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Funding for £1.5bn A66 will undermine growth
Funding for £1.5bn A66 will undermine growth (and only save up to 12 minutes) Transport Action Network (TAN) [1] is dismayed that today the government has announced funding for the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine road scheme in Cumbria and North Yorkshire. The mega-road project was last costed at £1.5bn in 2022,...
Big shift in policy still needed for climate
Big shift in policy still needed for climate Responding to the publication of the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) 2025 Progress Report [1], Chris Todd, Director of Transport Action Network [2] said: “The CCC has tried to find a way to say there's been a "small improvement", to build rapport with...
Infrastructure Strategy – delay and confusion on Lower Thames Crossing
Infrastructure Strategy - delay and confusion on Lower Thames Crossing In response to the ‘UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy’ published by HM Treasury on 19 June 2025 [1], Transport Action Network’s [2] Director, Chris Todd, said: "The Strategy published by Chief Secretary Darren Jones MP reflects the bizarre contrast...
Calls for urgent action to tackle road safety emergency
Calls for urgent action to tackle road safety emergency Transport Action Network (TAN) [1] is today calling on Ministers Heidi Alexander MP and Lilian Greenwood MP to focus the Department for Transport’s (DfT) highways funding allocation in the spending review [2] on addressing England’s road safety emergency. Four people are...
Reaction to £1bn transport funding announced today
Reaction to £1bn transport funding announced today including Lower Thames Crossing TAN’s [1] reaction to today’s announcement by HM Treasury of £1billion for repairing existing structures and funding the Lower Thames Crossing [2]. Chris Todd, Director of TAN said: “The Lower Thames Crossing is such an embarrassment that its latest...
Spending Review cuts active travel funding by 40%
Spending Review cuts active travel funding by 40% In response to the transport announcements in the Chancellor's Spending Review today [1], Transport Action Network's Director, Chris Todd, said: "Confirmation of funding for city region tram, bus and rail projects already announced and for rail projects such as the Transpennine upgrade...
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal In a historic judgment, the Court of Appeal has today ruled in Transport Action Network’s (TAN) favour, finding that the March 2023 cuts to cycling and walking funding imposed by the Treasury were unlawful [1]. Coming the day...
Court of Appeal to rule on Treasury cuts to cycling and walking funding
Court of Appeal to rule on Treasury cuts to cycling and walking funding Tomorrow the Court of Appeal is due to issue its judgment on the lawfulness of Treasury cuts to the cycling and walking budget. The full judgment is expected to be available before noon on Tuesday, 10 June...
Spending Review roads bonanza would increase costs and inequality
Spending Review roads bonanza would increase costs and inequality Transport Action Network (TAN) [1] is warning Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP not to pour billions into road building in this week’s Spending Review, unless it’s for better maintenance, or to adapt to extreme weather events due to climate...
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