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IEA report mixes the good, the bad and the ugly

IEA report mixes the good, the bad and the ugly

There are good reasons and bad reasons to oppose - or indeed support - HS2. The report by the right ...
Car culture rules in Fort William

Car culture rules in Fort William

I was at Fort William station with a couple of hours to spare on saturday after doing the 3 peaks ...
The hollowness of the war on the motorist exposed

The hollowness of the war on the motorist exposed

There was an inadvertently hilarious piece in the Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002906/Ever-dreamt-world-traffic-wardens.html - yesterday on the story of Aberystwyth which, ...
Congestion zone madness

Congestion zone madness

TfL's claim that the traffic in the abolished western part of the congestion zone has not gone up as fast ...
McNulty taken through the grinder

McNulty taken through the grinder

I blogged about the McNulty report yesterday for TSSA - http://www.tssajournal.com/blogs/christian-wolmar/dream-radical-approach-railways - and will be writing about it in my ...
The difficulties of defending the railway

The difficulties of defending the railway

I have been on TV and radio on the story of the SWT ticket office clerk, Ian Faletto, who reportedly ...
How train companies could learn about customer service

How train companies could learn about customer service

Memo to train companies: I have had several recent dealings to put my children on the car insurance with Direct ...
St Pancras Renaissance blows it

St Pancras Renaissance blows it

I had tea at the much touted Midland hotel in St Pancras, now sadly renamed as the St Pancras Renaissance ...
Plane lobby crash

Plane lobby crash

The news that the lobbying group for aviation, Flying Matters, which lobbied for the idea of 'freedom to fly' is ...
TfL wants cake and eat it

TfL wants cake and eat it

The business plan for Transport for London due to be approved tomorrow is a brilliant piece of magic. It manages ...
Greenest is difficult to understand

Greenest is difficult to understand

In what conceivable way can the Budget be deemed to be Green? While motorists have seen costs rise recently, they ...
ORR gets it wrong again

ORR gets it wrong again

AsĀ  expected, the Office of Rail Regulation has decided to drop its prosecution against Jarvis over the Potters Bar accident ...
Customer focus - oh yeah

Customer focus – oh yeah

This is a rant, but only in the rail industry could you get a helpline that, well, can't help you ...
Energy crisis suggests need for rethink

Energy crisis suggests need for rethink

With the crisis in the Middle East and nuclear power now set to become politically unacceptable, rational governments across the ...
Motorists are never asked to dismount

Motorists are never asked to dismount

Just a quick early morning rant. Cycling down to Trafalgar Square yesterday, I encountered no fewer than two sets of ...
New trains extravagance

New trains extravagance

I am no expert on train procurement, so I hesitate to write too much about the new deal for Hitachi ...
Regulator interferes ineffectually again

Regulator interferes ineffectually again

I missed the regulator's press conference as I was filming for Tyne Tees but the two press releases issued today ...
Anti-HS2 does not mean anti-rail

Anti-HS2 does not mean anti-rail

I don't want to reopen all the wounds over the HS2 issue, but speaking at the StopH2 conference attended by ...
Britain's neglected railways

Britain’s neglected railways

A day spent on Southern and Southeastern trains filming with Richard Wilson for Despatches was instructive in showing how the ...
Taxi dilemma

Taxi dilemma

When I arrived in Coventry yesterday, there were no taxis to be had, but weirdly lots of black cabs parked ...
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