The strange obsession with innovation
By Pearl Ahrens and Christian Wolmar Innovation has become something of a buzzword in recent years....
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The fundamental contradiction of mobility
The fascinating paradox about transport is the contradiction between accessibility and mobility. We all want to...
Rail 939: Crossrail’s long journey is almost over
It’s gone quiet on Crossrail recently, and they like it like that. No news is good...
September 2021 newsletter: a (sort of) return to normal
Life is returning to around 50 per cent normal, so this newsletter is focussing on various...
Rail 938: The unanswered questions over the Croydon tram disaster
For more than a century and a half, rail safety has improved thanks to learning from...
August newsletter: The driverless car conundrum solved
I have finally resolved a conundrum that has been bugging me for several years. Despite writing...
Rail 937: New station, old timetable
There seems to be a bit of a pattern to my summer writings in my attempt...
Rail 936: Louth, a gem hidden from the railway
I know I really ought to write about all the very important things going on in...
Letter to the Financial Times: No such thing as a half driverless car
Patrick Magee (Has big tech backfired on robotaxis?, July 20) has missed the key point about...
Rail 935: Can Network Rail be tamed?
The story of the next couple of years in the rail industry will be how to...
Rail 934: A bridge over troubled concrete
Over the years, as a journalist, I have occasionally come across stories that simply do not...
Rail 933: 10 questions about Williams Shapps report
There is no doubt that the Williams Shapps report could have been a lot worse. There...-
Letter to the Guardian: active oldies
My very smug letter to the Guardian in response to one accusing us oldies of sitting... 
Rail 932: Great? New plan for railways falls short
If you want to understand the intentions behind the Government’s White Paper heralding the arrival of...
The Great British Railway is a fudge riding for a fail
We all knew it was a mistake and we told them so. When the Tory government...
