Transport Times
Lists my columns and other articles in Transport Times.
A great Exhibition
Exhibition Road in South Kensington has always been a bit special. It was the first road in Britain to have ...
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The political road
There is a very long and expensive road scheme that has escaped the cuts. And, indeed, any virtually any attention ...
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Why America missed the train
Travelling around America by rail for the past two weeks to research my new book on US railways has given ...
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Cambridge busway debacle
It seemed a good idea at the time. Well, at least to some people. Instead of reinstating a railway line ...
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Open letter to Norman Baker: save cycling cash
Open letter to Norman Baker, minister for cycling, walking, buses, alternatives to travel, etc Dear Norman It has been remiss ...
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Norman: Save cycling money!
Open letter to Norman Baker, minister for cycling, walking, buses, alternatives to travel, etc Dear Norman It has been ...
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HS2 may result in the unexpected
My new book, Engines of War, which is being published next month, highlights a little known aspect of the ...
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It doesn’t have to be only cuts, minister
So Philip Hammond is the poor sap who drew the short straw as transport secretary in the new government, ...
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Open letter to the new transport secretary
Dear new transport secretary, You poor sap. I wonder why on earth you have taken this job and ...
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The suburban transport dilemma can be solved
I have always been rather stumped by the suburban question. When I have been on phone-ins about transport policy, the ...
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Oxford Street needs a radical rethink, not tinkering
Walking in a Soho street on a January Saturday night with my partner and a couple of friends, I was ...
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Smarter travel is the clever way to go
As I write this column overlooking the street in Holloway where I live, an old man who lives opposite ...
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Road construction ploughs on despite change in climate
The first time I voted in an election was at the GLC elections of 1973 when Labour promised to ...
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Cycle hire scheme may not be the best way to boost cycling
The London mayor's cycle hire scheme terrifies me. Superficially, it sounds very exciting. There are to be 6,000 hire bikes ...
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Rail industry fails the PR test
There is something deeply perverse about the rail industry. While in a recession when customer numbers are falling, most companies ...
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Do we need more transport or less?
The fundamental question that governments, both local and national, are never able to answer is whether they want more transport ...
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Boris is poor pointer to Tory policies
I would like to take Boris Johnson seriously. I would like to think that behind the buffoonery and the TV ...
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Road safety still not on the agenda
Road safety is one of the issues where one feels that the government is going through the motions. Yes, you ...
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Railways face battering in recession despite protection
We have entered a new era on the railways. The unexcitingly named Control Period 4 for Network Rail began on ...
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Virgin policy makes no sense
Given that some £5bn of public money is pumped into the railways annually, it would seem incumbent on the government ...
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