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Rebranding is generally a bad idea
Changing logo is generally a waste of money and a distraction
What I want for my Birthday
It’s my 40th birthday! So let’s look back at the progress of the last 4 decades and speculate on what will come in the next 4 decades.
7/10 for Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire are so close to a nationally significant transport experiment. But the A40 upgrades just miss the mark
Self-driving buses might come sooner than self-driving cars
Autonomous buses could transform the economics of the sector - and are easier to achieve than self-driving cars
Time for a frequent flyer levy
A citizens’ assembly said we should charge more for frequent flights. It’s right.
Is “Just Walk Out” retail a vision of the future?
Amazon Fresh's "Just walk out" technology eliminates supermarket checkouts entirely. We need to take note.
Mobility credits
Let's give everyone £500 in transport vouchers when they move house or have a baby
Horace Dediu on micromobility
Horace Dediu doesn’t just “get” micromobility, he invented the very word “Micromobility”!
Let’s Stop Building Roads. Wales Has!
Wales has stopped building new roads. England must follow suit. For that to happen we must stop listening to traffic engineers telling us that 'one more lane' will do the trick.
Mobility isn’t software
MaaS won’t revolutionise transport because transport economics are different from software economics
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