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| the directory transport |
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 I did have the anti-SUV links with the rest of transport links, but there are such an astonishing number of groups, the only way is to give them a section all of their own. There are so many links in this section I've had to divide it up a bit. Click to jump to the section you want. There's obviously a lot of cross-over between Transport and Climate Change. If you can't find what you want here that may be a good place to look.
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| campaigning organisations in the UK | |
| Aviation Environment Federation | |
 The Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) is the principal UK non-profit making environmental association concerned with the environmental effects of aviation. These range from aircraft noise issues associated with small airstrips or helipads, to the contribution of airline emissions to climate change. |
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| Brake - the road safety charity | |
Brake is a national road safety charity with two aims: To prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for Government improvements to road safety. To care for people who are bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services, including a helpline and literature distributed through police officers. |
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| Campaign for Better Transport (formally Transport 2000) | |
Formally Transport 2000, the Campaign for Better Transport is the independent national body concerned with sustainable transport. It looks for answers to transport problems and aims to reduce the environmental and social impact of transport by encouraging less use of cars and more use of public transport, walking and cycling. Their website has a huge selection of resources, reports you can download and links to very specialized groups. Definitely worth a look. The Campaign for Better Transport has a good email updates detailing developments in their campaigns and what you can do to help. |
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| New Life for Main Roads | |
 This website from Transport 2000 aims to help people reclaim their local Main Roads and High Streets from traffic. It provides a series
of tools, advice and examples of best practice to help do this. |
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| ... road alert! | |
This is a bit of a strange site, because there is nothing to tell the casual viewer what it's all about. But I think it's a forum telling subscribers about road protests etc. Probably best to have a look yourself. |
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| Road Block | |
 Road Block is an alliance of groups and individuals campaigning against road-building. Road Block has launched in response to a roads programme of around 200 proposed or planned schemes throughout the UK: a scale of road building not seen since the infamous 1990s road building programme, which led to unprecedented community-based protest. Many schemes were cancelled and the new Labour government made a manifesto pledge to cut road building and traffic growth. |
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| and in the comedy corner............. | |
| The Association of British Drivers | |
Worth a look just because I've never seen such a collection of horse shit gathered in the same place and I quote..........., well I was going to quote, I'd need to copy the whole site to give you full flavour of the nonsense.. Suffice to say it's worth a laugh, but be warned don't visit if you're feeling a bit depressed about the state humanity, this'll just bring you right down! |
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| anti-airport expansion groups | |
| Abeerdeen Airport | |
| Aberdeen Campaign against Climate Change | |
| Aviation Environment Federation | |
The Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) is the principal UK non-profit making environmental association concerned with the environmental effects of aviation. These range from aircraft noise issues associated with small airstrips or helipads, to the contribution of airline emissions to climate change. |
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| Airport Watch | |
 Airport watch is and I quote, 'the campaign to oppose unnecessary, unsustainable and irresponsible airport expansion across the UK' This is something I'm really concerned about. There are all sorts of arguments about transport and the use of cars, it's a complicated subject with valid points on both sides. But the way we are using air travel just isn't sustainable and we cannot carry on the way we're going, end of story. The practice of having a holiday home on the other side of Europe or even further a field is just crazy and if you can't see that, well ..... I don't know what to say. I need to come back to this one! |
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| Biggin Hill | |
| Flight Path | |
| Birmingham Airport | |
| Birmingham Airport Anti-Noise Group | |
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| Birmingham Friends of the Earth Aviation Campaign | |
| Bristol International Airport | |
| Stop Bristol Airport Expansion Coalition | |
SBAE is an alliance of Friends of the Earth local groups (FoE) , the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), the Parish Councils' Airport Association (PCAA) and many concerned individuals. It was formed in 2005 to publicise the true impacts of the proposed airport expansion, and to oppose Bristol International Airport as it attempts to progress its misguided plans for expansion. |
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| East Midlands Airport | |
| DEMAND East Midlands Airport is Now Designated | |
DEMAND is the campaign for the DESIGNATION of Nottingham East Midlands Airport (NEMA). Designation is the use of the 1982 Civil Aviation Act to regulate and restrict the night time (and day time) operations of any UK airport. |
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| Exeter Airport | |
| ACE - Airport Concern Exeter | |
Airport Concern Exeter (ACE) is a non-political campaign formed to represent the views and concerns of Exeter citizens with regard the local impacts of the development of Exeter Airport. |
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| Gatwick Airport | |
| Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign | |
The Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign has the following aims: To protect the environment around Gatwick. To keep the airport within its present boundaries. To ensure that, while the airport becomes increasingly successful, this is matched by a steady reduction in noise and pollution. GACC is totally law abiding, and relies on rational argument to influence government and aviation authorities. |
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| Heathrow Airport | |
| HACAN Clear Skies | |
HACAN Clearskies stands up for all people adversely affected by the increasing number of aircraft flying in and out of Heathrow airport. |
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| No Third Runway Action Group | |
| Richmond Heathrow Campaign | |
| Luton Airport | |
| Luton and District Association for the Control of Airport Noise | |
LADACAN continues its efforts to ensure that a reasonable balance is struck between the airport operation and the peace and quiet of the area around the airport. Without LADACAN, current airport operations would have been considerably more troublesome than they are presently. |
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| Stop Luton Airport Plan | |
SLAP campaigns to stop the further expansion of Luton airport. |
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| Lydd Airport | |
| Lydd Airport Action Group | |
LAAG represents people who are opposed to the expansion of Lydd Airport in Kent. |
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| Keep the Marsh Special Alliance | |
| Newquay Airport | |
| Groundswell Cornwall | |
| Plane Stupid | |
 "In a year (2006), Plane Stupid has become one of the direct action groups of the emerging grassroots climate movement in Britain. Our dramatic impact has come by means of a series of high-profile direct actions and a near obsessive focus on clear, basic demands that people understand: the scrapping of airport expansion plans, a tax on aircraft fuel and plane tickets, and an end to unnecessary and unsustainable short haul flights." |
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| Pledge Against Airport Expansion | |
 The pledge against airport expansion was launched on October 8th, 2004 by a coalition of environment, transport and airport campaign groups. The organisations behind the pledge all oppose the government's plans to expand airports. They argue that there are far more effective ways to manage the rapidly growing demand for air transport. |
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| Shoreham Airport (West Sussex) | |
| Communities Against Runway Expansion | |
| Southampton Airport | |
There were two groups campaigning against expansion at Southampton Airport Southampton Friends of the Earth and Southampton AXE, both their websites seem to be offline. If you know better please let me know. nigel@wildberrys.org.uk |
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| Stanstead Airport | |
| Stop Stansted Expansion | |
 Having lived in an area that was until very recently threatened by the proposed building of a new airport on Cliffe Marshes, I feel strong sympathy with the residents around Standsted airport. They do have a very
well organised group and very impressive website. Please check out
their 'what
you can do' section. I wish them every success in their important
campaign. |
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| Ware Residents Against Stansted Expansion | |
| Wolverhampton Airport | |
| Wolverhampton Airport Action Group | |
WAAG is challenging possible plans of the owners of the small aerodrome at Halfpenny Green in the West Midlands to expand it into a major airport. |
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| campaigning organisations in the USA | |
| America Walks | |
 America Walks is a national coalition of local advocacy groups dedicated to promoting walk-able communities. Our members are autonomous grassroots organizations from across the country, each working to improve conditions for walking in their area. |
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| Freedom from Oil | |
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| information | |
| Car Busters | |
 Car Busters Magazine is published four times a year by the World Carfree Network and produced by an international activist team in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a 32-page print magazine critiquing our society's car culture and exploring positive alternatives. |
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| Carfree.com | |
 This is such an inspirational site, it's not until you see all the photographs of towns and cities without people, you realize how ugly they make it. This site accompanies the book 'Carfree Cities', a book afraid I wasn't aware of, but I'll look out for them now. Also available in Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, and Spanish - impressive! |
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| Carfueldata.org.uk | |
Exactly as the name suggests, this the UK Governments site to give fuel consumption and emissions data on (in theory) all cars currently on sale in the UK. |
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| Fuel Economy - USA | |
This site from the United States Department of Energy, allows you to compare the fuel economy of different cars, trucks, SUVs etc. It gives guides to hybrid vehicles, fuel cells etc. Loads of information, for example did you know the Toyota Prius will give 60mpg in the city. Anyway you can download all the data in a pdf format. |
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| car clubs | |
| City Car Club | |
What they say, 'Founded in 2000, we are the largest and most experienced commercial car club operator in the UK, giving people the freedom of a car when they need one, without the hassle and overheads of a car when they don't. We have cars stationed in reserved parking bays close to homes and workplaces in towns and cities all over the UK including Edinburgh, London, Bath, Bristol, Brighton & Hove, Lichfield, Huddersfield, Poole and Portsmouth.' |
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