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February 2021 newsletter

February 2021 newsletter

Oddly, in this short newsletter, I am going to promote someone else’s book. This is because I think Peter Walker’s ...
January 2021 Newsletter: it's not all gloom but....

January 2021 Newsletter: it’s not all gloom but….

I have not worn a suit for a year. I hate wearing suits but I am so looking forward now ...
December newsletter: deja vu all over again

December newsletter: deja vu all over again

This is the newsletter that goes out to subscribers every month. If you want to subscribe click here There’s rather ...
November newsletter - Covid crisis - and book offers

November newsletter – Covid crisis – and book offers

The second lockdown has just started and I see little way out of this crisis for the transport industry. As ...
October newsletter: new books and the bloody viruses

October newsletter: new books and the bloody viruses

Sorry I have missed out a couple of months, due to holidays and overwork. But I will try to produce ...
July Newsletter: The self-destruction of the rail industry

July Newsletter: The self-destruction of the rail industry

There has been pretty much only one theme to my recent writings – in The Times, the New Statesman  and ...
May newsletter - one thing is certain: driverless cars are not the answer

May newsletter – one thing is certain: driverless cars are not the answer

Apologies for slight lateness, but I have just delivered the manuscript of my latest book, Cathedrals of Steam, the story ...
My April newsletter: we need imagination to get out of this crisis; and a book offer for lockdown

My April newsletter: we need imagination to get out of this crisis; and a book offer for lockdown

Who would have expected that we would live in a time when it was illegal to play cricket in the ...
My March newsletter: the mystery of the driverless car Ponzi scheme - and is it 'termini'?

My March newsletter: the mystery of the driverless car Ponzi scheme – and is it ‘termini’?

A quick newsletter as I am deeply buried in my latest book, Cathedrals of Steam, which is the story of ...
The new battle of Jericho

The new battle of Jericho

(pic by permission, Andy Ffrench, Oxford Mail) Here’s a prediction for my second blog of the decade: the twenties are ...
January 2020 newsletter

January 2020 newsletter

I am starting the year as I mean to go on, with a new newsletter for January with the hope ...
Book review: The luxury trains

Book review: The luxury trains

Martyn Pring, Luxury Railway Travel, a social and business history, Pen & Sword, £35 There may never have been a ...
Delights of transport scored nul points

Delights of transport scored nul points

The Labour manifesto was incredible. In the true sense of the word, meaning unbelievable. It was packed with goodies such ...
Johnson: an unsuitable candidate

Johnson: an unsuitable candidate

I rarely find the time to do blogs but watching Boris Johnson’s performances on the media yesterday cannot go by ...
My speech on driverless cars at the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 15/1/19

My speech on driverless cars at the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 15/1/19

There is something extraordinary happening out there in relation to driverless cars. But it is not quite what you think ...
The most radical transport authority

The most radical transport authority

The City of London has become by far the most radical local authority in Britain. It closed Bank, one of ...
The driverless car hype must be countered or lives will be lost

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 cars on London’s streets’ ...
Why cycling needs to be taken seriously by politicians and planners

Why cycling needs to be taken seriously by politicians and planners

I’ve been a cyclist virtually all my life. I started cycling the two miles to school when I was 15, ...
Rail 840: A fatuous call for unity in a fragmented industry

Rail 840: A fatuous call for unity in a fragmented industry

You can imagine the scene. The rather desperate executives of the Rail Delivery Group, the ineptly named organisation that is ...
Uber decision ducks the real issues

Uber decision ducks the real issues

The non-renewal of Uber’s licence is the first step in what is bound to be a long legal battle and ...
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