The Green Transport Week offers you the opportunity to publicise your existing campaigns under a national banner, or a chance to really get something rolling and support the ETA.

Our environment is a matter of great importance and green issues are high on the agenda for all countries as our reliance on cars contributes to damaging the natural environment. As we become more aware about the impact of transport on the environment, here is our chance to do something to prevent further damage to the planet. The ETA Green Transport Week is a chance for you to make a stand and your views count – both by trying to ‘travel green’ yourself, and by putting pressure on your MP, the local council, or local employers.

It’s never been more important! The use of our cars is ever rising, even for the shortest of journeys, emitting more pollution and guzzling more gas. New roads are churning up the countryside and splitting communities in half. In some parts of the country the bus is an endangered species. There are fears that we’ll soon see more Beeching-style closures of the railways. And as roads get busier, the greenest transport of all – walking and cycling – gets more difficult discouraging people from travelling in an environmentally friendly manner. Maybe you would cycle if there was a decent cycle path. Or walk if there wasn’t a four lane dual carriageway to cross. Write to your local council and paper about this.

But it’s not all bad news. All over the country, groups are campaigning for traffic calming, more cycle paths, better buses, and a unified rail network, and against more and more roads.