Coach transport in the United Kingdom 2% in the previous year. In 2009 FirstGroup entered the market with Greyhound UK, competing with National Express and Megabus. The Birmingham Coach Station opened after a major rebuild. Reconstruction of the Milton Keynes Coachway started (opening Spring 2010). In September 2010 FirstGroup announced it would be expanding the Greyhound UK service significantly. In October 2010, Philip Hammond, the transport minister, announced that the M4 bus lane would be scrapped, saying: "Nothing is more symbolic of Labour's war on the motorist". The Confederation of Passenger Transport said that the decision, which was supported by all the main motoring organisations, had
Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom) assert that these projects "generate even more traffic, damage the countryside, add to climate change and make cities, towns and villages less pleasant places to live." The campaign includes an interactive map tracking proposed road schemes across the country. Fair Fares Now is a campaign for cheaper, simpler, fairer train fares. It advocates for "cheaper train fares in order to tackle climate change and cut congestion." Save our Buses makes the case for local buses to government decision-makers whilst supporting bus campaigners to fight cuts to services in their area. The campaign features an interactive map tracking bus cuts in