The resources here are specifically designed for general readers.
Fuel tax and climate change: why the Government should stand firm
(PDF† - 37K ) March
2008
Fuel tax is due to go up by 2 pence per litre in April. Groups representing hauliers and motorists are calling on the Government to abandon the proposed rise, saying it will damage the haulage industry and the wider economy. This briefing explains why Friends of the Earth believes the Government should stand firm.
Road
Pricing
(PDF† - 91K) August
2005
The Government have recently announced proposals for a national
road-user charging scheme to reduce congestion - but will it work? And what will
it do to tackle climate change?
Aviation
and the Economy
(PDF†) May
2005
Aviation is the fastest growing contributor to climate change.
The industry claims that the economic impacts of implementing the necessary measures
to address this growth outweigh the ecological benefits. This briefing analyses
these claims and shows the flaws in the aviation industry's arguments.
M6
Expessway: another dead end road?
(PDF†
- 97K) October 2004
Explains the Government's M6
Expressway toll proposal, and why the issue is important across the UK, not just
in the Midlands and North West.
Oil
prices, fuel tax and climate change
(PDF†)
June 2004
Looks at the current and future problems
associated with our dependance on oil (including high oil prices and climate change)
- and offers some solutions and alternatives.
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Transport:
The Way To Go
(PDF format - 924K) April 2005
A 16-page
colour booklet providing a straightforward introduction to the environmental impacts
of transport and sound advice on how to make a difference. For details of how
to order this free resource, go to our Publications
page.
Why
Travelling By Rail Is Better For The Environment
(PDF
format - 64K) Oct 2001
This factsheet provides
10 key facts that demonstrate why moving people and goods by rail has less environmental
impact than other modes of motorised transport. Good reason for our railways to
be at the heart of an environmentally sustainable UK transport system.
Paying
for Better Transport: Costing the 'Way to Go' Manifesto
(PDF†
- 294K) May 2004
The Way to Go campaign was launched in February by a coalition
of over 25 environment, transport and social justice organisations. These groups
want to see a transport system that is better for people, for local neighbourhoods
and for the environment. This report looks 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. It also identifies the benefits this would deliver;
possible sources of funding and which groups in society would benefit the most
from implementing these policies.
Summary
of the report
(PDF† 266K) May 2004
Better
buses, safer streets for Longsight
(PDF†
- 1.4MB) Sept 2003.
Highlights the transport, traffic
and safety concerns of the Longsight community in Manchester. Summary in Bangla
and Urdu.
Environmental
Justice - Mapping transport and social exclusion in Bradford
(PDF†
- 630K) Oct 2001.
Summary
report
(PDF† - 95K) Oct
2001.
Transport problems exacerbate social exclusion in a number of
ways. Air pollution, noise and accidents are concentrated in poorer areas. A poor
public transport system denies many people easy access to essential service like
hospitals, shops and schools - which is more of a problem for poorer people, as
they are less likely to have the alternative of using a car. This report maps
these transport-social exclusion links in the District of Bradford, and suggests
how they can be overcome.
Broken
promises
(PDF format - 310K) June
1999.
This report exposes the tactics used by Europe's main airports
to gain government approval for their constant expansion demands and how promises
to communities have been broken time and time again.
Less
Traffic, More Jobs: The direct employment impacts of developing a sustainable
transport system in the UK
(PDF† -
194K) May 1997.
Policies to promote car alternatives
could lead to the creation of 130,000 new jobs by 2010, which would more than
offset the loss of jobs in the motor industry as a result of decreasing car use.
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