0 April 11, 2021Let’s spell it out: cars are a menaceBy Christian Wolmar and Pearl Ahrens In terms of transport, the new post-pandemic normal is looking...
0 October 25, 2020How to address opposition to low traffic neighbourhoodsIt has become the biggest transport controversy of the century. Not rail nationalisation, not the £27bn...
0 October 1, 2020Who will save the inner cities?At times I feel like crying. I did the other day when I met a railway...
4 April 28, 2020Pandemic risks wrecking public transportThere is, perversely, something heartening about the atmosphere on the streets today. Kids are pedalling away...
7 October 5, 2018Labour must not swallow the driverless car conAnna Turley’s recent LabourList article about automation rightly extols the virtues of new technology while warning of its potential...
0 September 6, 2018Why Frank Field and Margaret Hodge are wrongFrank Field and Margaret Hodge are both wrong. Like them, I have had my doubts about...
3 July 14, 2018Don’t let Trump distract us from the basicsWe must get back to basics. The madness of Brexit and the chaos in the Tory...
1 June 26, 2018Boris’s last escape?It is time we talked about Boris. His failure to live up to his promises about...
7 February 26, 2018Opposing Brexit will lose us some votes, but gain us many more This is urgent. Labour must embrace staying in the single market and the customs union...
5 January 3, 2018Cycling is a perfect fit with Labour valuesCycling has been a neglected area of Labour policy. Sure, our transport spokesmen and women have,...
4 December 1, 2017The fantasy of a driverless cars futurePhilip Hammond clearly thought twice before jumping into a driverless car on the day before his...
1 September 20, 2017The garden bridge: another Boris blunderThe Garden Bridge project is dead. At last. Its death has rather been like watching a...
1 September 14, 2017Why Brexit rebels should think twice before siding with ToriesSo the not so great repeal bill got through the Commons with a majority of 36....
4 August 11, 2017Cycling should play key role in Labour manifestoOne of areas where the Labour manifesto needs improvement is transport. It is rarely a frontline...
13 July 4, 2017Labour must question the reasoning behind HS2 more closelyHS2 seems to be moving inexorably forward with the letting this week of several initial contracts...