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Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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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
It is often the case that the biggest ‘shocks’ to a policy area come from external events. The financial crisis, for instance, promises... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
The BBC this week broadcast a fascinating account of how the Labour Government’s lofty ambitions for a transport revolution unravelled (See... continue
The BBC this week broadcast a fascinating account of how the Labour Government’s lofty ambitions for a transport revolution unravelled (See... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
It isn’t that often that ‘green’ groups endorse any of the current Government’s transport policies and so our leaders would... continue
It isn’t that often that ‘green’ groups endorse any of the current Government’s transport policies and so our leaders would... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
It’s funny how sometimes the most apparently trivial local story can turn into something that raises much more fundamental and interesting... continue
It’s funny how sometimes the most apparently trivial local story can turn into something that raises much more fundamental and interesting... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
Those who think that governments spend too much time and resource studying problems and not enough time actually fixing them will find evidence to... continue
Those who think that governments spend too much time and resource studying problems and not enough time actually fixing them will find evidence to... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
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Andrew Forster
Consider the following possibility: local authorities across the nation suddenly introduce Low Emission Zones in their town and city centres.... continue
Consider the following possibility: local authorities across the nation suddenly introduce Low Emission Zones in their town and city centres.... continue
Local Transport Today
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Andrew Forster
There was inevitably a bit of excitement in the air when news broke earlier this year that the Cabinet Office was reviewing the... continue
There was inevitably a bit of excitement in the air when news broke earlier this year that the Cabinet Office was reviewing the... continue
Local Transport Today
Analysis
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Andrew Forster
Boris Johnson may have personally authored the Way to Go! paper that kicked off the revision to the mayor’s transport strategy last year but... continue
Boris Johnson may have personally authored the Way to Go! paper that kicked off the revision to the mayor’s transport strategy last year but... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
Boris Johnson can sometimes ramble when talking about policy matters, but the Mayor of London has just become one of the most senior politicians in... continue
Boris Johnson can sometimes ramble when talking about policy matters, but the Mayor of London has just become one of the most senior politicians in... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
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Harry George, London W9
No reader of LTT likes to see misjudged driving lead to a car crash. But I fear that is where, in the intellectual sense, LTT may be heading... continue
No reader of LTT likes to see misjudged driving lead to a car crash. But I fear that is where, in the intellectual sense, LTT may be heading... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
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Andrew Forster
The UK’s transport carbon dioxide emissions could be cut by a quarter in the next decade according to a new report from the Government’s... continue
The UK’s transport carbon dioxide emissions could be cut by a quarter in the next decade according to a new report from the Government’s... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
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Andrew Forster
Here’s a trivia question: what was the name of former London mayor Ken Livingstone’s transport advisor? Don’t know? Keep guessing.... continue
Here’s a trivia question: what was the name of former London mayor Ken Livingstone’s transport advisor? Don’t know? Keep guessing.... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
With all three main UK political parties having held their party conferences, the choices on polling day for voters concerned about transport issues... continue
With all three main UK political parties having held their party conferences, the choices on polling day for voters concerned about transport issues... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
Although there are still more than two months to go before the world’s leaders convene in Copenhagen in an attempt to ‘save the... continue
Although there are still more than two months to go before the world’s leaders convene in Copenhagen in an attempt to ‘save the... continue
Local Transport Today
News extra
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Andrew Forster
With two proposed high-speed rail networks tabled in the last fortnight and a third to be launched next week, protagonists are trying to move the... continue
With two proposed high-speed rail networks tabled in the last fortnight and a third to be launched next week, protagonists are trying to move the... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
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Andrew Forster
With the public finances in such dire straits, now may be a good time to interest politicians in big ideas. And, boy, has Stephen Glaister got one.... continue
With the public finances in such dire straits, now may be a good time to interest politicians in big ideas. And, boy, has Stephen Glaister got one.... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
When the Local Transport Bill was passing through Parliament on its way to becoming the Local Transport Act 2008, some of the big winners from the... continue
When the Local Transport Bill was passing through Parliament on its way to becoming the Local Transport Act 2008, some of the big winners from the... continue
Local Transport Today
News extra
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Andrew Forster
The Office of Fair Trading has often been characterised as being one of the enemies of integrated public transport. But many in the transport... continue
The Office of Fair Trading has often been characterised as being one of the enemies of integrated public transport. But many in the transport... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
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Andrew Forster
Transport scheme appraisal never seems to be far away from controversy. Indeed, reading the thoughts of consultants Alan Wenban-Smith and Tom van... continue
Transport scheme appraisal never seems to be far away from controversy. Indeed, reading the thoughts of consultants Alan Wenban-Smith and Tom van... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
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Andrew Forster
Northern Ireland’s road network is undergoing a rapid modernisation as projects are brought forward to dual, widen and build bypasses on the... continue
Northern Ireland’s road network is undergoing a rapid modernisation as projects are brought forward to dual, widen and build bypasses on the... continue