Road safety strategy leaves vulnerable road users exposed Transport Action Network (TAN)1 has welcomed today’s publication of the government’s Road Safety Strategy2. The strategy, long overdue, contains welcome action and targets to reduce deaths and injuries on our roads. However, TAN is concerned by what is missing in the strategy....

Planning reforms could fail unless transport unblocked Despite transport being one of the most common reasons for housing developments stalling or facing local objections, the Government’s misguided focus on nature is getting in the way of long overdue change. That is the warning from Transport Action Network (TAN) in response...

Government makes further cuts to walking and cycling days before consultation ends In the final days of consultation on England’s new five year plan for cycling and walking1, the Government has made further funding cuts. Campaigners at Transport Action Network (TAN)2 are sounding the alarm about the funding allocation of...

Welcome moves to tackle vehicle taxation Commenting on today’s announcement in the Chancellor’s Budget of a new pay as you drive charge for electric vehicles1, the freeze on rail fares2, the gradual withdrawal of the temporary fuel duty cut3, and an additional £891m for the Lower Thames Crossing4, Chris Todd,...

Pay as you drive the fairest way to go Commenting on yesterday’s headlines about the possibility of The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, bringing in pay as you drive charges for drivers of electric vehicles1, Chris Todd, Director of Transport Action Network said: “With a gaping hole in the nation’s budgets and...