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New A Safer Way? CPRE's response to the Government's Road Safety Strategy
CPRE's response welcomes the continued commitment to increase road safety but highlights the need to tackle the intimidation by traffic of walkers and cyclists, while showing that increasing road safety can help tackle issues like climate change and obesity.
  • Consultation response
  • A4, 12pp
  • July 2009
  • PDF (131Kb)
Back Together Again
Despite being inseparable, decisions on transport and land use are increasingly being made in isolation of each other. The Government’s Ten-Year Transport Plan promotes mobile-intensive lifestyles, while its Communities Plan is generating more traffic and pressure for road building. This report explains how transport and land use can be re-united to support more environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
  • Report
  • A4, 32pp
  • March 2004
  • ISBN: 190278670X
  • £5.00
  • PDF (164Kb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
Special offer Beyond Transport Infrastructure

Lessons for the future from recent road projects

Some say new roads are the answer to congestion problems, but we believe that road-building generates traffic, encourages development and scars the landscape. Beyond Transport Infrastructure analyses Highways Agency data and finds the benefits of road-building are often, at best, unproven. Its recommendations promote more informed decision-making on road transport schemes.

Please note the full report is only available as an electronic version in PDF format.

  • Report
  • A4, 110pp full report, summary 15pp
  • July 2006
  • £2.00 Summary report
  • PDF (950Kb)
  • Summary PDF (648Kb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
Cover: Beyond Transport Infrastructure
Beyond Transport Infrastructure: Lessons for the future from recent road projects (Newbury Bypass evaluation)

An analysis of the ‘Five-Years After’ Post-Opening Project Evaluation for the A34 Newbury Bypass

This follow up to our Beyond Transport Infrastructure report looks at the impacts of the Newbury Bypass as revealed by the Highways Agency's official evaluation five years after the road opened.

  • Report
  • A4, 10pp
  • August 2006
  • PDF (65Kb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
CPRE's policy on roads and bypasses
Traffic and congestion are on the increase, bringing demand for new roads and bypasses. New roads may bring short-term relief, but the cost to the countryside can be unacceptably high. They rarely solve underlying problems, and new schemes should only be considered as a last resort. CPRE believes there are better solutions to our transport problems. The Government should pursue policies that reduce the need to travel, especially by car, and promote attractive alternative transport solutions.
  • Policy position statement
  • A4, 1pp
  • July 2008
  • PDF (1.7Mb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
CPRE's policy on transport
Cars have opened up opportunities for living and working in rural areas and for visiting the countryside. Previously remote places are now within easy reach of urban areas, and the rural population has grown as a result. These increased opportunities come at a cost, however: speeding traffic, noise, pollution and new roads threaten the landscape and character of rural areas. The environmental impact of transport has become a pressing issue, and a new approach to transport policy is necessary.
  • Policy position statement
  • A4, 1pp
  • July 2008
  • PDF (1.7Mb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
Economic Impact Reports for Road Schemes
Promoters of road schemes are now ‘required’ to produce an Economic Impact Report for schemes that affect travel to, from or within one or more Regeneration Areas or where regeneration benefits are being claimed. CPRE’s campaign briefing details what Economic Impact Reports are and how you can assess their conclusions to ensure that decisions taken on road schemes are properly justified.
  • Campaign briefing
  • A4, 20pp
  • December 2003
  • ISBN: 1 902786 65 3
  • £5.00 (incl p&p)
  • PDF (117Kb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
Guidelines for Road Signing in Rural Areas
Joint guidelines to suggest how rural communities and highway authorities can curb the growth in unnecessary road signs in the countryside, produced by CPRE jointly with the motoring charity the RAC Foundation.
  • Guide
  • A4, 2pp
  • September 2006
  • PDF (36Kb)
  • Related campaigns:
  • Roads
Increases in motor traffic levels - 1993 - 2007
A map showing the increase in motor traffic levels from 1993 to 2007.
  • Map
  • A4, 1pp
  • March 2009
  • PDF (587Kb)
Increases in motor traffic levels - table
  • Document
  • A4, 2pp
  • March 2009
  • PDF (63Kb)

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