Peter Stonham
PUBLIC TRANSPORT and the non-motorised modes have long traded on their green credentials and the lower carbon emissions that attend to journeys on... continue

In the last issue of this august periodical Tim Morton wrote in his Viewpoint column (I paraphrase): “As transport planners we do a good job,... continue

Stefan Roseanu has been appointed general manager of the Romanian railway passenger transport operator, CFR Calatori. Roseanu was co-founder of Club... continue

Serco Group, the international services company, has appointed Richard Williams as Managing Director, Transport, as part of its newly formed UK &... continue

Consultations have been announced to inform the transport sector of the impending publication of a new batch of calls for proposals for transport... continue

The Traveller Information Services Association (TISA) has published comprehensive guidelines for using TPEG (Transport Protocol Experts Group)... continue

New buses from manufacturer VDL have achieved claimed significant additional weight savings which reduce fuel consumption, so cutting costs and... continue

The Government of Euzkadi (the Basque region of Spain) has launched the Moveuzkadi project for automatically collating and disseminating public... continue

Libor Lochman
Energy  use in transport is currently far from being sustainable. Across Europe, energy consumption for passenger and freight transport has... continue

Paul Salveson
We’re a pretty insular lot – us Brits that is. And I reckon we’re particularly insular in transport thinking, and how we make the... continue

A range of innovative concepts have been emerging to provide rail based transport solutions for areas of low demand over short distances. The fruits... continue

Daniel Wright
The announcement by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) that it is to press ahead with a long-mooted pilot scheme to test the Tram-Train concept in... continue

The public transport industry makes surprisingly little numerical play on its carbon credentials, but carbon calculators can demonstrate to potential... continue

With dense populations and small footprints, urban areas offer one of the most fertile grounds for promoting sustainable transport, yet transport... continue

Daniel Wright
There was considerable media coverage earlier this year when the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders published its 2012 New Car CO2... continue

The vision of smart electric energy transfer to public transport vehicles in short bursts as they operate in urban areas may be close to being... continue

Daniel Wright
It is a win-win situation when the engineering, commercial and marketing departments of passenger transport organisations can find common cause in... continue

Peter Stonham
Acomprehensive showcase of the French passenger transport world was provided at this year’s 5th Transport Publics expo held in Paris. The... continue

The double decker is the bus design that refuses to die. By rights, it shouldn’t exist, given that it involves passengers walking up and down... continue

Simply stating how green public transport is compared with the car is not enough these days to genuinely achieve the benefit of public and political... continue