Department for Transport awards £2m to new wave of sustainable transport schemes
Nine projects designed to encourage people to make more environmentally-friendly transport choices will share new government funding
Campaigns to get parents to ditch the school run in favour of lower carbon alternatives or projects to make cycling safer are to share £2m of new government funding. The Department for Transport announced...
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