Julian Laidler, Manchester
I often read about different modes of transport being compared in terms of carbon dioxide emissions or casualties per person mile travelled. Such... continue

Consultant Colin Buchanan has just completed a review of Surrey County Council’s transport climate change strategy.... continue

A Conservative MP has called for the introduction of a “truly radical” road pricing scheme for Britain’s motorway network. Tim Yeo,... continue

The Committee on Climate Change has accused the Government of “moving backwards” on  policies to cut car use. The Committee’s... continue

Victoria Sowter
In 2009 a document entitled Low Carbon Transport: A Greener Future committed the Department for Transport to cutting road transport carbon emissions.... continue

Scientists who have led warnings about greenhouse gas emissions have systematically underplayed uncertainties, according to a review by a member of... continue

Britain’s leading scientific society is revising its position statement on the science of climate change following internal criticism that past... continue

Peter Wiltshire
Long, long ago, in a land of chugging steam locos and heavyweight telephones, investment in the new 1960s motorways programme was justified with an... continue

Lillian Burns, Convenor, North West Transport Roundtable, Prestbury, Cheshire
During the run-up to the General Election, many would-be members of parliament were behaving in the time-honoured fashion of agreeing to support... continue

The Future of Local Transport Delivery
Amidst the recent uncertainty concerning who exactly would be forming the next government, one thing remained crystal clear – whoever ended up... continue

The Times’ environment editor, Ben Webster, used his latest column in the Transport Times magazine to criticise climate change sceptics and... continue

The DfT this week rejected claims that the opponents of Heathrow Airport expansion had won a significant victory in last week’s Judicial Review... continue

Rik Thomas
The current bookmaker odds on no single party having overall control of Parliament following the upcoming General Election are 10/3 or 4/1 (depending... continue

Bernard Abrams, Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat councillor Stephen Psallidas (ibid) suggests that this country should decarbonise its economy. As there has not been a cost-benefit... continue

Paul Biggs, Association of British Drivers. Environment spokesman, Tamworth
I find myself agreeing with much of what councillor Stephen Psallidas says in his letter ‘Forget CO2 debate – ‘peak oil’... continue

Rik Thomas
Commenting on the recent surge in negative stories about the certainty (or lack of) of our knowledge of climate change science, veteran environmental... continue

Malcolm Heymer, Dereham, Norfolk
The article on the problems faced by many highway authorities in coping with this year’s winter weather reveals that the majority had not... continue

Councillor Stephen Psallidas (Lib Dem), Cycling champion, Newcastle City Council
You had an interesting juxtaposition of items in the last issue. On page 16 your editorial described the current furore over the science of climate... continue

Andrew Forster
It is often the case that the biggest ‘shocks’ to a policy area come from external events. The financial crisis, for instance, promises... continue

Public Trust in the transport-climate policy agenda is threatened by a collapse in confidence in some of the evidence justifying urgent and dramatic... continue