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Ireland challenges car dependency
Ireland’s ‘celtic tiger’ boom (between the mid-1990s and 2008) turned the Republic from one of the poorer western European countries
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My latest ‘Connections’ newsletter | Issue 5 | June 24 | stories of progressive change
In this issue (download it here): 🏘 News on fresh thinking on decarbonising suburbs🌆 What the general election could mean
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What will the election mean for local transport?
My analysis for Local Transport Today Many Local Transport Today readers will be hoping for a new Government which will
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A journey by design?
A draining COVID epidemic and the ungainly pirouettes of government policy on public transport from one extreme (‘we want all
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‘LocHal’ – the library at the heart of railway regeneration in Tilburg
These days, on my list of things I could do when I have time in a new place, is to
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Connections newsletter April 2024
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Paris and London – opposites attract on progressive transport policies
I used to take the view that Paris was an ugly city (quasi motorways alongside the Seine, the dreary Haussmann
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An ode to Lothian Buses
It’s good to be in the warmth of the good value Lothian Buses cafe at their Shandwick Place TravelHub. Outside a
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Connections newsletter – December 2023
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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
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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
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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