Peter Black - Chester CH1
I thought it was interesting that on the very next page to Phil Goodwin's critique of the New Approach to Appraisal ('Twenty ways for the DfT to... continue

Andrew Forster
During the committee stage of the Local Transport Bill last week, transport minister Rosie Winterton was grilled by Tory transport spokesman Stephen... continue

Phil Goodwin
As the last of this series about NATA, here is a telegrammatic summary of the evidence submitted by the Centre for Transport Studies at the... continue

The close of the DfT's consultation on the New Approach to Appraisal (NATA) refresh last month did not generate the rush of press releases and... continue

Consultant Atkins has made three appointments to its transport planning business. John Stephens joins as technical director, economics from... continue

Former chancellor Lord Lawson has criticised "scaremongering of climate alarmists" and called for policy-makers to abandon the... continue

John Tyme went to school in Sheffield, a city which he felt gave him access to the countryside which he loved so much. He studied history at St... continue

Fundamental reforms to the DfT's New Approach to Appraisal methodology are needed to make it better serve Government objectives according to a paper... continue

The DfT has published the first phase of research into placing monetary values on the natural landscape impacts of transport schemes. The ongoing... continue

By Alice Maynard
The idea that providing good access for disabled people benefits all travellers may be a clich? but up to now there has been no quantitative evidence... continue

The Government this week signalled significant changes to the way the Regional Funding Allocation system works for prioritising transport projects,... continue

The DfT has appointed consultants to develop a "demonstration model" of long distance travel by road, rail and air in the... continue

The DfT is to launch a web-based discussion forum about 'Smarter choice' measures for reducing single occupancy car use, transport minister Jim... continue

The Scottish Government has rejected fresh calls for a new rail bridge to be built in the Far North to reduce journey times on the... continue

Peter Harries has joined consultant JMP as an associate in the company's central London office where he will specialise in demand forecasting, scheme... continue

Transport appraisal techniques should give more attention to the distributional effects of investments, according to a new report from think-tank the... continue

An East Coast high-speed rail route linking London and Yorkshire has a higher economic performance than a West Coast route from London to near... continue

By Andrew Last, public transport consultant
Why does debate about demand management measures, and whether travel is 'good' or 'bad', always seems to be couched in terms that suggest that car... continue

Proposals to expand Heathrow Airport by adding a third runway and sixth terminal have run into further trouble, with direct action protests and... continue

David Metz
Phil Goodwin ('Agglomeration from an 'urbanist' perspective' LTT 22 Feb) draws attention to what might be meant by the newly fashionable concept of... continue