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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
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
A journey by design?
A draining COVID epidemic and the ungainly pirouettes of government policy on public transport from one extreme (‘we want all
‘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
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
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
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
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