Campaign for Better Transport
@bettertransport.bsky.social
We are the national charity that champions greener, fairer transport.
Find out more at: bettertransport.org.uk
Find out more at: bettertransport.org.uk
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Buses connect us to the people we love, the things we need and the places that matter.
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services across the country and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services across the country and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
The Railways Bill is being debated in the Houses of Parliament today. We're calling for:
💪Stronger safeguards to protect passengers
🪴A plan to grow the network
⌚A clear timetable for fares & ticketing reforms.
What your priorities for rail reforms? bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
💪Stronger safeguards to protect passengers
🪴A plan to grow the network
⌚A clear timetable for fares & ticketing reforms.
What your priorities for rail reforms? bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
Rail reform: share your views
The way the railways are run is changing. Tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle.
bettertransport.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Railways Bill is being debated in the Houses of Parliament today. We're calling for:
💪Stronger safeguards to protect passengers
🪴A plan to grow the network
⌚A clear timetable for fares & ticketing reforms.
What your priorities for rail reforms? bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
💪Stronger safeguards to protect passengers
🪴A plan to grow the network
⌚A clear timetable for fares & ticketing reforms.
What your priorities for rail reforms? bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
Here's what one respondent to our survey said.
What do YOU think needs to change about rail?
Please fill in our survey and share your views: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
What do YOU think needs to change about rail?
Please fill in our survey and share your views: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Here's what one respondent to our survey said.
What do YOU think needs to change about rail?
Please fill in our survey and share your views: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
What do YOU think needs to change about rail?
Please fill in our survey and share your views: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
Large-scale new housing developments MUST be connected to public transport from Day 1.
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
Embedding public transport in new developments: time to adopt a new approach? — Bus Centre of Excellence
With five major transport bills and two related ones progressing through Parliament, transport has, unusually, become the busiest area of legislative activity this session. That should be welcomed.…
www.buscentreofexcellence.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Large-scale new housing developments MUST be connected to public transport from Day 1.
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
📰 Quoted!
Yesterday we welcomed the Government's announcement of multi-year funding for buses.
Read our CEO Ben Plowden's reaction:
Yesterday we welcomed the Government's announcement of multi-year funding for buses.
Read our CEO Ben Plowden's reaction:
£3bn bus boost – multi-year funding announced - Bus & Coach Buyer
A multi-year, £3bn funding boost for buses has been announced by the Government. Intended for services and infrastructure, the investment is intended to give councils the freedom to spend their…
www.busandcoachbuyer.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📰 Quoted!
Yesterday we welcomed the Government's announcement of multi-year funding for buses.
Read our CEO Ben Plowden's reaction:
Yesterday we welcomed the Government's announcement of multi-year funding for buses.
Read our CEO Ben Plowden's reaction:
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NEW: Station Usage
The busiest train stations in Britain have been revealed, as passenger journeys increased by 7%.
@bettertransport.bsky.social said it was "cause for celebration" that more people are taking the train
🔗: app.radarai.com
The busiest train stations in Britain have been revealed, as passenger journeys increased by 7%.
@bettertransport.bsky.social said it was "cause for celebration" that more people are taking the train
🔗: app.radarai.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Station Usage
The busiest train stations in Britain have been revealed, as passenger journeys increased by 7%.
@bettertransport.bsky.social said it was "cause for celebration" that more people are taking the train
🔗: app.radarai.com
The busiest train stations in Britain have been revealed, as passenger journeys increased by 7%.
@bettertransport.bsky.social said it was "cause for celebration" that more people are taking the train
🔗: app.radarai.com
Buses connect us to the people and places that matter. If these connections are important to you, please make a donation this festive season. With your help, we're campaigning for every community to have a bus service it can rely on.
bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Help improve buses and connect communities
A donation today will mean we can continue working to ensure every community has a decent bus service it can rely on.
bettertransport.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Buses connect us to the people and places that matter. If these connections are important to you, please make a donation this festive season. With your help, we're campaigning for every community to have a bus service it can rely on.
bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Two good things about this bus funding, which we have campaigned for:
• It's multi-year funding
• It's based on local needs, not which local authority makes the best bid
Good to see buses being funded as the essential public service they are.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
• It's multi-year funding
• It's based on local needs, not which local authority makes the best bid
Good to see buses being funded as the essential public service they are.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Better buses, more services: £3 billion boost for millions of passengers
Multi-year funding gives local authorities the funds they need to provide passengers with lower fares, more frequent and reliable services and safer journeys.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Two good things about this bus funding, which we have campaigned for:
• It's multi-year funding
• It's based on local needs, not which local authority makes the best bid
Good to see buses being funded as the essential public service they are.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
• It's multi-year funding
• It's based on local needs, not which local authority makes the best bid
Good to see buses being funded as the essential public service they are.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Upgrading Ely junction would be a massive boost for rail freight, removing tens of thousands of lorry journeys from roads, and improving passenger trips too.
Just the sort of project the Government should support, to boost the economy sustainably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just the sort of project the Government should support, to boost the economy sustainably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ely railway junction upgrade project discussed in Parliament
Upgrades to a major railway junction are discussed in Parliament, but no funding commitment is made.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Upgrading Ely junction would be a massive boost for rail freight, removing tens of thousands of lorry journeys from roads, and improving passenger trips too.
Just the sort of project the Government should support, to boost the economy sustainably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just the sort of project the Government should support, to boost the economy sustainably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When buses are frequent, reliable and accessible, whole communities thrive. Many disabled people rely on them, but everyone benefits when our transport system is built for all of us.
People with disabilities make a greater proportion of their trips by bus.
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When buses are frequent, reliable and accessible, whole communities thrive. Many disabled people rely on them, but everyone benefits when our transport system is built for all of us.
Reposted by Campaign for Better Transport
Accessible transport benefits everyone #DisabilityDay #EveryoneIncluded
People with disabilities make a greater proportion of their trips by bus.
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Accessible transport benefits everyone #DisabilityDay #EveryoneIncluded
People with disabilities make a greater proportion of their trips by bus.
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
People with disabilities make a greater proportion of their trips by bus.
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
This International Day of People with Disabilities, we're highlighting the need for frequent, reliable, accessible buses.
Follow @transportforall.org.uk for campaigns and resources.
#IDPD
Please use #easyfundraising if you're doing any Christmas shopping online. Over 8,000 retailers will donate to Campaign for Better Transport at no extra cost to you! Help us raise as much as possible - sign up here: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/campa...
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Please use #easyfundraising if you're doing any Christmas shopping online. Over 8,000 retailers will donate to Campaign for Better Transport at no extra cost to you! Help us raise as much as possible - sign up here: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/campa...
Listen to our CEO Ben Plowden on the Public Sector Pulse podcast from Grant Thornton discussing why bus infrastructure needs bold ideas. Listen here: public-sector-pulse.podbean.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Listen to our CEO Ben Plowden on the Public Sector Pulse podcast from Grant Thornton discussing why bus infrastructure needs bold ideas. Listen here: public-sector-pulse.podbean.com
This is hugely disappointing news and is likely to result in an increase of private cars on the roads.
The UK Gov't must work with city mayors & councils to ensure that the policy, legal & financial framework is in place to make car sharing a going concern in the UK.
The UK Gov't must work with city mayors & councils to ensure that the policy, legal & financial framework is in place to make car sharing a going concern in the UK.
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is hugely disappointing news and is likely to result in an increase of private cars on the roads.
The UK Gov't must work with city mayors & councils to ensure that the policy, legal & financial framework is in place to make car sharing a going concern in the UK.
The UK Gov't must work with city mayors & councils to ensure that the policy, legal & financial framework is in place to make car sharing a going concern in the UK.
In last week's Budget, the Chancellor chose to freeze rail fares & phase out the fuel duty cut.
She also chose to introduce a small per-mile charge for EVs, increase tax on private jets, and invest in rail projects, all things we've called for.
Our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
She also chose to introduce a small per-mile charge for EVs, increase tax on private jets, and invest in rail projects, all things we've called for.
Our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In last week's Budget, the Chancellor chose to freeze rail fares & phase out the fuel duty cut.
She also chose to introduce a small per-mile charge for EVs, increase tax on private jets, and invest in rail projects, all things we've called for.
Our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
She also chose to introduce a small per-mile charge for EVs, increase tax on private jets, and invest in rail projects, all things we've called for.
Our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
We love to see initiatives like this one from @reading_buses - free bus travel so you can do your Christmas shopping!
Is your area doing something similar?
www.reading-buses.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
Is your area doing something similar?
www.reading-buses.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
Free bus travel this December
Free travel in Wokingham, West Berkshire, Bracknell Forest, Slough and Windsor & Maidenhead on selected dates this November and December
www.reading-buses.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We love to see initiatives like this one from @reading_buses - free bus travel so you can do your Christmas shopping!
Is your area doing something similar?
www.reading-buses.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
Is your area doing something similar?
www.reading-buses.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
What do YOU think should be the number one priority for Great British Railways?
Fill in our survey: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
Fill in our survey: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What do YOU think should be the number one priority for Great British Railways?
Fill in our survey: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
Fill in our survey: bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/ra...
Buses and National Parks are a great match!
Buses mean non-drivers aren't excluded from visiting beautiful places. And they cut traffic, which is good for local people, visitors and nature.
So we ❤️ initiatives like this 'Lakes by Bus' guide from Stagecoach: weareintro.co.uk/2025/11/27/p...
Buses mean non-drivers aren't excluded from visiting beautiful places. And they cut traffic, which is good for local people, visitors and nature.
So we ❤️ initiatives like this 'Lakes by Bus' guide from Stagecoach: weareintro.co.uk/2025/11/27/p...
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Buses and National Parks are a great match!
Buses mean non-drivers aren't excluded from visiting beautiful places. And they cut traffic, which is good for local people, visitors and nature.
So we ❤️ initiatives like this 'Lakes by Bus' guide from Stagecoach: weareintro.co.uk/2025/11/27/p...
Buses mean non-drivers aren't excluded from visiting beautiful places. And they cut traffic, which is good for local people, visitors and nature.
So we ❤️ initiatives like this 'Lakes by Bus' guide from Stagecoach: weareintro.co.uk/2025/11/27/p...
Do you live in #SouthYorkshire and care about buses?
Head to Hatchell Wood Primary School this coming Thursday.
Learn about the bus franchising process and what it will mean for local communities.
Have your say about improving bus services in #Doncaster.
www.facebook.com/thornemooren...
Head to Hatchell Wood Primary School this coming Thursday.
Learn about the bus franchising process and what it will mean for local communities.
Have your say about improving bus services in #Doncaster.
www.facebook.com/thornemooren...
Thorne-Moorends Town Council
Deatils of an upcoming public meeting on the future of bus services in Doncaster East, which I am hosting with South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard.
The meeting will take place on:
Thursday 4...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Do you live in #SouthYorkshire and care about buses?
Head to Hatchell Wood Primary School this coming Thursday.
Learn about the bus franchising process and what it will mean for local communities.
Have your say about improving bus services in #Doncaster.
www.facebook.com/thornemooren...
Head to Hatchell Wood Primary School this coming Thursday.
Learn about the bus franchising process and what it will mean for local communities.
Have your say about improving bus services in #Doncaster.
www.facebook.com/thornemooren...
The #Budget this week contained many measures that we have been calling for:
• Rail fares frozen
• Fuel duty to rise
• A small per-mile charge for electric vehicles
• Private jets taxed more
• Funding for rail projects
More in our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
• Rail fares frozen
• Fuel duty to rise
• A small per-mile charge for electric vehicles
• Private jets taxed more
• Funding for rail projects
More in our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
Rebalancing transport costs: five good things in the Budget
The cost of different forms of transport, both on their own and relative to each other, has a critical influence on whether and how people travel. People on low incomes can't use public transport if i...
bettertransport.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The #Budget this week contained many measures that we have been calling for:
• Rail fares frozen
• Fuel duty to rise
• A small per-mile charge for electric vehicles
• Private jets taxed more
• Funding for rail projects
More in our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
• Rail fares frozen
• Fuel duty to rise
• A small per-mile charge for electric vehicles
• Private jets taxed more
• Funding for rail projects
More in our blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/rebalan...
Buses connect us to the people we love, the things we need and the places that matter.
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services for people like David and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services for people like David and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Buses connect us to the people we love, the things we need and the places that matter.
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services for people like David and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Please make a donation today to help us improve bus services for people like David and ensure that every community has a bus service it can rely on. bettertransport.org.uk/help-improve...
Shopping online for Black Friday and Christmas? Raise free funds for Campaign for Better Transport at the same time! Everything you buy at over 8,000 online retailers can turn into free funding and support for us: ow.ly/yHyU50Xy411
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Shopping online for Black Friday and Christmas? Raise free funds for Campaign for Better Transport at the same time! Everything you buy at over 8,000 online retailers can turn into free funding and support for us: ow.ly/yHyU50Xy411
Take our survey: how should rail improve?
The way the railways are run is changing. If you have 10 minutes, please tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle:
The way the railways are run is changing. If you have 10 minutes, please tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle:
Rail reform: share your views
The way the railways are run is changing. Tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle.
bettertransport.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Take our survey: how should rail improve?
The way the railways are run is changing. If you have 10 minutes, please tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle:
The way the railways are run is changing. If you have 10 minutes, please tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle:
Here's our reaction to today's Budget...
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here's our reaction to today's Budget...
Today is not just #Budget day, it's also UN World #SustainableTransport Day.
We're calling on the Government to support public and shared transport, walking, wheeling and cycling, which have all these benefits and more.
We're calling on the Government to support public and shared transport, walking, wheeling and cycling, which have all these benefits and more.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today is not just #Budget day, it's also UN World #SustainableTransport Day.
We're calling on the Government to support public and shared transport, walking, wheeling and cycling, which have all these benefits and more.
We're calling on the Government to support public and shared transport, walking, wheeling and cycling, which have all these benefits and more.