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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 ...
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. ...
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
It was perhaps inevitable, but the way that Alistair Darling has completely ignored the opportunity to produce a pre budget ...
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
Ministers are clearly worried that people in Greater Manchester are going to reject the proposal to have congestion charging in ...
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
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?
Delighted as I am about Obama’s win, I suspect that as ever he will disappoint. His oratory was just breathtaking ...
Walking difficulties
Walking through Holloway, north London today, I was struck at how the road and pavement engineers deliberately make life difficult ...
The Ryanair experience: better but still nasty
I committed the sin of flying on Ryanair last week to go to Italy and back, eschewing the long overnight ...
Joined up government
Sometimes, you just could not make it up. First item on the Radio 4 9pm news was Ed Milliband's announcement ...
Another success for Sir Steve Robson
I have been meaning to write a substantial piece linking the banking collapse with rail privatisation for some time and ...
credit crunch will hit the railway
There is no doubt that we are heading for a recession and that will undoubtedly impact on the railways. At ...
Adonis knows his trains
The new rail minister is Lord Adonis which is much better news than the appointment of his boss, Geoff Hoon ...
Another transport secretary on the way down
Oh woe, oh despair. The prospect of Geoff Hoon as transport secretary makes me long for the exciting days of ...
Bendies could be Boris undoing
Interesting evidence emerging about the cost of Boris Johnson's promise to scrap bendy buses is set to put the mayor ...
Kelly cock up rather than conspiracy
The manner of Ruth Kelly's departure has caused far more political fall-out than the actual fact of her resignation. I ...
Helicopter noise madness
Several times over the past couple of weeks, a helicopter dragging an ad for cheap flights from Qantas has disturbed ...
