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Bringing buses in Wales home
In my latest piece for Passenger Transport I take a trip across Wales by bus to see how public sector

Rail centre: Klaipėda
A feature for Today’s Railways Europe My first illustrated feature for Today’s Railways Europe takes an in-depth look at the

A day on the buses in Cardiff and Newport
I think you need to see things for yourself not just have meetings and read reports. So as part of

Connections issue 2 (September 23)
My newsletter with news and stories of progressive change is here. Issue two features: Policy geek postcard from Malmo In

The strange death (and rebirth) of trams in England and Scotland
Riding the tram as it rolled urbanely down the Leith Walk a few weeks back, on the new extension of

Transport and the politics of dignity
Public transport can bestow dignity on both a city and its citizens. Politics determines whether it does – and we

Is rail’s recent golden age over?
‘…The debate and the railways have turned inward. You have the big railway desperate to get its train set back

Fares fair?
Fares fair? That sound you hear is the sound of one of the core constructs of UK public transport policy

So you want to change the world?
My presentation (PPT and notes) to the Urban Transport Group leadership programme session on influencing in April 2023

Why car-free leisure travel is the ultimate Good Journey
Is this the ultimate no brainer? Everyone agrees that leisure traffic is the growth market for public transport. So, how about the

The changing face of rail
Sam Sherwood-Hale, Editor of Rail Professional magazine, spoke to Jonathan Bray, outgoing Director at the Urban Transport Group, about how rail

Everything’s going yellow
There was something different about this normally routine journey from Liverpool Central to Kirkby. Not just that it was a