December 2008
Rail 608: The franchising question remains unanswered
In 2009, it will be difficult to get away from issues that go to the heart of the way that ...
Saving capitalism will not save the planet
The government’s response to the credit crunch crisis is taking it into strange places and forcing ministers to ...
Rail 607: Trusting Network Rail is hard to do
I wish I believed in Network Rail. By that I mean, I wish I had confidence in the structure, in ...
Geoff Hoon loves travel
Went to ministerial drinks last night. Totally new Department press team who asked me things like had I ever ...
Manchester vote kills off road pricing
The strength of the vote against the congestion charge plan in Manchester effectively kills off the government’s strategy of trying ...
Road pricing is dead
The overwhelming vote against a Manchester congestion charge shows that local democracy is not the best of determining complex ...
Cabinet split over transport policy
I am about to go down to Bristol to give a talk to a group of transport campaigners to give ...
Trouble over rail fans’ antics
Oh dear, I’ve got into deep water over an article I did for The Mail on Sunday at the weekend ...
Swiss show the way in integrated transport
When asked about the best place for public transport, transport commentators invariably suggest it is the major cities of Switzerland, ...
Oxford Street nightmare must end
Oxford Street is a nightmare. Billed as Britain’s premier shopping street, in reality it is a permanent gridlock of people, ...
Rail 606: Tories must choose between cuts and expansion
Although the Tories’ lead in the opinion polls is faltering, it is still worth examining their transport policies since it ...
The end of car dominance?
The panic over the imminent collapse of the US motor industry demonstrates the importance of car manufacturing to the economy. ...