Letter to The Times: HS2 is the wrong scheme
I detect that, like me and indeed Boris Johnson, Danny Finkelstein instinctively wants to support HS2,...
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Letter to The Times: HS2 review must look at fundamental questions
It is excellent news that the HS2 scheme is finally being subjected to a thorough analysis,... -
Letter to The Times: Extinction Rebellion demonstrates the benefits of pedestrianisation
There has been much debate about the rights and wrongs of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations but... -
My (short) letter to The Times on franchising
The row over pension funding highlights the impossibility of transferring real risks to the private sector.... -
Letter to The Times on Driverless cars
It is unclear where the push for driverless cars (News, Feb 6) is coming from. There... -
Terry Morgan is not the problem for HS2
The defenestration of Sir Terry Morgan, the chairman of HS2, has been as painfully slow as... -
Letter to The Times: Fix potholes but don’t build new roads
It is excellent that The Times is highlighting the nation’s difficulties with transport as it is a neglected... -
Times letter: Heathrow decision inevitable following Brexit
Sir, Bad government begets bad government. Ironically it was David Cameron’s fatal decision to hold a... -
Nationalise the Thameslink Southern franchise!
Everyone hates Govia, the train company responsible for the strike-ridden Southern rail services. Passengers are at... -
Rail companies need stiffer penalties
The cattle have started mooing. The least surprising statistic of the year is the revelation by... -
Ski safari delights
It’s at dawn when I most appreciate this ski safari in the Dolomites. First, there is... -
New trains now, not HS3 in the vague future
It will take more than the promise of a few faster trains in some distant decade... -
Tour de France does little for the cycling cause
As Le Grand Départ turns into Le Grand Au Revoir and the Tour de France cyclists... -
Go on Ed, be brave and end franchising
Politicians sometimes need to be brave and this is one such moment for Ed Miliband over... -
The answer is a simpler railway
At the root of the problem over Network Rail’s profligate tendencies, is the legacy of a...
