Articles (2003)

My past archive of articles can be found in this section, including pieces written for Rail magazine and Transport Times (which are not listed below). The majority of my work relates to transport, although I also write on social and political topics.

You can also view my articles by publication title.


December

Is a local income tax on the cards? Public Service and Local Government

November

Striking is not the answer Evening Standard, 25th
Are we on the right lines?
Why are our streets riddled with holes? Daily Express, 19th
Down the tube - the biggest PPP Public Finance, 12th
Crashes and near misses could derail privatised tube The Independent, 2nd

October

Is PPP squeezing too much out of the Tube? Camden New Journal, 23rd
Is Underground safe? Evening Standard, 21st
Q&A: Tube derailments BBC, 19th
Charging motorists for road use is the way forward Daily Express, 14th

September

Broadwater Revisited Evening Standard, 15th
Is there no hope for rail users? Evening Standard, 2nd
Oldies rule, OK

August

Charge opposition routed New Statesman, 8th
Livingstone's congestion charge has wider implications Public Service and Local Government
No more nurdling The Oldie

July

Sort it out, Mr Darling Evening Standard, 25th
Concreting over the South-East seems to be the Government's agenda for economic success Evening Standard, 21st
Garden city points the way Evening Standard, 21st
Why we are stuck in transport dark ages? Daily Express, 8th
The road less travelled Public Finance, 4th
100 not likely The Oldie

June

Housing barrier to euro Housing Today, 20th
Darling's slow train finally goes off the rails Daily Express, 17th
Fewer trains, fares to rise, in shake-up of railways The Independent, 13th
53 not (yet) out The Oldie

May

How Britain could be gridlocked Daily Express, 18th

April

Will the tube get back on track? Public Finance, 11th
Sustainable communities Housing Today, 10th
What is the Private Finance Initiative really about? Public Service and Local Government

March

Aviation security, is it much tighter? Daily Telegraph, 22nd
The charge that will get us out of a jam Daily Express, 18th
Central Line crash: The truth Evening Standard, 6th
Man v machine The Oldie

February

The axe is poised over our railways Daily Express, 27th
Congestion charge success silences critics The Independent, 23rd
Take Ken's £5 decongestant medicine and be glad today. It's London's last hope The Times, 17th
Reasons to be cheerful about the congestion charge BBC, 12th
Transport crisis resurfaces New Statesman, 7th
Labour must do more than just tinker with council tax Public Service and Local Government

January

When the buck stops nowhere Evening Standard, 27th
Armageddon approaches New Statesman, 20th
Breaking the silence will halt child abuse Daily Express, 15th
Off the Rails University of Warwick