Stormy weather looms over transport
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray writes that big shifts are going on – crises for bus and rail, ‘big tech’ reined in and an active travel revolution is underway in Greater Manchester.
What if rail has reached its peak?
In this piece for Rail Review, Urban Transport Group’s Director Jonathan Bray responds to an article on rail passenger demand trends by Matt Lovering, Senior Managing Director at Teneo Consulting. Jonathan argues that rail’s future depends on the wider choices the UK makes on housing and land use. Read ‘What if rail has reached its peak?’ […]
A vision for the future of 'Rail Cities'
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray explains with the crisis on Northern and Thameslink shows how important rail is for cities – and opens up a space for some bigger thinking.
Active travel: solutions for changing cities
Over the last decade promoting active travel has moved from the fringes of urban transport policy to a much more central role in the planning of cities and their transport networks. This is because the promotion of active travel, and the creation of places and streetscapes where people want to walk and cycle, is such […]
Time is right for fresh thinking on future of urban rail
The recent meltdowns on Northern and Thameslink not only left many passengers besides themselves with frustration about not being able to get to work on time – or at all – it also led to a firestorm of criticism and condemnation from politicians and media alike. With the immediate shock of that first Monday morning […]
In the silence of my lonely room
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks as the government wants to tackle loneliness, is this the opportunity for public transport to be part of the solution to another problem?
Here's tae us: Wha's like us?
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray says Scotland’s railway has become a symbol of the nation’s ambition and bigger thinking but it’s time that bus policy caught up.
West Midlands reaps the devolution dividend
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray explains how with a new ‘metro mayor’, growing commuter rail use, light rail expansion projects, HS2, the West Midlands is a region that is going places.
Is it time to embrace our inner hipster?
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks should urban transport policy begin to reflect the ‘new economy’, with interesting places accessible by active travel and mass transit?
Growing urban transport agenda gives UTG plenty to chew on
The Urban Transport Group is capitalising on the heightened interest in city-region transport challenges. Andrew Forster, Editor of Local Transport Today, went to meet its director, Jonathan Bray, and chair, Tobyn Hughes. Read the full interview here.