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 AirportWatch, The campaign to oppose unnecessary, unsustainable and irresponsible airport expansion across the UK.AirportWatch, c/o Aviation Environment Federation (AEF), Sir John Lyon house, 5 High Timber Street, London, EC4V 3NS. Tel: 020 7248 2227 Email: info@airportwatch.org.uk Alliance Against Urban 4x4s. We are a growing campaign that is uniting environmental, consumer, road safety groups and CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS all over the UK. Our campaign began in London but we are now active in towns and cities across the country. Through us you can find lots of constructive, creative and peaceful ways to deal with your frustration at the increasing numbers of big 4x4 vehicles on urban streets.Alliance Against Urban 4x4s, PO Box 49827, London, NW5 2HR. Email: info@stopurban4x4s.org.uk Alveston bypass protest. You will find facts about the road within this site, which are being updated throught the week. Read on to find out why the road may not be such a good idea.Email: weed@venus.co.uk Brake is working to stop this unnecessary death, injury, trauma and expense, and create roads which are safe for everybody - motorists, cyclists, pedestrians, truck and bus drivers, motorcyclists and horses.Brake, PO Box 548, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 2XZ. Tel: 0 (+44) 1484 559 909 Fax: 0 (+44) 1484 559 983 Email: brake@brake-campaign.demon.co.uk Campaign for Better Transport. We campaign for green transport that improves all our lives.Campaign for Better Transport, 12-18 Hoxton Street, London N1 6NG Email: info@bettertransport.org.uk Tel: 020 7613 0743 Fax: 020 7613 5280 Critical Mass London. Although there is a shared wish to see less car-dominated cities and more people cycling, there is no single aim of CM. There are as many aims of CM as there are participants. Each individual comes there with his or her own idea of what it's about, and the sum of this makes up the mass. Environment and road protest camps.Mainly UK and Ireland.Email: weed@wussu.com Freewheelers. Linking drivers and passengers to share the cost of travel... Saves you money, helps other people and reduces pollution.Lamberhurst bypass. This autumn 2001 construction of the A21 Lamberhurst bypass is due to commence within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Kent countryside.Email: l.b@zoom.co.uk The London Cycling Campaign. Since 1978 the London Cycling Campaign has promoted the rights and needs of all cyclists in Greater London. We represent cyclists' interests to central government, local councils, employers and public services, such as rail operators and British Waterways, ensuring that cycling is properly considered alongside other forms of transport.London Cycling Campaign, 228 Great Guildford Business Square, 30 Great Guildford Street, London SE1 0HS. Tel: 0171 928 7220. Fax: 0171 928 2318 Non Alignment Action Group (NAAG) has been set up to oppose the proposed 2.5 mile A701 outside Edinburgh, a £20 million road that will cut through miles of green belt, destroy an SSSI, and change the way of life of local communities.NAAG can be contacted at Milton Bridge, Penicuik, EH26 ONX. Tel: Joan on 01968-675109. Email: NAAG@ic24.net Pedestrians' Association (Living Streets). We work to make walking safer, more convenient and easier. We make it possible for more people to leave the car at home when travelling short distances.We protect and promote the rights and safety of people travelling on foot and provide information and advice to the public, other organisations and the Government. We work with the Government, local authorities and other bodies to promote the benefits of walking as an environmentally friendly, sustainable and healthy form of transport. The Pedestrians Association, 3rd Floor, 31-33 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ. Tel: 020 7820 1010. Fax: 020 7820 8208. Email: info@pedestrians.org.uk Radical Bike Group London. We are a group of cycling enthusiasts who try to promote cycling in London. Raging Bike is run by a small group of people who got tired of being treated like second class citizens by motorists, when travelling to work by bike.info@ragingbike.co.uk Railway Development Society. We are the UK's leading independent voice for all rail users. Our campaign for more and better rail services is active in every region of Britain within our own local groups and also through almost 100 affilliated rail user groups and other organisations.Railfuture, 206 The Colourworks, 2 Abbot Street, London E8 3DP Tel: 020 7249 5533 Fax: 020 7254 6777 Email info@railfuture.org.uk Ramblers' Association. Formed in 1935, the Ramblers' Association is a charity (a voluntary body) which encourages rambling and campaigns for greater access to the countryside. We are active in protecting public footpaths, and defending the beauty and diversity of the countryside. We have over 100,000 individual members, and 370 groups around Great Britain which organise regular walks and conservation projects, and campaign for local issues that affect walkers.2nd Floor, Camelford House, 87 - 90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TW. Tel: 020 7339 8500. Fax: 020 7339 8501. Email: ramblers@london.ramblers.org.uk Reclaim the Skies. Aviation is bad! If you give a damn for the planet then don't fly - the message really is that simple. If you want to know why, then this is not the website for you, if you want to know more about the aviation industry and Heathrow in particular then read on.Reclaim the Streets is a direct action network committed to ending the rule of the car. We are FOR walking, cycling and cheap (free!) public transport, and AGAINST cars, roads and the vested interest they serve. We are not a send-a-donation / get- the-mag / sit-in-your armchair organisation. We are about getting involved and changing things through our own actions.P.O. Box 9656, London N4 4JY. Email: rts@gn.apc.org RoadPeace aims to Provide emotional and practical support to bereaved and injured road traffic victims, raise awareness of dangers on the road and encourage their reduction, conduct research into road danger and the impact of road death and injury.RoadPeace, PO Box 2579, London NW10 3PQ. Tel: 0181 964 9353. Email: 106215.3645@compuserve.com Roadrage, the UK road campaign resource centre. We are... against the welter of road-building schemes coming forward in the UK under the Government's "sustainable transport" policies - which will increase traffic, add to global warming, blight communities and destroy vast areas of countryside including SSSIs and Ancient Woodlands. Our purpose is to be a point of reference for "green" road transport campaigns.SAY NO to the THAMES GATEWAY BRIDGE. Many Residents are concerned with the effects of a bridge of such dimensions bringing a massive amount of traffic to a highly residential area.34 Albury Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4SJ. Email: jacquiwise@tiscali.co.uk or terry@pvr.co.uk Tel :Ê 020 8301 4243 The Slower Speeds Initiative campaigns for:* lower and better enforced speed limits * higher profile for speed reduction initiatives * development of speed control technology * changes in the law to allow conviction of speeding drivers who kill and maim The Slower Speeds Initiative, PO Box 19, Hereford HR1 1XJ Email:info@slower-speeds.org.uk Sustrans is a charity working on practical projects to encourage people to walk and cycle more, so as to reduce motor traffic and its adverse effects.Sustrans, 35 King Street, Bristol, BS1 4DZ. Tel: 0117 926 8893 Fax: 0117 929 4173 Tourism Concern. For more than seven years, Tourism Concern has highlighted the environmental and human rights problems associated with travel and tourism.Tourism Concern, Stapleton House, 277-281 Holloway Road, London N7 8HN. Tel. 020 7133 3330. Fax. 020 7133 3331. Email: info@tourismconcern.org.uk Tyne Crossings Alliance We oppose the construction of a new road tunnel under the River Tyne from North Tyneside to Jarrow, on the basis that an additional tunnel would increase car traffic and cause yet more congestion and pollution. It would exacerbate the problems we already have of excessive car use and car dependency.Tyne Crossings Alliance, PO Box 101, South Shields, NE33 2YQ. Email: info@tyne-crossings.org Wise Up and Pay. Supports London congestion charging.Email: info@wiseupandpay.co.uk |
