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DfT not fit to lead on active travel policy, PACTS tells MPs

ACTIVE TRAVEL

Andrew Forster
18 January 2019
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THE DfT should not lead on active travel policy but should instead be the delivery arm for other client departments, MPs have been told.

The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) makes the comments in evidence to the House of Commons transport committee’s new active travel inquiry. 

PACTS believes the DfT will struggle to orchestrate cross-departmental active travel initiatives. “The DfT is not a powerful department in Whitehall. PACTS has seen how...

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