Public transport

Travelling by public transport rather than private car brings a number of environmental, social and economic advantages. But despite the advantages of public transport, the relatively low cost and convenience of motoring, has seen a decline in bus and rail passengers and more private car use.

Friends of the Earth Cymru is campaigning for:

• a far greater share of the Welsh Assembly and Local Authority transport budget to be focussed on expanding rail, bus and community public transport services
• improved public transport infrastructure that would also integrate with cycling, walking and car parking provision.

Better public transport services and less car use can:

• encourage and enable more environmentally minded travel by all
• reduce climate change emissions, energy and resource use
• reduce traffic and economically damaging traffic congestion
• help restore healthy air quality
• improve road safety
• enable the poorest car-less households to travel to the facilities and services they need
• enable people to work or rest while travelling.

Unfortunately, traffic growth and calls for faster roads to outlying areas brings pressure for more road-building which directly undermines public transport improvements.

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