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The Potential for Coaches
Coaches have the potential to be a much bigger part of public transport than they currently are
Talking to 30 customers a week
Senior managers need to get out there and talk to their customers
Let’s set up a “Carfree Climate Champions” accreditation
Accreditation could turn every retailer and employer into a campaigner for public transport
Maasive distraction
Is MaaS the opportunity it’s made out to be? Or is the hype distracting us from making real progress?
The Welsh Transport Strategy
The Welsh Transport Strategy is based on underlying principles of inter-generational fairness. That makes a change.
My Favourite Posts so far
Many of my posts are topical, but some are timeless.
Here are some of my favourite posts.
The ringways that nearly destroyed inner London
Ringways nearly destroyed vast swathes of London and blighted 1 million homes
How to get more private capital into transport
Government wants better transport. Is more private capital the answer?
The transport Decarbonisation plan won’t decarbonise transport
The decarbonisation plan is, sadly, fatally flawed
Why Doesn’t the AV Industry Care About the “Trolley Problem”?
Self-driving cars will have to make ethical choices. But the AV industry seems to have stopped worrying about it. Are they right to? Guest blog from philosopher Mark Fiddaman
What I want for my Birthday
It’s my 40th birthday! So let’s look back at the progress of the last 4 decades and speculate on what will come in the next 4 decades.
Self-driving buses might come sooner than self-driving cars
Autonomous buses could transform the economics of the sector - and are easier to achieve than self-driving cars
Is “Just Walk Out” retail a vision of the future?
Amazon Fresh's "Just walk out" technology eliminates supermarket checkouts entirely. We need to take note.
Mobility credits
Let's give everyone £500 in transport vouchers when they move house or have a baby
Mobility isn’t software
MaaS won’t revolutionise transport because transport economics are different from software economics
Bus Back Better: Mission Impossible or Never say never?
BSIP guidance is sweeping and ambitious. But it's also hyper-centralised and silent on the funding
What next for the PLCs?
What does the future hold for the transport PLCs in the new world?
Active travel
The Government's cycling strategy is ambitious, visionary, detailed, intelligent… and largely unfunded