Road Traffic Reduction Bill

EDM number 839 in 1994-95, proposed by Andrew Robathan on 16/03/1995.

That this House is concerned that increases in road traffic levels will cause more atmospheric pollution and emission of more greenhouse gases, as well as being damaging to communities and the countryside; notes the similar concerns expressed in the recent reports by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and the House's own Transport Committee; and welcomes the introduction of the Road Traffic Reduction Bill by a cross-party group of honourable Members, which will require local authorities to draw up local road traffic reduction plans in order to reduce traffic in their areas in ways that they consider appropriate to their circumstances, and which will require the Secretary of State to draw up and implement a national road traffic reduction plan which will require the stabilisation of total traffic miles at 1990 levels by the year 2000, a reduction of total traffic miles by 5 per cent. by the year 2005 and a reduction of 10 per cent. by the year 2010.

This motion has been signed by a total of 120 MPs.