December 2007

Irrational attacks on cyclists

Irrational attacks on cyclists

What is it about cyclists that attracts such incoherent rage from a normally relatively sane person? Matthew Parris wrote an ...
The great rail rip off

The great rail rip off

Passengers struggling on to the railways for the Christmas break are being hit by a double whammy that's not at ...
Rail 581: Ministers fail to understand real value of the railways

Rail 581: Ministers fail to understand real value of the railways

The year 2007 should have gone down in history as epoch making, a break with the past offering a new ...
Blog fuel protests failure

Blog fuel protests failure

Whatever happened to the fuel protests? Or rather didn’t. What a wonderful damp squib they were, attracting fewer people than ...
Bali bull

Bali bull

The climate change discussions in Bali are clearly a stitch up. There is a pattern to this – the Europeans ...
Rail 580: Barriers could prove counterproductive

Rail 580: Barriers could prove counterproductive

Passing through Surbiton station during the evening peak the other day, I was surprised to find the barriers open and ...
Low tech trams could be solution to urban chaos

Low tech trams could be solution to urban chaos

The transport sector faces a greater threat from action to tackle climate change than any other industry. The whole notion ...
Big projects are not British

Big projects are not British

I was at the launch of Nicholas Faith’s book on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link(which we are now supposed to ...
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