FT review: The Crossrail story
By Robert Wright This book celebrates a triumph. The UK’s vast Crossrail project, managed by...
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Nick Faith obituary: the gentleman mischief maker
The writer Nicholas Faith, who has died aged 85, was a gentleman mischief-maker. Courteous to a... -
A transport idea to counter Brexit
Public transport is the great unifier, bringing us together by making travel cheap and easy. However,... -
Rail 866: Heathrow railway is best hope for private sector investment but can it be done?
One of the big promises of rail privatisation was that there would be significant private investment... -
Crossrail wait will be worth it
There’s been a lot of fuss about the delay and the extra cost of Crossrail in... -
Crossrail delay is a shame but will be forgotten
It is a shame that Crossrail did not make its deadline of December 9th, but quite... -
Rail privatisation failed to benefit passengers
The privatisation of the railways had nothing to do with trying to make them better. It... -
Rail 865: Jo Johnson goes to Rotherham
It’s only taken a couple of decades or so but UK’s first tram train has become... -
The driverless car hype must be countered or lives will be lost
Here we go yet again. The Guardian today reports that Addison Lee ‘aims to deploy driverless... -
Rail 864: How about a transport strategy?
A couple of years ago I wrote a short book entitled ‘Are Trams Socialist?’. Spoiler alert,... -
The driverless car conundrum
There are countless articles in both the general and specialist media which start off something like... -
Rail 863: Will review really be root and branch?
So the review is going to be a ‘root and branch’ examination of the state of... -
Labour must not swallow the driverless car con
Anna Turley’s recent LabourList article about automation rightly extols the virtues of new technology while warning of its potential... -
Rail 862: Review must be radical
Here we go again. A review is in the offing. They may not have the frequency... -
Railways need to be integrated under a Fat Controller
The Fat Controller is the least popular figure in the Thomas the Tank engine stories. Yet...
