European thinking is now an inexorable force

Peter Stonham explores the wider world in which public transport has to exist, and the links that will enhance its prospects

Peter Stonham is editorial director of New Transit. He is also chairman of Local Transport Today Ltd.

Peter Stonham is editorial director of New Transit. He is also chairman of Local Transport Today Ltd.

Veolia model city at Transports Publics

Veolia model city at Transports Publics

Recent visits to the Continent have once again underlined to me the substantial difference in approach that exists in the way transport is provided, and decisions made about its design and development. Since deregulation and privatisation the UK industry has maintained a suspicious, and relatively detached, attitude to what is going on in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Scandinavia and beyond. It is as though there is a ‘them’ and ‘us’ approach and ‘we’ are...