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News 2007

 * Draft Bill to improve public transport and tackle congestion, Department for Transport, May 22 / Consultations


 * Tendering process begins on ‘Britain’s biggest mortgage’. Transport 2000, March 13
 * Congestion Charge extends west. Transport for London, February 19 / London C Charge extension welcomed by Friends of the Earth  and Transport 2000
 * Put the break on road-pricing inaccuracies say Friends of the Earth and Transport 2000. FoE, February 16


 * Department for Transport failing to meet 5 out of 7 targets: its two targets for congestion, targets for public transport patronage, air quality and carbon dioxide emissions. House of Commons Transport Committee, February 15 / Transport 2000 joins MPs in failing the Department for Transport on its climate record. / Road charging - the Living Streets view.

Comment 2007

 * Local Transport Bill: not enough to tackle transport crisis, says Transport 2000, May 22 / Consultations

News 2006

 * Reducing oil reliance key to Britain's future, says Greenpeace, December 7
 * Reaction to Eddington Review of Britain's transport requirements, December 1 / New Start editorial December 6 2006
 * Demise of daft Expressway welcomed, but M6 widening still opposed. CPRE, Transport 2000, July 20 / West Midlands
 * Bypass schemes - damage done and lessons unlearnt, says research, commissioned by CPRE and the Countryside Agency, into the effects of three controversial major schemes, July 3
 * Transport 2000 hails challenge to roads-first transport policy, June 26
 * M62 car-share lane must be accompanied by workplace promotion - Transport 2000, March 20
 * Transport 2000 welcomes new long-term rail strategy but still concerned about congestion hotspots, March 15

Comment 2006

 * New Start editorial December 6 2006 - My quest for the holy grail of zero-carbon journalism knows no bounds. It even extended to using the services of Northern Rail twice in three days last week.

News 2005

 * Campaigners welcome plans to make developers pay towards communities, December 5
 * Transport 2000 leads broad coalition demanding a growing railway, October 17
 * Carbon dioxide cuts inadequate if aviation growth not curbed, says Tyndall Centre, September 21