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Lower Thames Crossing repeats HS2 mistakes and costs more per mile
Transport Action Network (TAN) has warned that the government is set to repeat the mistakes of HS2 with the Lower Thames Crossing ‘smart’ motorway (LTC). This comes as Sir Stephen Lovegrove’s report on HS2 is published today and highlights the dangers of starting work prematurely on such projects without a...
TAN Cymru Urges Next Government to Put People first and cut costs
TAN Cymru has issued a call to action for the next Welsh Government. The message is clear: whilst the current strategies have set a solid basis for change, the "stark reality" of underinvestment is stalling progress. As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, the next administration must commit to a fundamental reallocation...
Better connections require better government choices
Transport Action Network (TAN)1 has welcomed today's publication of the government’s strategy for integrated transport2. It includes some welcome measures, such as: Revising codes of practice to ensure better maintained pavements3 Updating Manual for Streets for better designed streets for all4 Enabling simpler Zebra crossings to be installed5 Creating a...
Strategy based on out-dated forecasts and white elephant road schemes
The government’s £27bn, five year roads plan (RIS3) has been published today1. Headlines include: An increase in renewals funding, although it is still less than a third of the overall budget2 A target to reduce people killed and seriously injured by 7.5% by 20313. Zero harm on the network would...
New roads plan: a chance to fix our roads
The government’s five year roads plan (RIS3)1 is expected to be published on Thursday 26 March. It sets out National Highways’ five-year budget between 2026-31, expected to total £25 billion2. It will reveal how much is being spent on road maintenance (a top priority for road users), and road schemes...
Will transport scupper new climate ambition?
The Government is required by 30 June 2026 to set the level of climate ambition for 2038 to 2042, a process known as the seventh carbon budget. The Climate Change Committee recommended an 87% cut of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 1990 levels was needed. That assumed, however, that earlier climate...
‘Smart’ motorways a “costly failure”
After years of sitting on the data, the government yesterday (5 February 2026) finally released 16 evaluation reports1 which show that the much feared ‘smart’ motorways2 have been a costly failure3. TAN is calling for all ‘smart’ motorways to have a hard shoulder reinstated and turned into controlled motorways instead4....
DfT hiding truth about ‘smart’ motorways
Transport Action Network (TAN)1 is today calling for the Department for Transport (DfT) to come clean on ‘smart’ motorways. This comes as: TAN accuses the DfT of misleading the public when it says no more ‘smart’ motorways are being built. The Lower Thames Crossing and M60 Simister Island are being...
Road safety strategy leaves vulnerable road users exposed
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....
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