ScotRail – so much more than a railway
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Director, Jonathan Bray explains Scotland’s rail franchise is about more than just train services, it’s about a vision for a nation. Other parts of the UK should study it.
Urban Transport Group is up and running
Exciting times for us as we move onwards and upwards with TfL as full members and a new name that better reflects who we are, what we do. With all the major urban areas on board and with the wider consensus that’s grown up around the importance of devolved and high investment city and city […]
Public Sector – the biggest innovators?
In his latest article for Passenger Transport, Jonathan Bray talks about the fact that the private sector doesn’t have a monopoly on innovation. South Yorkshire has demonstrated what the public sector can do.
What will future transit look like?
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks what trends we should keep an eye on for the future.
Regional Railways: Destination Growth
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks what we could achieve if we back regional rail.
The dark night of the railway's soul
In his latest column for Passenger Transport magazine, pteg Director Jonathan Bray bemoans the slow death of European international overnight rail services. However, he finds a burgeoning resistance movement to challenge this death by neglect.
Time to kiss smart ticketing better
In his latest column for Passenger Transport magazine, pteg Director Jonathan Bray asks what we really mean by ‘smart ticketing’. He argues that we need to be clear about what smart ticketing is, where we’re up to and what we need to do next.
Matt Brunt
We were very sad to learn that our friend, and former Assistant Director of pteg, died peacefully in his sleep at the weekend after a long illness. Here are a few extracts from what we said to Matt at his leaving event following on from his cancer diagnosis. ‘Matt’s chosen profession has been public service, […]
Bus establishment on the back foot
Well done Passenger Transport on having the courage to publish the ‘Deregulation is dying – accept it’ comment piece from an anonymous bus manager in the last issue (PT099). What’s remarkable about the ‘bus bubble’ of operators, trade press, Bus Users UK and the various fanboys and hangers on is that it has managed to […]
It's not so smart if it's not simple
In recent years it’s been frustrating to see the discussion on smart ticketing bedeviled by confusion over the terms of the debate and a lack of clarity over where we have got to and where we should be aiming for. A new Government offers the opportunity to draw breath and take stock. So where have […]