February 2003
The axe is poised over our railways
The latest round of cuts to train services announced earlier this week have raised fears among passenger groups that the ...
Congestion charge success silences critics
Armageddon never happened last week. The apparent success of the congestion charge in reducing traffic in central London left a ...
Rail 455: How can the beast created in Network Rail be tamed?
The SRA specifies what needs to be done and the contractors do the work, so, asks CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, is the ...
Take Ken’s £5 decongestant medicine and be glad today. It’s London’s last hope
Life in London will never be the same again. The imposition of the congestion charge takes away the fundamental right ...
Reasons to be cheerful about the congestion charge
The fuss over London's congestion charge is a storm in a teacup, whipped up by a hostile press, says Christian ...
Transport crisis resurfaces
We are in the midst of our annual transport crisis. About every twelve months, the media suddenly discovers that we ...
Rail 454: Bowker is in a jam as he fails to outwit Whitehall warriors
Richard Bowker has shown his political inexperience by allowing himself to be outmanoeuvred by the politicians over the SRA cuts ...
Labour must do more than just tinker with council tax
It is remarkable that it has taken Labour five years to begin to address some of the iniquities of the ...