November 2008

Boris is a Tory!

Boris is a Tory!

Boris Johnson is scrapping the congestion charge in the western zone despite clearly having doubts over the policy after his ...
Darling shows his contempt for railways and the environment

Darling shows his contempt for railways and the environment

It was perhaps inevitable, but the way that Alistair Darling has completely ignored the opportunity to produce a pre budget ...
Rail 605: Rail companies face triple whammy with credit crunch and fares rises

Rail 605: Rail companies face triple whammy with credit crunch and fares rises

It is a bit early in the year for Mystic Wolmar predictions but the railways are going to face a ...
Oxford Street is doomed

Oxford Street is doomed

Having dropped into the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherds Bush out of curiousity rather than a desire to buy anything, ...
Manchester vote in the balance

Manchester vote in the balance

Ministers are clearly worried that people in Greater Manchester are going to reject the proposal to have congestion charging in ...
What a shame ten year plan went off the rails

What a shame ten year plan went off the rails

It is ten years since the relatively new Labour government issued a remarkably sensible document entitled A new deal for ...
Rail 604: Bank crisis has same roots as rail privatisation errors

Rail 604: Bank crisis has same roots as rail privatisation errors

While banks are collapsing with the same frequency as wickets normally fall in the England middle order, it is worth ...
One day aviation's luck will run out...

One day aviation’s luck will run out…

The Ryanair incident today in Rome, when a particularly bad bird strike nearly brought down a Boeing 737, is the ...
An old man's grumble

An old man’s grumble

I desperately try to avoid any grumpy old man type entries on this blog, but I can't resist this one ...
Will Obama address climate change issues?

Will Obama address climate change issues?

Delighted as I am about Obama’s win, I suspect that as ever he will disappoint. His oratory was just breathtaking ...
Walking difficulties

Walking difficulties

Walking through Holloway, north London today, I was struck at how the road and pavement engineers deliberately make life difficult ...
Complacency mars the road safety record

Complacency mars the road safety record

One of the rare targets on transport which the government seems to have met unequivocally. Is the reduction in deaths ...
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