The electric car conundrum
Electric cars are not a new invention. When I was growing up in west London in...
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Rail 882: It’s not only cuckoo clocks that the Swiss have got right
We are prisoners of history but we don’t have to be. When writing my various books... -
Johnson: an unsuitable candidate
I rarely find the time to do blogs but watching Boris Johnson’s performances on the media... -
Rail 881: Reopening railway lines: popular and feasible says Lord Adonis
The most popular transport policy that I hear when canvassing people on the doorstep is undoubtedly... -
My podcast on the Transsiberian for Insight guide
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Rail 880: HS2 at risk from the Tory hordes
There is one policy that seems to unite more of the Tory party candidates than anything... -
Rail 879: The Crossrail mystery – what went wrong?
Wherever you look in the rail industry, there seems to be trouble ahead . I do... -
Rail 878: Obsession with competition is a waste of effort
It’s fantasy time in the rail industry. Keith Williams made the mistake of asking for submissions... -
Letter to The Times: Extinction Rebellion demonstrates the benefits of pedestrianisation
There has been much debate about the rights and wrongs of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations but... -
Rail 877: Pensions confusion spells death of franchising
With the franchising system already reeling from a series of setbacks, somehow the Department for Transport... -
My (short) letter to The Times on franchising
The row over pension funding highlights the impossibility of transferring real risks to the private sector.... -
Rail 876: The long slow death of franchises
The death throes of franchising are not a pretty sight. That the present model is dead... -
Rail 875: Electric is the buzz word
Of all the stupid decisions that successive governments have made about the railways over the past... -
Rail 874: Goblin gobbled up
It seemed such a simple job. The Barking – Gospel Oak line was becoming so heavily... -
Sunday Politics: Doubts about driverless cars
