See our links page for details of groups working on: transport, aviation, planning, environment, climate change, group skills, direct action.

On this page:

• Transport policy
• Roads and the planning process
• Roads and the economy
• Roads and the environment
• Roads and campaigning
• "So what's your alternative then..."
• Transport 2000's facts and figures
• Road Block briefing sheets
• Miscellaneous

Transport policy

• The Future of Transport: The Government White Paper looking at factors that will shape travel and transport over the next thirty years and setting out how the Government will respond to increasing demand
• Running to Stand Still: Analysis of the Government's 2000 Ten-Year Transport Plan published by CPRE. Raises questions about the current direction of transport policy and sets out the case for a change in approach.
• Traffic Reduction: a last opportunity?: Friends of the Earth report outlining promises that Labour made to cut traffic levels. Puts the case for real cuts in road traffic and a national traffic reduction target.
• Sustainable Road Transport - key government policies: a useful document listing key bits of government road policy
• Road Block briefing on appraisal of local road schemes: What is appraisal? How can I make them look at alternatives? Where can I find the right info? How can I use it?
• Strategic Environmental Assessments for Local Transport Plans: briefing for Transport 2000 on Strategic Environmental Assessments of Local Transport Plans
• Road Pricing: Joint position statement from Friends of the Earth, Transport 2000, CPRE, Living Streets, Carplus on road pricing
• Beyond Transport Infrastructure: Important new research from CPRE and the government's Countryside Agency examining the impacts of three big recently built road schemes, including the Newbury Bypass. The report shows how the roads caused significant traffic growth, much more than was predicted at the time, and how the roads are clogged again, and how the roads have led to pressure for more development on previously undeveloped land. Essential reading for all roads campaigners.

Roads and the planning process

• Planning policy guidance on transport (PPG13)
• DfT briefing on public inquiries into road proposals
• Understanding the local planning system: A brief guide from Friends of the Earth
• BBC guide to the planning system: good introduction

Roads and the economy

• Roads to Regeneration?: CPRE's 2003 report challenging assumptions that new road building is essential for economic regeneration and prosperity.
• Economic Impact Reports for Road Schemes: CPRE's 2003 campaign briefing detailing what Economic Impact Reports are and how to assess their conclusions
• Transport 2000's guide to countering common myths on transport and the economy
• Transport and the Economy: the Myths and the Facts: A briefing from the European Federation for Transport and Environment
• A critique of the Economic Impact Study for the Weymouth Relief Road
• Mapping transport and social exclusion in Bradford: Friends of the Earth report mapping transport-social exclusion links in Bradford, and suggesting how they can be overcome.

Roads and the environment

• How can we reduce carbon emissions from transport?: A report from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research
• Transport 2000's guide to countering common myths on climate change
• Saving wildlife sites: A guide from Friends of the Earth
• Looking over the Horizon: The report that the DfT want to keep hidden... The DfT commissioned this report in 2006 to show how a 60% cut in transport CO2 emissions could be achieved. The report shows that technology (cleaner car engines, biofuels etc) will not be enough and that we must reduce traffic growth.
  

Roads and campaigning

• Streets for People briefing: Stopping road schemes
• Road Block: How people power is wrecking the roads programme: The very inspiring 1995 book by Alarm UK is now available online. An easy-to-print PDF version is also available here
• Friends of the Earth's "how to" guides: A range of tips and suggestions for effective campaigning
• CPRE guide to public speaking
• CPRE guide to holding a public meeting
• CPRE guide to using the local media
• Road Raging: top tips for wrecking road building: (updated version due in 2005)
• Road Block Briefing on campaigning against local road schemes: How do we set up a group? How do we get publicity? How do we involve people? How do we keep going?
• Road Block Briefing on direct action and stunts: What are direct action and stunts? Are they useful for the campaign? What are the risks?
• The Right To Know: Extremely useful website resource from Friends of the Earth, with detailed advice on how to get information using the new Freedom of Information legislation. Includes an invaluable tool to send your requests directly to any central or regional government department, or county council.
• How-To grassroots campaiging guide, from the BBC.
  

"So what's your alternative then..."

Some inspiration:

• Transport 2000's Good Practice briefings: Examples of good transport practice showing the many ways in which companies, local authorities, schools, tourist attractions and others are addressing the need to reduce car use.
• Paying for Better Transport: Costing the 'Way to Go'Manifesto: Report looking at the cost of delivering the measures identified in the Way to Go manifesto based on current best practice both from Britain and the rest of Europe. Identifies the benefits this would deliver; possible sources of funding and which groups in society would benefit the most from implementing these policies.
• The walking bus: Everything about setting up a walking bus for junior school children.
• Sustrans: Sustrans is a charity that works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport. See their website for info on Safer Routes to School and Travel Smart.
• Less Travel Where People Live: Lynn Sloman's authorative report on how local schemes such as school travel plans, workplace travel plans, etc., could cut urban traffic from between 15% and 33%.
• Smarter Choices: A report published by the DfT from ESCR Transport Studies Unit at University College London.UCL with 6 specialists including Phil Goodwin and Lynn Sloman. This shows that "soft measures" can reduce congestion by 21% at peak times and that every pound spent on well designed soft measures could bring £10 in benefit in terms of reduced congestion. This has a very clear summary report and then goes into much more detail in the main report.

Transport 2000's Facts and Figures

• Facts and Figures

Road Block Briefing Sheets

• Road Block Briefing on appraisal of local road schemes: What is appraisal? How can I make them look at alternatives? Where can I find the right info? How can I use it?

• Road Block Briefing on campaigning against road schemes: How do we set up a group? How do we get publicity? How do we involve people? How do we keep going?

• Road Block Briefing on Cost Benefit Analysis (COBA): Where do they get their figures from? What is COBA? How can I use it?

• Road Block Briefing on direct action and stunts: What are direct action and stunts? Are they useful for the campaign? What are the risks?

• Road Block Briefing on roads that have been stopped: What roads have been stopped? How were they stopped? What lessons can be learned?

• Road Block Briefing on DFT guidance to local authorities for major transport schemes: A briefing for local campaigners to give to County Councillors about alternatives to road building in LTP2.

• Road Block Briefing on roads and climate change: This briefing looks at how much road transport contributes to climate change.

• The big lies about motoring, roads and climate change: A briefing that looks at the myths surrounding petrol prices, road tax, and the cost of motoring vs. alternatives.

• Using the law in anti-roads campaigning: Briefing on taking legal action to stop damaging developments. How can I use a lawyer? What does it cost? What steps are involved? How much time do we have?
• Judicial Review Guide: Describes the judicial review process.

Transport and Climate Change

• Greenhouse gas emissions from transport : Office of National Statistics report on emissions increases from air and road transport

Miscelleneous