It would be fair to say that I’ve covered a lot of ground, literally, in the 23 years which I have worked on transport in the West Midlands. But it was during a recent secondment to the Urban Transport Group that I really hit the road (and rails) – travelling from Strathclyde to the West of England, and all city regions in between – while writing the report About towns: How transport can help towns thrive.

Last month, the government launched what it called a ‘root and branch’ review of the UK’s railways. And rightly so.

As part of our ‘Healthy Streets for All’ year of action, we were delighted to sponsor this year’s Healthy Streets conference which took place at the Guildhall in London.

In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray says in this time of seismic political shifts, the party conferences have become more interesting and new ideas for transport are emerging.

Chris Grayling was expansive in setting out his thoughts on the future for rail at a rail industry fringe…

For many years the dominant argument has been that all policy focus should be on cities, as they are where the economic action is.

In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, our Director Jonathan Bray writes how the City of London is one to watch in terms of taming traffic and creating an attractive and enjoyable environment

At last week’s National Rail Awards, Merseyrail (which is fully devolved to the transport authority Merseytravel) won Passenger Operator of the Year and two others awards, becoming the first single train operator to win three awards at the event.