about CAN
CAN is a coalition of organisations in Greater Manchester who believe that the area needs radically better transport, including quality public transport and safe pedestrian and cycle routes.
We support the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF), the plan to invest around 3bn in improving the area's transport and to introduce a peak-time congestion charge.
We aim to highlight the wide-ranging benefits of TIF
and to make sure that environmental and social issues are at the core.
For more details on the plans, please see
www.gmfuturetransport.org.uk
(a site by AGMA and GMPTE). CAN is a member of the
YES coalition.
VOTE YES! and spread the word
Remember that we only get this huge investment if enough people vote for it.
Don't be complacent, make sure you VOTE YES.
Pass on this important message to your friends, colleagues, people at the bus stop, and anyone who'll listen.
To help you do this, we've produced
leaflets and posters for you to print out and display up in your communities and because we know that you need to be well informed, we've provided a fact check.
contacting CAN
Clean Air Now can be contacted by email gmcleanairnow@gmail.com and by mobile on 07948 405071.
in the news
"This is not a question of "holding Manchester to ransom" as some suggest, but a matter of political realism. Let me explain why..." Guardian
with CAN's reaction Crains
...the squirrel is unveiled.
more news items
documents and information
The following documents have been created either by Clean Air Now as a coalition, or by the individual supporter organisations.
consultation responses
Regional Centre Transport Strategy
On 31st January 2008,
Manchester Friends of the Earth submitted a response to Manchester City Council's Regional Centre Transport Strategy. Their response welcomed many of the proposals in the consultation document, but argued that parking policy should help to reduce car use, that cleaner bus engines should be encouraged and that cycling should be given much more priority. You can read their response as
pdf.
other documents
Advertising Standards Agency complaint
A member of CAN submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency about billboard adverts displayed by the anti-congestion charge group MART.
the letter of complaint (pdf)
press release announcing the ASA verdict
detail on the ASA judgement
