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Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph and welcome to the future
The foot soldiers for what they call the “war on the motorist” have been given plenty of ammunition lately. As ...
Sunak’s phony war is bound to result in defeat
Isn’t it extraordinary that the Tories scent blood over that most prosaic of innovations, the ponderously named low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) ...
The crumbling edifice of rail privatisation
It should not really have taken Einstein to work out that doing the same thing and expecting a different result ...
Railways face the perfect storm
“So, Mum/Dad, what are the railways for?” That is the question the UK rail industry will be dreading hearing in ...
At least its a plan (sort of)
It is easy to characterise the scrapping of part of HS2 as yet another great Tory betrayal, and for the ...
Letter to the Guardian: active oldies
My very smug letter to the Guardian in response to one accusing us oldies of sitting on our butts all ...
Letter to The Guardian: When I played at Wentworth golf course
Wentworth golf club was not always that posh (The rich vs the very, very rich: the Wentworth golf club rebellion, ...
Johnson’s HS2 bind
December’s election result was both good and bad news for HS2. Boris Johnson is facing a dilemma over the project, ...
Nick Faith obituary: the gentleman mischief maker
The writer Nicholas Faith, who has died aged 85, was a gentleman mischief-maker. Courteous to a fault, he pursued those ...
Why Sadiq must declare war on Westminster
Westminster city council’s decision to block the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street threatens to undermine Sadiq Khan’s hopes of a legacy ...
RMT disputes are not a return to the 1970s
It’s all happening on the railways. A five day strike on Southern rail services, a walkout over a 2008 agreement ...
Small can be beautiful for the railways
Railways are all the rage. Passenger numbers are at their highest level since the 1920s and there is no sign ...
John Hibbs, architect of bus deregulation, obituary
John Hibbs, who has died aged 89, was known as the architect of bus deregulation in the UK. It was ...
Trains not necessarily as environmentally friendly as railways claim
Transport is the most visible consumer of energy apart from heating. From planes soaring into the sky and heavy trains ...
Rail fares become political
Governments used to be able to sneak through rail fare rises with barely a mention in the media. No longer ...
Labour compromise on franchises will please no one
Reports today suggest Labour is set to announce that it will allow parts of the rail network to come back ...
Bob Crow obituary
Bob Crow, the leader of the RMT (the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers), who has died of ...
Malaysia crash interest shows how safety has improved
The massive coverage given to the Malaysian air disaster highlights, paradoxically, the fact that air safety has improved remarkably in ...
HS2 is one big punt
Let battle commence. The controversy so far over the building of the new north-south high-speed railway line, HS2, has been ...
Chaos threatens boom on the railways
These are both the best of times and the worst of times for the railways. They are enjoying an unprecedented ...
