April 2005

Rail 512: Yes, minister: Integrate to ease Kent planning ‘blight’

Rail 512: Yes, minister: Integrate to ease Kent planning ‘blight’

The uncertainty over the future shape of services south-east of London underlines the need for more long-term, strategic planning on ...
Project management at Heathrow Terminal 5

Project management at Heathrow Terminal 5

The roof on the main building of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was completed last month. Given that at 400 by 150 ...
Let’s stop pretending

Let’s stop pretending

(This is a copy of the speech given to the Railway Studies Association on March 9 2005.) I have thought ...
Rail 511: The great unmentionable of the general election

Rail 511: The great unmentionable of the general election

For the political parties during the election campaign, the railway will be like the war when Fawlty Towers was entertaining ...
Tube PPP contracts have little to show

Tube PPP contracts have little to show

The managerial upheavals at Metronet are symptomatic of much wider problems with the controversial Public Private Partnership to refurbish the ...
The groundbreaking Saudi rail-link

The groundbreaking Saudi rail-link

The railways are a 19th century invention that are finding a new lease of life in the 21st century with ...
A read need for subsidised housing

A read need for subsidised housing

It has become conventional wisdom that not enough housing is being built and that much more will be needed to ...
Cycling is a no-brainer for the Government

Cycling is a no-brainer for the Government

For much of the past decade I have sat on various government boards aimed at promoting cycling. And I must ...
Election manifestos fail to address transport issues

Election manifestos fail to address transport issues

The most depressing aspect of transport policy is that most of the solutions are known but that politicans will not ...
Scroll to Top