August 2008
Eurostar not as good as it should be
There is something deeply unsatisfying about Eurostar. I think the performance of the management is complacent rather than dynamic, and ...
Rail 599: Australia: how not to run a railway
The Australian railways offer an almost object lesson in how not to build and run a rail network. Indeed, the ...
Ryanrailways
I am off, again, on the Eurostar train today to go to Italy via an overnight to Firenze. It is ...
Rail 598: Too many visits to the tuck shop again in the railway school
Another year has flown by, so it’s time again for this column to hold the Railway schoolchildren to account. And ...
Your first job, Boris, is to get London moving
Perhaps it was inevitable that Boris Johnson would mark his first 100 days as Mayor today by issuing a list ...
Bicycle bombs myth debunked
Back in the UK after the long haul nightmare, it was refreshing to find an article about research rigorously debunking ...
What would make cycling in Sydney easier?
When I came to Australia to talk about cycling, I borrowed a bike and headed off to the suburbs, with ...