The April 2026 publication 'Better Connected : a strategy for integrated transport' is a very welcome document (see our April 6th 2026 CBTG post), but as the Campaign for Better Transport's Michael Solomon Williams writes, the everyday experience of the would-be public transport user can be far from ideal - and this is often the case in new housing developments.

In December 2025 Mr Williams wrote:

"With five major transport bills and two related ones progressing through Parliament, transport has, unusually, become the busiest area of legislative activity this session. That should be welcomed. But it also means we must pay close attention to the wider policy landscape, particularly the bills and reforms that shape how and where new communities are built.

Chief among these is the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, closely linked to the Government’s determination to meet ambitious housing targets. The proposed New Towns, though sitting outside the numerical target, reinforce the scale of that ambition. With all this combined, if we are embarking on a new era of large-scale housebuilding, then public transport has to be at the heart of how these places take shape".

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