Road Block aims to highlight the insanity of more road building, and to support a move towards the sustainable transport practices that are still within our reach.

Road Block is a project of Campaign for Better Transport

Our guiding principles:

- Reduce the need to travel by locating life's essentials (healthcare, employment, schools, shops) near to where people live

- Halt and ultimately reverse growth in car and lorry traffic

- Oppose any more growth in road capacity

- Encourage a switch from cars to feet, bicycles and public transport

- Switch freight from lorries to rail and water

- Cut back on emissions that contribute to climate change

Our work:

- Offer support and training for local groups and campaigners through briefings, telephone advice, training events and conferences

- Link up local groups with national NGO's and other groups and 'experts' working on transport issues

- Develop an overview of the road building situation across the UK

- Contribute to a better informed media debate about road building and generate positive media coverage for the anti-roads movement

- Build the confidence of local campaigners and provide inspiration to win campaigns