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These are the (Second best??) transport films ever made
Your suggestions for the best transport films of all time
Where is the National Roads Strategy?
We have strategies for buses, bikes and trains. But what about where most journeys happen; roads?
Bus Back Better: Mission Impossible or Never say never?
BSIP guidance is sweeping and ambitious. But it's also hyper-centralised and silent on the funding
a boring (Company) post
Elon Musk claims to have unveiled the future of public transport. But it’s a car tunnel.
We’ve always had road pricing. Why are we abolishing it?
Turnpikes and fuel tax mean that we’ve always charged for use of roads. We mustn’t stop now.
What next for the PLCs?
What does the future hold for the transport PLCs in the new world?
Is Google Biased In Favour of Cars?
By not including breaks and parking time in car journeys, Google Maps prioritises car journeys
These are the best Transport films ever made
The best films (involving transport) ever made
Active travel
The Government's cycling strategy is ambitious, visionary, detailed, intelligent… and largely unfunded
How corporates can work better with startups
Startups can add a lot of value to corporates, but they need to adjust how they work to make it work
Could service integration make DRT viable?
Integrating multiple services may be the best chance of making DRT viable
Let’s talk about spacs
Will SPACS herald a wave of well-capitalised, well-disciplined listed startups providing innovation and disruption to transport?
Sir Michael Holden on the Williams Review
Now we finally know what the Williams Shapps Plan says, I get together with Sir MIchael Holden to discuss it
The Williams Review review
Williams-Shapps has a lot going for it, but neither political nor budgetary success are guaranteed
Will the guiding mind be New Network Rail?
Have you ever used a hedge trimmer to make jam? No? So don’t put Network Rail in charge of train fares.
The “Guiding mind”
The "Guiding Mind" is meant to ensure that train companies focus on the customer. But will the "Guiding Mind" itself be focused on the customer?
The Class 800 debacle
Railway customers had a bad week. It wasn’t just Hitachi: it was also down to historic systems, processes and culture - and these things can be changed