Press Releases
All
- All
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
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...
Boost for public transport welcome but LTC could deprive other areas of much needed investment
Statement by Transport Action Network in response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement today about funding for the eight mayoral combined authorities. Chris Todd, Director of Transport Action Network said: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement of a £15.6 billion boost for modern public transport projects in England’s city...
Lower Thames Crossing construction traffic delays could top £1bn
Lower Thames Crossing construction traffic delays could top £1bn Transport Action Network (TAN) [1] has calculated that the cost of the delays caused by constructing the Lower Thames ‘smart’ motorway Crossing (LTC) [2] could be well over £1bn, based on the disruption caused by the controversial M25 Junction 10 scheme...
TAN will not legally challenge LTC planning consent
Transport Action Network will not legally challenge Lower Thames Crossing planning consent: Exposure of true costs will thwart new motorway. Transport Action Network (TAN) [1] is announcing today that it will not be judicially reviewing the UK Government’s approval of the Development Consent Order for the Lower Thames ‘smart’ motorway...
Government freewheeling on active travel as strategy expires
Government freewheeling on active travel as strategy expires England is without a cycling and walking strategy, for the first time since April 2017. Besides breaching the law, campaigners from Transport Action Network [1] say the lack of direction makes it ever more likely key government targets are set to be...
Fourth time lucky as nation’s roads rebrand to Great British Highways
Fourth time lucky as nation’s roads rebrand to Great British Highways A bold new identity is being revealed for England’s strategic roads company. Known previously as the Highways Agency, Highways England and then National Highways, Great British Highways will be the new name for the company that looks after motorways...
Northern tour an attempt to distract from LTC costs
Northern tour an attempt to distract from Lower Thames Crossing costs Transport Action Network’s (TAN’s) statement about the Prime Minister’s and Chancellor’s visit to the north today mostly recycling previous funding announcements [1]. This appears to be an attempt to distract from the billions of pounds of public funding that...
Approving mega-road is economic madness
Approving mega-road is economic madness Transport Action Network’s (TAN’s) reaction to the Government’s approval of the Lower Thames Crossing today ahead of the austerity Spring Statement tomorrow [1]. Chris Todd Director of TAN, said: "This is absolute madness. It’s a desperate decision to distract from the likely bad news in...
JOIN OUR NETWORK
Signing up will allow you to access our monthly newsletter and the latest actions and events