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Where there is no vision, the people perish
My latest think piece for Passenger Transport magazine argues that there are uncomfortable echoes of the 1948 rail nationalisation in
Rail freight in Latvia
My feature for Today’s Railway’s Europe takes an in-depth look at the Latvian rail freight scene with a particular focus
My latest ‘Connections’ newsletter l Issue 7 I January 2025 I Stories of progressive change
In this issue… + Netherlands 1971 – a story of progressive change + An in depth look at the UK’s
Time for a second light rail revolution
In 1992 Manchester’s city centre once again reverberated to the sound that means public transport is getting serious. The sound
Labour on transport – impulses clear, details contested, outcomes unclear
Eight months in and one Secretary of State for Transport down here’s an analysis of where thing’s stand on the
Britain’s most progressive railway
With the opening of the Northumbria line and the arrival into service of new Metro trains it feels like a
Decarbonising suburban transport
A one year fellowship for the Foundation for Integrated Transport Most reports and research about local transport is about urban
We know what makes the new administration tick – but the details are up for grabs
It’s too early to say how the new Westminster administration’s transport policy will shake out in detail – but we
My latest ‘Connections’ newsletter l Issue 6 I October 2024 I Stories of progressive change
In this issue (download it here)… ? Policy geek postcard on Sheffield’s stunning grey to green transformation? Stories of progressive
Putting the public back into public transport
The battle of ideas over the best way to provide public transport is effectively over. Even the last Conservative government
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
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