Our quality of life depends on transport and easy access to jobs, shopping, leisure facilities and services; we need a safe, efficient and integrated transport system to support a strong and prosperous economy. But the way we travel and the continued growth in road traffic is damaging our towns, harming our countryside and contributing to global warming.
In response to this challenge, the Government set out its policy for the future of transport in the White Paper "A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone" (July 1998), to extend choice in transport and secure mobility ...