July 2006
And the winner is … Ken Livingstone
I was at the National Transport Awards the other night, finding myself, as usual, rather galled about all the self-congratulation ...
Rail 544: Rail’s Da Vinci Code: lots of nice theories, few hard facts
A triple-pronged battle over the financial future of the railways will be fought during the next two years between the ...
Alexander and the environment – is it real commitment?
There is the whiff of change in the air. At first the replacement of one rather dull Scottish lawyer by ...
Another day, another disaster for ‘world class’ outfit
It is scarcely believable that Metronet has yet again been responsible for major bungles on the Tube which led to ...
Rail 543: Pessimistic Treasury is stifling major railway projects
A new report warning that a ‘pessimism bias’ is preventing Britain from getting the large-scale rail infrastructure projects it needs ...
More ideas for the transport secretary
It seems everyone wants to be transport secretary. The article on being transport secretary for a day (https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/articles/westminster/may23,06.shtml) attracted so ...