Press releases

Press releases issued by Transport Action Network:

2023

MPs publish damning report on Government's flagship roads programme - Thursday, 27 July, 2023

Press statement on A303 Stonehenge approval - Friday, 14 July, 2023

Call for English roads review welcomed - Wednesday, 28 June, 2023

Walking and cycling cuts will slash swathe of Government promises - Monday, 5 June, 2023

Heading down the wrong road - Wednesday, 17 May, 2023

Outdated transport plan will make things worse - Friday, 10 March, 2023

Roads programme in turmoil! - Thursday, 9 March, 2023

Welsh landmark decision on future road investment - Tuesday, 14 February, 2023

Welsh Government places climate at heart of future road investment (TAN Cymru) - Tuesday, 14 February, 2023

Greenwashing of roads ramps up ahead of budget - Wednesday, 25 January, 2023

Review calls for reassessment of road schemes - Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

2022

Budget cuts delay roads review (TAN Cymru) - Thursday, 1 December, 2022

Personal incomes sacrificed to enable climate busting vanity road schemes to continue - Thursday, 17 November, 2022

Unaffordable road building sanctioned while councils cut bus and other essential services - Tuesday, 15 November, 2022

Carbon intensive transport plan set to ignore COP27 concerns - Thursday, 10 November, 2022

UN chief’s warning could have been aimed at UK - Monday, 7 November, 2022

Scrap road schemes to grow the economy - Tuesday, 18 October, 2022

Growth Plan under threat from roads legal challenges? - Friday, 30 September 2022

Road to ruin as South East plan fuels climate change - Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Repairing our roads and public transport need to be Government priorities - Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Fast-track to climate catastrophe - Wednesday, 31 August 2022

National Highways “fiddling at the edges” while the planet burns - Thursday 4 August 2022

Calls for clear vision on traffic reduction welcomed - Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Lower Thames Crossing blasted by Council - Monday, 20 June 2022

TAN statement on Smart Motorways announcement - Wednesday, 12 January 2022

2021

UK Ministers undermine own pledge to cut emissions - Thursday, 11 November 2021

Court protects stability of roads programme over climate - Monday, 26 July 2021

High Court to rule on net zero scrutiny of ministers - Friday, 23 July 2021

"Time to stop dancing around decarbonisation" Department for Transport told - Tuesday, 13 July, 2021

High Court challenge to largest ever roads programme - Monday, 28 June, 2021

2020

Campaigners launch legal challenge against UK Government as it hosts UN climate summit - Saturday, 12 December, 2020

High Court to rule on air quality challenge to “largest ever” roads programme - Wednesday, 28 October, 2020

Campaigners start legal challenge to “largest ever” roads plan - Tuesday, 21 April, 2020

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