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?
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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.
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.
Oh, Vienna! Lessons from the world's most liveable city
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.
What can the UK learn from Seattle’s transport success?
What do Amazon, Starbucks and the Boeing 747 all have in common? They were all founded in what is now the 15th largest Metropolitan area in United States; Seattle.
What I found on the conference circuit
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.
Five things I learned for urban transport at Conservative party conference
Chris Grayling was expansive in setting out his thoughts on the future for rail at a rail industry fringe…