I build therefore I sprawl
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks will where future Britons, live, rely on, or ignore public transport?
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Our blog offers commentary, analysis and insights on the latest urban transport debates from our team of experts, as well as our Director’s regular column for Passenger Transport magazine.
Transport should be at the heart of new developments – and here’s how
What is transit oriented development? You might not instantly recognise this American term, but if you’ve been to the new development north of London’s King’s Cross station, then you’ll know what one looks like.
Six things I learned on a works outing to Hitachi’s Train Building Factory in County Durham
Firstly, we live in a world of mysterious blank big sheds inside which much of the economy happens.
It’s time for transport to make the connections on climate change
Recently it feels like there’s been a shift in the mood on climate change. This is no longer something too big and too distant that we can stuff it in a drawer like a bill we are afraid we can’t pay.
Debating with data
What is Data? A character from Star Trek? Or is it factual information or numbers that can be used to help inform decision making?
Six ways transport can help combat climate change
Lord Deben, Chair of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, the Government’s climate watchdog, recently called on the transport secretary to “Do more to cut transport CO2 emissions”. This follows hot on the heels of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report on global warming of 1.5°C.
The best transport secretary we’ve had?
Barbara Castle was the first woman to be secretary of state for transport, but was she also the best secretary of state for transport we ever had?
Fifty years since her landmark Transport Act received Royal Assent on October 24 (at the time, the largest piece of non-financial legislation since the war), it’s a good time to look at her legacy on transport, and the relevance of what she did for today.
Out and about in towns
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.
Grayling's review can get rail devolution back on track
Last month, the government launched what it called a ‘root and branch’ review of the UK’s railways. And rightly so.