This is the sound of the suburbs
Nipped up to Walthamstow between London meetings to check out the mini-Holland last week. Here’s a few thoughts that flickered around my brain as I wondered around in a semi-random way.
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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.
Small town blues and sponge cities
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks what can transport do to help the towns that orbit our big cities? And what will making cities ‘spongier’ mean for public transport?
The path towards rail devolution in the north
An increasingly common topic appearing in the news is devolution. There are more and more devolution deals happening in the UK, both for combined authority areas and in the transport sector.
Treasures of the Urban Transport Group YouTube archive
Many rainy lunchtimes in the making, we are proud to present the treasures of the UTG YouTube archive… YouTube is stuffed with archive train videos – there’s less out there on the buses, trams, ferries, trams and transit systems of our big regional cities.
Well let me rephrase that – there’s less out there that’s interesting! But we’ve hunted down what we could find.
Taxi! – Issues and Options for City Region Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Policy
I have now been at UTG for 18 months and over that time I have been getting to grips and grappling with the complicated picture around taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs). And it is COMPLICATED!
The future of streets - who are they for?
In this latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray highlights a new report from the Centre for London think tank which offers fresh thinking on the future of roads and streets in London - and beyond.
Taxis - a bridge to the future
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks if taxis are the bridgehead for the TNCs in their mission to reshape global transport - how should urban transport authorites respond?
It’s time to transform regional rail networks – and here are four practical examples of why and how it could be done
Ben Still, Managing Director of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the Urban Transport Group's Board Lead for Rail, takes a look at our new report on regional rail investment.
Our blueprint for urban transport can deliver transformational change
Tobyn Hughes, Managing Director of Nexus and Chair of the Urban Transport Group, offers his thoughts on our new report - Policy Futures for urban transport.