June 2007
Transport slips down the agenda as road accident toll remains the same
The replacement of the highly competent Douglas Alexander with Ruth Kelly who seems to have feet of clay and has ...
Rail 568: Green challenge for railways is complex and could be costly
The rail industry is finally waking up to the environmental impact of train travel. For so long the industry had ...
Four by four madness
Went on an early morning demonstration organisation by the 4x4 alliance, an excellent group of people campaigning against the growing ...
Bike is best
I did a whole series of radio and TV interviews today to mark National Bike Week. Cycling England, on whose ...
Ticket office closures
Possibly the most difficult task of a journalist is to dig behind the self-interested positions of both sides in an ...
Northern railway boom heightens investment needs
It’s not only in the south east that rail is booming. The three northernmost franchises in England, Transpennine, Northern and ...
Sadly is not appropriate
Just received the press release from the Office of Rail Regulation about the safety statistics which are generally all improving ...
Rail 567: The woes of railway websites
Breaking his usual ‘norants’ rule, a frustrated CHRISTIAN WOLMAR pleads for a singleon line ticket-booking agency for the whole network ...
The wonderful Sibelius train between Finland and Russia
I have just come back from St Petersburg where I gave a lecture and made it into a week's holiday ...
Brown’s patchy record on transport
Whenever there is a train accident, the newshounds in the media are quick to bay at the railways. Given the ...