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0 July 14, 2020
July Newsletter: The self-destruction of the rail industry
There has been pretty much only one theme to my recent writings – in The Times,...
1 May 16, 2020
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...
1 April 1, 2020
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...
8 February 28, 2020
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...
7 January 10, 2020
The new battle of Jericho
(pic by permission, Andy Ffrench, Oxford Mail) Here’s a prediction for my second blog of the...
3 January 3, 2020
January 2020 newsletter
I am starting the year as I mean to go on, with a new newsletter for...
0 January 1, 2020
Book review: The luxury trains
Martyn Pring, Luxury Railway Travel, a social and business history, Pen & Sword, £35 There may...
3 December 30, 2019
Delights of transport scored nul points
The Labour manifesto was incredible. In the true sense of the word, meaning unbelievable. It was...
1 June 26, 2019
Johnson: an unsuitable candidate
I rarely find the time to do blogs but watching Boris Johnson’s performances on the media...
0 January 15, 2019
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...
2 December 5, 2018
The most radical transport authority
The City of London has become by far the most radical local authority in Britain....
6 October 22, 2018
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...
1 April 24, 2018
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...
0 November 20, 2017
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...
1 September 22, 2017
Uber decision ducks the real issues
The non-renewal of Uber’s licence is the first step in what is bound to be...