivering-c...

I revealed here transportinsights.blog/2026/03/31/n... that National Highways tried to wriggle out of a casualty reduction target altogether & now report its admission that it didn't make a plan to meet its last target because the outcome was beyond its control transportinsights.blog/2026/04/24/p...

Delivering change requires more than words - our latest blog post transportactionnetwork.org.uk/delivering-c...

While the government has set an ambitious target of a 65% reduction in the numbers of people killed and seriously injured by 2035, it has allowed National Highways to get away with a paltry 7.5% reduction by 2031.

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For the cost of the Lower Thames Crossing, 132 area-wide sustainable urban drainage schemes could be implemented! Read more recommendations for the UK government in this new report by Jonathan Bray 👇 integratedtransport.org.uk/new-report-d...

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Good news: The government opens £1bn Structures Fund to repair bridges, flyovers and tunnels in England. The backlog in 2024 was nearly £7bn and it's likely only to have risen since then. So this is a move in the right direction but also too little to really get to grips with the backlog.

New: Communities face spiralling fuel prices, exacerbating transport poverty and car dependence - and many need car-free alternatives for short trips. I've spoken to successful greenway campaigners, and produced a toolkit! so others can help assemble low-carbon transport routes in their areas

Wondering why National Highways are planting trees? This will provide some answers... and maybe lead to some more questions! transportactionnetwork.org.uk/national-hig...

The government is right to make sure councils spend road maintenance funding wisely. But - a slightly awkward question: is a government that struggles with its own budgets and spending decisions really in the best position to judge? www.itv.com/news/2026-04...

Quick recap: to make way for the A14 road scheme, 400,000 trees & shrubs were cleared. National Highways said they would replant more trees than they had felled. In 2023, Sky News said three-quarters of the 850,000 saplings planted to replace veteran trees felled for the project had died!

'bridge experts say that not only is the 3,000 figure likely to be on the low side, but £1bn will not be anywhere near enough money to solve the issue' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04...

"Cycling, wheeling and walking opportunities are stagnating whilst bus services are in crisis. We need the new government to address these issues to tackle the cost of living crisis.” - Rhian Nowell-Phillips, TAN Cymru transportactionnetwork.org.uk/tan-cymru-ur...

four lives lost every day on UK roads (not to mention huge amounts of injuries, wildlife) but we may cut that to 3.71 lives/day by 2031 🤞🏽🎉 imagine having Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) as an organisational target, on your dashboard, and you're seeing how completely we need to change everything

The government recently published its £27bn roads plan for 2026–2031, known as RIS3 (Road Investment Strategy 3). The headlines focused on the (very welcome) increased budget for maintenance and renewals. But lets dig deeper and see what is actually being proposed. A thread 👇

Transport is a huge household expense. 📉 By making walking, cycling, and public transport safer and easier, we can lower the cost of travel for everyone. See how to advocate for cheaper, fairer travel options: 🔗 lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/vote-low-tra... #CostOfLiving #SafeStreets

While the government has set an ambitious target of a 65% reduction in the number of people killed and seriously injured by 2035, it allowed National Highways to get away with a paltry 7.5% reduction by 2031. Read our latest blog post for more on this transportactionnetwork.org.uk/ris3-stuck-o...

If the government is serious about integrating planning and transport, then it needs to stop approving large road schemes such as the A38 Derby Junctions. Our response to the government’s strategy for integrated transport 👇 transportactionnetwork.org.uk/better-conne...

Fatima Whitbred has spoken up against the Lower Thames Crossing and the closure of The Whitecroft care home: "This is absolutely shocking behaviour. It's selfish, greedy and all comes down to money – not people's dignity" thurrock.nub.news/news/local-n...

"The commitment of less than 2% of the RIS3 Statement of Funds Available to specific safety activities is difficult to reconcile with safety being the number one priority for the organisation." I couldn't have put it better myself. transportinsights.blog/2026/03/31/n...

The total funding in RIS3 for road safety is around £464m. As transport journalist @christoframes.bsky.social points out, this is less than 2% of the overall spend, supposedly on National Highway's “top priority”!

The government has significantly lowered the ambition for National Highways to reduce serious injuries. The new target is for a 7.5% reduction up to 2031, based on the 2022-24 baseline. This is a massive departure from the previous target of zero-harm by 2040.

The latest (2024) greenhouse gas statistics show domestic transport now represents 30% of UK emissions. Around 90% of these emissions are from road transport and represent a failure of current policies.

Imagine what starting to spend £600 million now on rail, bus, cycling, and walking infrastructure would do for Derby and the surrounding area - instead of what will no doubt be close to a billion by 2030, take 4 years, and increase traffic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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We're delighted to see increased budgets for maintenance and renewal of the ageing road network! But it's concerning to see poor value road schemes included, like the A38 Derby Junctions and A66 Northern Trans Pennine transportactionnetwork.org.uk/strategy-bas...

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