Public Transport

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Bradford bus users “being forgotten about yet again”

16th December 2024 / 16th December 2024 by Matt Edwards

Three Councillors have written to the bosses at Arriva and the Mayor of West Yorkshire to demand action following the announcement key early morning and evening services were being withdrawn after month of cancellations and disruption to services in the South of the city. Today, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority announced new timetables for some […]

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Councillor calls for action to save school buses

19th November 2024 by Matt Edwards

A Green Party councillor has urged council bosses to save school buses at two district schools. On Tuesday, Bradford Council launched a consultation on proposals to withdraw the routes to St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic Collage and Bingley Grammar School from September 2025. But at a Council meeting, Councillor Matt Edwards, the Leader of […]

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Green councillors have urged the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep bus fares down.

8th November 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

Green councillors have urged the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep £2 bus fare cap. In a letter to Tracy Brabin, Green Party councillors have called on her to follow the lead of her counterpart in Greater Manchester and commit to keeping the bus fare cap at £2.00. This comes as the new government […]

a photograph of Matt Edwards at the podium on the stage at Green Party conference

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Greens call for investment in high speed rail for Bradford at national conference

9th September 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

Delegates at Green Party conference in Manchester have backed a new Northern Powerhouse rail line with a through station at Bradford. Green Party spokesperson on transport Councillor Matt Edwards, who is leader of the Green Group on Bradford Council spoke in favour of the policy. Celebrating the vote he said: “I am delighted that the […]

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Councillor raises questions over Interchange closure

15th January 2024 / 12th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

The Leader of the Green Party group on Bradford Council has written to the West Yorkshire Mayor, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and senior officers at Bradford Council demanding answers over the closure of Bradford Interchange. Bradford Interchange was closed on Friday 5th January but over a week later, little information has been provided as to […]

Councillor Matt Edwards standing at a bus stop with a single decker grey First Bus in the background approaching the bus stop.

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Petition launched to reverse cuts to 508 bus

11th April 2023 / 11th November 2024 by bradfordgreens

A petition has been started calling on First Bus to reverse their cuts to the 508 bus service which connects Leeds City Centre with Halifax via the South of Bradford. The petition was started by Councillor Matt Edwards, who represents Tong Ward and is also the Green Party’s national Transport spokesperson. The 508 runs along […]

Councillor Matt Edwards stood outside Bradford Forster Square with arms crossed

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Greens call for public transport investment as new data reveals 1 in 4 don’t drive

9th January 2023 / 12th November 2024 by Matt Edwards

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Government pushing an “anti-cycling narrative that is making things far more dangerous for cyclists”

17th August 2022 by Matt Edwards

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Bradford Councillor chosen to be a national spokesperson for the Green Party.

29th June 2022 / 30th March 2023 by Matt Edwards

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Mind the gap: Greens demand closing the gulf between rail investment in South and North of England

24th May 2022 / 13th July 2022 by Matt Edwards