About Us

The North West Transport Activists Roundtable (NW TAR) is one of eight regional roundtables run under the auspices of the Campaign for Better Transport (formerly Transport 2000). We are an umbrella organisation whose purpose is to promote sustainable transport and sustainable land use to government, sub-regional bodies and local authorities. We operate mainly by engaging in transport and planning policy work and by serving on a number of regional and sub-regional bodies, but we also hold about three open meetings a year.

What's New?

Joint written representations have been made by the NW TAR and the Campaign for Better Transport and by NW TAR and the Campaign to Protect Rural England to the Examing Authority for the latest Heysham-M6 Link Road inquiry. You can view these on the documents page.

NW TAR's response to the Highways Agency's consultation on the A556 Knutsford to Bowdon scheme is available to view on the consultations page.

The National Planning Policy Framework launched on March 27 will overlay much of the work that the NW TAR does from now on. Andrew Forster, editor of Local Transport Today, has analysed it and interviewed key environmental NGOs. Read his perspective on it.

NW TAR has produced a response to the DfT's consultation on devolving local major transport schemes. It is available to view on the consultations page.

What's On?

The next TravelWatch NorthWest conference will be in Blackpool on June 14. Keep an eye of their website for details.

The Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) will be holding a National Station Adoption Seminar in Manchester on July 18. For details keep an eye on their website.