Greens '£30bn transport pledge'

Keith Taylor says the Greens want to make cities cleaner and safer

The Greens have pledged to renationalise the railways and cut road traffic as part of a five-point plan to rebuild Britain's transport network.

Principal speaker Keith Taylor said the party would invest £30bn in rail, bus, cycle and pedestrian transport.

"A working, affordable public transport network is key to tackling climate change and to creating a more equitable society," he said.

All three main parties have pledged to tackle climate change.

GREENS' TRANSPORT PLEDGES: Invest £30bn in rail, bus, cycle and pedestrian transport Renationalise railways and reduce train fares Re-regulate Britain's buses Reduce road traffic by 10% over five years, scrap tax disc, increase fuel duty Scrap aviation's £9bn a year tax break Full list of Brighton Pavilion candidates

The Green Party's measures include reducing train fares and re-regulating Britain's buses.

Road traffic would be reduced by 10% over five years, the tax disc would be scrapped and fuel duty increased.

The party would also end aviation's £9bn a year tax break.

"Successive governments' obsession with road-building and their neglect of the public transport network has cut people who can't drive from their essential services," said Mr Taylor, the Greens candidate for Brighton Pavilion.

It has also "left Britain with a £43bn a year road habit that accounts for more than one-fifth of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions", he said.

"The Green Party will implement five practical measures to rebuild Britain's transport network, make cities cleaner and safer places and reconnect rural Britain."

The Greens are set to launch a mini-manifesto on Friday, with promises to keep public services "publicly accountable" and funded, while supporting local business.