Four bundles contain materials produced by Don Mathew, coordinator of the Local Transport Day campaign, local groups of Council for the Protection of Rural England and Friends of the Earth, Hull Cycle Campaign, Pewsey Vale Transport Appraisal Group, Cyclists' Touring Group, and others (1995-1999), relating to the coordination of a local transport day, the provision of support for local groups, lack of funding as a barrier to hosting local transport days. Materials are related to initiatives in Merton, East Sussex, Dorset, Milton Keynes, Dunfermline, Manchester, and other local areas of England, Scotland and Wales. Correspondence relating to local transport day
File is comprised of position papers, articles from Transport Retort 1998 turned to the page of a transport white paper article, position papers with thoughts on recent policy and impacts to local transport, letters by Don Mathew shaping local transport briefings, printed slides from a presentation by Mike Jackson of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) on local transport plans, press cuttings, press releases, and briefing produced by Transport 2000 on local authority best practices including case studies on Manchester Metrolink, Leeds guided buses, London Docklands light rail, Robin Hood line, Northampton guided buses, and calming measures in Leicester and Worcester. Papers relating to the 1998 Transport White Paper and its impacts on local transport policy
