4 October 24, 2011Greening’s dilemma over HS2Justine Greening, the new transport secretary, faces a daunting learning curve on the complexities of the...
0 October 22, 2009Is there really a financial crisis on the railways? Almost unnoticed, the railways are enjoying an investment boom. Major projects, such as Crossrail, Thameslink...
2 February 6, 2009Lord Adonis interview: the line managerA crisis is creeping up on the tracks. The railways are facing their most difficult year...
0 January 16, 2009Fares rises show lack of clear strategy on railways Every January, the new year opens with bad news about the railways. The rise in...
0 September 9, 2008Crossrail project full of doubts with recession loomingNearly a year ago, in what was intended to be a pre-election flourish, Gordon Brown announced...
0 August 3, 2007Blood on the tracksThe long slow death of Metronet had an air of inevitability ever since the arbiter, Chris...
0 May 25, 2007Running on empty?It may seem unbelievable to many commuters in the south east but it was transport that...
0 October 27, 2006Costing the earthThe climate on climate change is changing. At last year’s Labour Party conference, there was still...
0 May 12, 2006Trouble ahead on the rails?On the face of it, the railways are the least of the problems facing the new...
0 January 13, 2006Darling facing a rough yearIn the dog days of the Christmas and New Year break, journalists scrabbling for a story...
0 July 15, 2005Ready for anything: a capital responseThe tributes to the public services have been universal and well deserved. Everyone who had anything...
0 April 22, 2005Project management at Heathrow Terminal 5The roof on the main building of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was completed last month. Given that...
0 February 1, 2005Is road pricing feasible?It is two years since London’s congestion scheme was launched by mayor Ken Livingstone to a...
0 October 8, 2004Livingstone tries to sort out TfL’s financial difficultiesThe sharp rises on some fares announced recently for London Transport come as no surprise. The...
0 July 30, 2004Much work to be done on transportIf there was an area of policy that the government could opt out of, there is...