Are local authorities setting a green transport example?

20 May 2006

Dolgellau, in Snowdonia National Park, is home to one of Gwynedd Council's four main offices ? efforts are now to be made to promote buses to council staff to help reduce car mileage

The train, tram, bus and car interchange at Hucknall, near Nottingham, is a fine example of local government-led investment in public transport

The onus for changing the public's travel habits in Britain lies with local authorities, or regional government in bigger conurbations. These are the bodies that implement bus priority measures, cycle lanes, real-time bus information and park-and-ride schemes; some still fund rail improvements; councils are now expected to encourage major local employers to develop travel plans; and congestion charges are levied in two cities and could be implemented elsewhere.

Members of the public are...