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So to recap…
Bus fare cap ⬆️ 50%
Rail fares ⬆️ 4.6%
Rail cards ⬆️ by £5
Fuel duty… still frozen.
Gov talks of delivering on the environment yet undermines itself by failing to adequately tax our most polluting forms of transport & support the most sustainable. #Budget2024
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This is not long-term transport planning; it's short-term expediency. Ripping up 25 yrs of transport policies - many enacted under previous Conservative Governments - in a desperate attempt to win votes is deeply retrograde and will damage communities, the country and the planet.
Today we’ve launched our Plan for Drivers – 30 new actions we are taking to help put motorists back in the driving seat.
Read the full plan 👉 gov.uk/government/news/gover…
#PlanForDrivers
ALT Plan for drivers: Smoother journeys, easier parking, stop unfair enforcement, tackle inconsiderate driving, help switch to zero emission cars
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There was once a much bigger vision for our international rail link, that saw sleeper services from across the UK connect directly with HS1 at London for seamless train travel into Europe.
For train to compete with plane, there's challenges to overcome👇
bettertransport.org.uk/campa…
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Cutting Air Passenger Duty on domestic flights in the #Budget is utterly wrong-headed in the shadow of the climate emergency. Most of these journeys can be made in just a few hours by train with just one-seventh the carbon impact. #trainNOTplane
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They've arrived! @Paultuohy on the plane and Norman Baker on the train got to George Square just TWO MINS apart.
Paul *just* beat Norman, but his journey emitted around 7x more carbon emissions.
With Norman's journey more pleasant too, the case for #trainNOTplane is clear.
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In 1963, the Beeching Report led to the closure of almost 2,500 stations and a third of Britain's railway lines.
In 2023, road traffic is blighting communities and transport emits more greenhouse gases than any other sector.
It's time to #ReverseBeeching.
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Thousands of stations and up to 1/3 of Britain's railway lines were closed in the 1960s under the Beeching cuts.
We think many of these should be reopened, to connect communities and enable low-carbon travel: bettertransport.org.uk/campa…
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Fuel duty has been frozen for 14 yrs.
2022 it was cut, costing the Treasury £2.4 billion.
@SMFthinktank found the freeze has benefitted the top fifth of earners twice as much as the bottom fifth.
Yet rail fares continue to rise; Gov needs to reprioritise & end the freeze.
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Imagine if the England ⚽ team took the 🚆 rather than a ✈ to next year's Euros in Germany - what an amazing boost that would be for green travel! We've written to ask them to do just that, as reported in the media today: dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art…
#trainNOTplane
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Get in the bin! How about instead of a phantom meat tax, seven recycling bins and compulsory car-sharing, the Government scraps these rubbish transport policies instead 👇
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Taking the train from London-Norwich takes a little over 90 minutes. The PM's decision to take a private helicopter instead was a terrible one, for the planet and for taxpayers.
#TrainNotPlane #TrainNotHelicopter
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Let’s dissect this… £1bn bus investment as part of Network North only equates to what was already promised as part of the National Bus Strategy when HS2 was STILL going to Manchester.
Bus funding shouldn’t come from lost rail investment; it should come from the roads budget.
We’re using savings from HS2 to improve local bus services👇
🚍 £150m boost for buses in the North and Midlands in 2024/25
🚍 Capping £2 single bus fares across England to 31 Dec 2024
We’re also👇
🚍 Supporting community transport services for older and vulnerable people
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Private jets are up to 14 times more polluting than commercial flights. We want to see:
🛫 A new tax levied on private jet passengers
🛫 All flights by private jets subject to VAT
The money raised should be invested in public transport.
bettertransport.org.uk/media…
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Between 1980 and 2016, the cost of bus and coach travel rose by 64% and rail travel by 63%, whilst the cost of motoring dropped 20% - no wonder our roads are clogged and our air is unbreathable!
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Good that Eurostar is planning more trains and talking about new routes.
There's huge demand for international rail travel, BUT it also needs to be more affordable.
Govt should help by creating an International Rail Strategy.
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The 3.8% rail fare rise (just announced) is far from fair.
It risks driving people off rail and onto roads instead - bad news for the environment.
Rail fares should have been frozen to match the fuel duty freeze for car drivers.
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We've published a new report today that calls for a £4.8bn national rail reopenings programme to add 343 miles to the passenger rail network made up of 33 new lines and 72 new stations. Read the full press release here:
bettertransport.org.uk/media… #railreopenings
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By choosing to keep the 5p fuel duty cut and continue freezing fuel duty, the Chancellor has committed to costing the Treasury a further £4.2 billion in lost revenue. This could have nearly quadrupled support for English bus services. #Budget2024
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On the anniversary of the disastrous Beeching Report, which led to the closure of almost 2,500 stations & 1/3 of Britain's rail lines, we're calling for a clear plan to #ReverseBeeching, grow the railway and connect more communities.
Which lines would you like to see reopen?🛤️
ALT Graphic reads: Let's reopen rail lines, build stations and connect more communities to the network
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Private jets are a luxury the taxpayer and the planet can't afford. We want to see a similar pledge from the current Government and a 'train first' policy for all domestic Government trips.
Rachel Reeves will stop ministers flying on private jets when they could fly with public mirror.co.uk/news/politics/r…
ALT Rishi Sunak gets on a plane
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Fact or Fiction? Nothing *ahem* grinds our gears more than transport misconceptions. In a new blog Alice dispels some of the most common transport myths.
Read here 👇
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Raising rail fares above inflation & hiking the cost of railcards while keeping the fuel duty freeze sends entirely the wrong message about how we want and need people to travel. We need to make public transport the attractive, affordable choice.
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Government should take note...this is what climate leadership looks like 👇connexionfrance.com/article/…
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A concerning decision by @RoyalMail to stop using rail freight.
Ending nearly 200 years of mail rail will mean more lorries, congestion & pollution.
The new gov should work with Royal Mail to reverse this decision and make it clear that freight belongs on rail.
We are profoundly disappointed by @RoyalMail's decision to stop using rail freight. Politicians and policymakers must get round the table to look at how we can level the playing field between rail freight and road haulage. Freight belongs on rail!
#railfreight
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We're 50 today! 🎂
In 1973, Transport 2000 was founded to campaign against plans to close most of Britain’s railways. As Campaign for Better Transport, we continue to fight for access to affordable, green public transport.🛤️💚
Join us in our 50th year: bettertransport.org.uk/take-…
ALT Campaign for Better Transport team stood in front of a red double decker bus, with 50th birthday balloons.
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Today's the day!
Our Norman Baker is travelling around 600 miles from Newhaven on the south coast of England to Thurso on the north coast of Scotland by rail.
Will be make it before nightfall?
Follow his epic coast-to-coast journey here!
#BetterByTrain
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Reopening a disused rail line can transform an area, boosting the local economy, creating better places to live & reducing carbon emissions. These things are now more important than ever if we are to rebuild the economy in a way that is fair & sustainable: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/…
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It's not rocket science! When buses are more affordable, more people use them.
The £2 bus fare cap is brilliant, but it's only temporary.
We want to see buses made more affordable permanently, for the the sake of passengers, local economies and the planet.
More bus journeys taken since £2 fare cap, says watchdog bbc.in/3KyTMEQ
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SUVs can...
👎Overhang standard parking spaces
👎Block pavements
👎Hold up buses, increasing journey times
👎Damage roads
Heavier and more dangerous than regular cars, we think SUVs should pay more for the damage they cause.
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Cardiff and Edinburgh connected by direct train for the first time! 🏴🏴
This new @CrossCountryUK service will launch in December and will connect 22 stations between the two capitals. #TrainNotPlane
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Buses are a lifeline, connecting people to work and education, shops and services, friends and family. We need to change the way buses are funded to protect these vital connections, as we told the BBC for this article👇
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
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The Government should reconsider its decision to scrap the Restoring Your Railway fund.
Reopening a railway can transform an area. It can support the local economy, expand labour markets, create better places to live and reduce carbon emissions. railnews.co.uk/news/2024/07/…
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According to @NEF just 7% of the benefit of a fuel duty cut goes to the poorest 20% of households, with 33% going to the wealthiest 20%. That means an average of £1.80 a month to households in the bottom 20% of earners, and £8.20 a month to households in the top 20%.
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Bus stops vary wildly.
Some, like this one in the West Midlands, are smashing it.
At the other end of the scale, many don't even have a timetable on display.
Our #BetterBusStops campaign is calling for a National Bus Stop Standard.
But what makes a good bus stop? A🧵...
ALT A sheltered bus stop with real-time information screens and lovely wooden seating.
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While fares go up yet again, fuel duty has been frozen for 13 years, meaning the Government has foregone £100 billion in revenue which could have been spent on completing HS2 and much-needed local transport networks.
It's time passengers got a better deal.
ALT Image reads: This is simply a question of priorities. If the Government is serious about encouraging people to take the train and meeting our net zero targets then it is rail fares, not fuel duty, which should be frozen."
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Selling land acquired for HS2 will stunt rail freight growth and severely restrict future freight movements. The government should pause this sale until after the general election when plans to ease congestion on the West Coast mainline can be revisited.
Pause HS2 land sale, says government big projects adviser bbc.in/46VBlSW
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Rail passengers have just suffered the biggest fares rise in a decade and bus services are disappearing across the country. But Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights? Cut.
Let's make it easier to choose train over plane. Read our blog here 👇
bettertransport.org.uk/blog/…
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An exciting proposal for Very Light Rail in the Peak District! 🚆🍃
Very Light Rail is a super sustainable option, perfect for a disused freight track like this 👇
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg6…
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Bus fares⬆️ 403%
Rail fares⬆️ 325%
Motoring⬆️163%
With yet another rail fare rise announcement next week, isn't it time we addressed the disparity in transport costs to help tackle #climatechange?
#TheWayForward is public transport
We won’t fix urban transport until we fix this graph
Let’s build back greener
#NowIsTheTime #ThisIsAnEmergency
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This half term, why not make use of the £2 bus fare cap to get out and about? Just £2 for a single bus ride anywhere in England.
You could even try travelling as far as @ETWriteHome who's heading from London all the way to Edinburgh!
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We're very excited to be able to share our new video voiced by Railway Children and @CallTheMidwife1 star @4JennyAgutter.
#NothingBeatsBeingThere
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For too long, new homes have been built without access to public transport, making communities car dependent. Revised planning guidance must contain a duty to locate all future developments near existing or planned public transport networks to reduce the need for cars.
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Fuel duty: still cut and still frozen. The Chancellor has cost the Treasury £4.2bn in lost revenue for another year.
This revenue would be enough to triple support for buses across England AND freeze rail fares for 3 years.
It’s time to change the priorities. #Budget2024
We are extending the temporary 5p cut in fuel duty rates for a further 12 months & have cancelled the planned inflation increase.
Supporting motorists across the country with rising prices, saving an average of £250 per car since the cut was introduced in 2022.
ALT Text: Fuel duty frozen for 2024/25 – our plan for the economy Imagery: A driver using a fuel pump
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One way to fill the £22bn 'Black Hole'? Scrap unnecessary road schemes!
Building new roads doesn’t cut congestion, it does the opposite. Spending £9bn on the Lower Thames Crossing is nonsensical and undermines Gov's net-zero commitment. Us in @guardian 👇
theguardian.com/world/2024/s…
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What a great way to make use of the national £2 bus fare cap!
With this temporary fare offer available across England until the end of March, whether it's an epic journey like @ETWriteHome's, or just saving £s on an everyday trip, where will your £2 take you?
British woman undertakes trip from London to Edinburgh using only £2 local buses theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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It sounds like a bad April Fool's joke. During a climate crisis, Gov has cut the rate of Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights. This is terrible news for the environment.
The £130million in lost revenue could have funded a six-month extension to the £2 bus fare cap instead.
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New campaign launching today!
This is a critical moment for our transport system. To avoid a future of rising traffic & pollution, the Government must protect & renew public transport.
#TheWayForward is public transport. Are you on board? Join the campaign the-way-forward.org/join-the…
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By cancelling the Northern leg of HS2, the Prime Minister has taken much needed rail investment and ploughed it into yet more roads...
...Our response to the Prime Minister's speech 👇bettertransport.org.uk/media…
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More space for bikes on trains?
Better cycle parking at stations?
What would make it easier for you to combine cycling and rail travel? @Sustrans is running a survey: share your views and make change happen.
sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/new…
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Rail fares up 4.9% today...
At a time when we urgently need to encourage people to take the train, the public will rightly be angry to discover that it has just become even more expensive to do so. When is comes to sustainable transport, the priorities are all wrong.
ALT Image reads: We know that people will decide to drive or fly if the train is too expensive, so this is bad news for our personal finances, the wider economy and the environment.
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- Fuel Duty frozen for the 11th year
- Rail fares up 2.6%
- Air Passenger Duty slashed???
The government’s green agenda seems to be veering off course.
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We've written a letter to Gareth Southgate asking the England team to take the train to Euro 2024, and, like the French squad, commit to travelling by train during the tournament if there's a rail option under three hours. #TrainNotPlane 👇bettertransport.org.uk/wp-co…
ALT Dear England, want to equalise with France? Commit to taking the train to Euro 2024 in Germany, and travel by train during the tournament when there's a rail option under three hours. #TrainNotPlane
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Instead of rail becoming the first choice for international travel, it's become a luxury.
With limited services & expensive tickets, it's little wonder many choose to fly instead. In a climate emergency, rail has to be the first choice.
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'Starting this Saturday, buses will be FREE to use in #Swansea at weekends in the run-up to Christmas. 🎄🚍
Well done Swansea - what a great way to support the high street, reduce traffic and give us all some Christmas cheer!
walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…
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The only way to solve congestion is to reduce the volume of traffic on the roads.
England traffic jams 'worse' despite congestion schemes bbc.in/2Ur3EIx
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In the 90s there were plans for Eurostar to run directly from Manchester, Leeds & Glasgow. The trains were built, but considered commercially unviable, they never ran.
If you want to see a revival of this international rail ambition, fill in our survey👇
bettertransport.org.uk/campa…
ALT International rail: what would tempt you to take the train?
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📰 Quoted!
An above inflation rail fare rise & £5 railcard increase is a kick in the teeth for people who rely on public transport, especially those on low income.
All the while fuel duty is frozen AGAIN. Gov must reexamine its transport priorities.
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It's less than a mile from Disley Station to the @nationaltrust 's Lyme Park, yet it is still building a 1,065 space car park, despite plans to be carbon neutral by 2030. We think @nationaltrust should rethink this plan and pursue more sustainable ways to visit its sites instead.
National Trust criticised for plans to build Peak District’s biggest car park theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Clean air isn't a luxury, it's a basic human right.
Every Londoner, no matter where they live or their background, deserves to breathe clean, safe air. The #ULEZ expansion into outer London will help us to achieve this goal. @CleanAirWins
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"There is huge potential for decarbonising the transport system by shifting more journeys from road to public transport".
There is currently no gov target for traffic reduction in England, so it's great to see an emphasis on modal shift from @The_TUC 👇
tuc.org.uk/research-analysis…
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Scrapping the northern leg of HS2 means…
🛤️No resolution to the capacity problem on the West Coast Mainline
🚂No new freight paths
🏙️No full Northern Powerhouse Rail
We’d be left with a London-to-Manchester line that doesn’t go to London or Manchester.
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We're calling for measures to reduce domestic aviation in this exclusive in today's @guardiannews, including a ban on all flights where the train journey is less than 5 hours and no cut to air passenger duty in the Budget: theguardian.com/uk-news/2021… #trainNOTplane @GwynTopham
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This is hugely disappointing...
Rail is one of the greenest forms of transport and crucial to the economy. The Restoring Your Railways Fund was key to getting much-needed lines and stations reopened.
We urge the Government to reconsider.
news.railbusinessdaily.com/c…
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For years, airlines have used air mile schemes to incentivise flying. So why don’t we have a national ‘rail miles’ scheme to encourage more journeys by train?
Perks could include:
💳Cost off future tickets
🫖On-board discounts
🥇Upgrades to first-class
#FareFuture
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Ending the fuel duty freeze was a no brainer...
The freeze has so far lost the Treasury a colossal £133bn. @resfoundation analysis shows the tax cost of driving has declined 38% since 2010, while long-suffering rail passengers get an annual fare rise.
thetimes.com/business-money/…
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Nottingham Council is set to use some of its Bus Service Improvement Plan money to offer a 20% public transport discount to commuters on buses and trams. This is a great way to encourage more public transport use and ease the cost of the living 👏
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If Gov introduced a 33p per litre kerosene tax on domestic flights, it could raise £594 million per year.
If Gov reversed the cut to Air Passenger Duty, it could raise £69 million per year.
An extra £663 million for our railways. Our budget asks👇
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Saving the Travelcard means saving the sort of simple, integrated ticket that we need across the country if we want to make public transport the easy choice.
Our thanks to our supporters who wrote to their MPs and Councillors, and told us what this card means to them 🙌
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New motorway-style roads are not needed to support good growth. Today's Oxford-Cambridge expressway news is a backward step, undermining the sustainable transport policies that should be at the heart of the Government's Clean Growth plans. gov.uk/government/news/corri…
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Given the volatility of fuel prices, cutting fuel duty is not the best way to ease the cost of living crisis. We would like to see moves to make public transport more affordable, which would have the added benefits of reducing our reliance on fuel and tackling climate change.
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Good rail news!
Latest @railandroad stats show rail passenger journeys up by 7%.
A BILLION more passenger kilometres were travelled compared to the same quarter last year!
More people choosing rail means less traffic, pollution & carbon emissions. #BetterByTrain
Passengers made 420m journeys in the latest quarter (1 Apr to 30 Jun 2024), up 7% on the 392m made in the same quarter in the previous year
Passenger revenue was £2.8bn, up 8% on the same quarter in the previous year (adjusted for inflation).
📈➡ dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statis…
ALT A vertical bar chart showing the number of passenger journeys made in each financial quarter from April 2018 to June 2024. Passenger numbers reached a peak of 461 million in October to December 2019, before the pandemic. Following this, there was a strong decline in passenger numbers across the year from April 2020 to March 2021. Since then, there has been a period of recovery, where ten of the 13 quarters since April 2021 have seen an increase in passenger numbers. The most recent value of 420 million journeys in April to June 2024, continued this trend.
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10yrs of #Nottingham's Workplace Parking Levy has resulted in:
- £90m raised
- £1bn of transport investment
- 47% drop in congestion growth.
Find out what other cities could learn from Nottingham's public transport success story in our new blog. bettertransport.org.uk/blog/…
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The disastrous Beeching cuts saw thousands of miles of rail track closed.
For a green transport future, we want to see many lines & stations reopened.
Read our list of reopenings suggested by campaign groups and visitors to our website: bettertransport.org.uk/campa…
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Bus lanes are coming under attack in many places with calls to either remove them or allow other types of vehicles to use them. But bus lanes and other bus priority measures are vital to ease congestion and give people reliable public transport.
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This is huge!! The Leeds - Whitby Coastliner and a THIRD of North Yorkshire bus routes no longer at risk of being cut thanks to the £2 bus fare cap & additional funding. 🚍💚yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/tra…
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Gov should invest in rail freight, not longer lorries.
According to @RailPartners , rail freight removes seven million HGVs from the roads each year, saving 1.4 million tonnes of carbon. Rail freight is cleaner, safer and causes less damage to our roads and environment.
From 31 May, longer lorries will be rolled out on UK roads:
✅ Providing a £1.4 billion boost for the UK’s economy
✅ Reducing carbon dioxide emissions
✅ Allowing companies like @GreggsOfficial to transport lots more of their baked goods to the UK public
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Good news for people in #Portsmouth!
Starting today, bus travel is FREE for all weekends in September.
What a great way to boost brilliant bus travel, just in time for #CatchTheBusMonth.
portsmouth.gov.uk/2023/08/25…
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We're planning a campaign for #BetterBusStops so we were excited to see this one in #Dunstable! It has:
- Bike racks
- Phone charging
- Audio timetable
- Wide entrances for wheelchairs
- Green roof
If you've tried it, what did you think? @letstalkcentral
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We ♥ the £2 bus fare cap! But it's due to end at the end of June. Let us know in the comments if you've been making use of the #GetAroundForTwoPounds fares and think the cap should be extended.
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A new rate of air passenger duty for private jet passengers could raise £1.4bn a year. That would almost cover Network Rail's annual maintenance costs and is more than the Government has invested across the whole of the local bus network in recent years.
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Ask your MP to support a change of rules so @OLEVgovuk grants can support #ebikes as well as electric cars bettertransport.org.uk/e-bik…
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SUVs are simply too large for city streets. We want to see higher charges for parking SUVs in UK cities and for better enforcement to prevent pavement parking to help reduce the impact of these large vehicles on our cities’ roads and public transport system.
BREAKING: Parisians have voted to increase parking rates for heavier vehicles, signaling that the tide is turning against huge SUVs in our cities.
It's time for other European cities to ask whether large SUVs have a place on their streets.
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It's the anniversary of the Beeching Report, which led to the closure of 1/3 of Britain's rail lines.
Happily, some lines have reopened recently with great success - 50,000 journeys were made on the Northumberland Line in its 1st month!
Let's #ReverseBeeching & reopen many more
ALT A photo of a disused railway track bed with grass growing over the tracks and the words 'Let's reopen rail lines, build stations and connect more communities to the network' over the top.
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Network North looks mixed:
- Some exciting rail plans
- Welcome extension of £2 bus fares
- LOTS of unwise road building
- Many things not costed
- Some things delivered years ago!
- Nothing that should be *instead of* HS2
We're looking at the details: briefing paper to come
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We've signed this letter, calling on the Government to complete the sections of HS2 currently under construction & leave room for future expansion.
The sale of land on the northern leg should be halted until the option to revive all or parts of the abandoned sections is reviewed
Enroute and a coalition of transport experts and campaigners have called on the Government this morning to make a success of the high-speed rail network and leave room for the future. Read more about our new campaign and open letter here: enroutecic.com/campaigns/fix…
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Passenger numbers on the reopened Northumberland Line have massively exceeded expectations.
Brilliant news! But concerning that official predictions so often underestimate the demand for rail. Think how much more ambitious we could be if we got it right!
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Did you know, people in Austria can buy an annual pass which lets them travel for just €3 per day, anywhere in the country by train or bus?
We talked to @WiredUK for this article about Austria's new Klimaticket (climate ticket): wired.co.uk/article/austria-…
#TheWayForward
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The Govt should be encouraging more people to switch to the train, while at the same time making rail even greener with a rolling programme of electrification. What a powerful combination this would be in the fight to decarbonise transport & improve air quality! #RailDecarb21
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Fuel duty is still frozen for car drivers, but a rail fares freeze remains out of the question.
It is younger, older, disabled, and low-income people who are hurt the most when rail fares rise. People are being priced off the railways and it needs to stop. #faresfreeze
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Our new report shows that switching half of the most popular UK domestic flight journeys to rail would save passengers time and money and save 342,754 tonnes of carbon. #trainNOTplane @FlightFreeUK
Read here 👇
bettertransport.org.uk/resea…
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Great to see Eurostar is reinstating its 'snow' services! ⛷️🏂
Before being 'paused' 4 years ago, it sustainably transported 25,000 passengers a year with no additional charges for ski equipment. #TrainNOTplane
connexionfrance.com/news/eur…
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Congratulations to all the incredible @TeamGB athletes! 🥇🥈🥉
Great to see Team GB taking the train to and from the Olympics in Paris this year- setting a stunningly sustainable example.
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Dear @Jeremy_Hunt
💔don’t fall out of love with public transport 💔
We’ve asked the Chancellor to show public transport some love in his #SpringStatement. Bus funding is ending & rail fares are rising. We need a public transport network that's fit for the future. 🛤️💘
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Nottingham's Workplace Parking Levy has cut congestion growth by 47% and saved the city £15m per year since its launch a decade ago.
In his new blog, @msolwilliams looks at what other cities could learn from Nottingham's #publictransport success. bettertransport.org.uk/blog/…
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Fantastic results coming out of @DPWorldUK's rail freight scheme 👏
The financial incentive has cut 64,300 truck journeys from roads in one year, and slashed carbon emissions by 17,000 tonnes!
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kn…
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It's time to end the cut to fuel duty. ⛽️
Since 2011 the Treasury has lost a total of £114bn in revenue and is set to lose a further £73bn in the next four years. Revenue that could have been spent on public services.
bettertransport.org.uk/blog/…
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Introducing #BetterTransportWeek!
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🚨NEW REPORT
Today we’ve published analysis on the public’s view of vehicle taxation reform. With the rise of EVs, revenue from motoring tax is declining. Half of people surveyed support #PayAsYouDrive to plug this gap.
Read our full report 👇
bettertransport.org.uk/media…
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Michael's been shown the new @Merseyrail trains by @EllisPalmer94 🚅💛
Level boarding, more accessible stations and integration with buses; all things that make a huge difference for many passengers. #BetterTransportWeek
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