Readers may wonder where certain core ideas in transport planning have come from – in many cases their roots are in the work of Stephen Plowden, who died last month aged... continue
I think the Spice Girls might help us plan the future of mobility. Like an earworm, “I’ll tell you what I want what I really, really want…” keeps fusing in my head with me pondering where mobility might be heading. I dread to think where the Spice Girls would take us... continue
Transport planning is a very new profession. I know the Romans built roads (and... continue
The Transport Planning Society’s principles of members’ behaviour, covering matters such as integrity, clarity, and constructive challenge, is a laudable exercise in building the standing of the profession. In putting the principles forward, the society is acknowledging a problem, which... continue
Jenny Raggett is absolutely right to highlight the yawning credibility gap, in shire counties at least, between the aspirations for sustainable travel in the National Planning Policy Framework and the reality on the ground (Viewpoint LTT 8 Jun). It is almost inevitable that this should be so. A... continue
Peter Kay’s Viewpoint article on life in Essex makes for dismal reading (LTT 11 May). Field by little field, uncoordinated developer-infilling in a low density suburban car-dependent way, and rubber-stamped by local councillors, represents the antithesis of good planning. The... continue
Jenny Raggett’s Viewpoint is sad and disappointing (ibid). The lack of joined-up planning is astonishing. If we are intent on meeting challenging carbon dioxide emission targets, this approach to house-building clearly does not help. There are parallels in the way we seem to plan new... continue
The announcement of First’s annual results on... continue
With reference to Roger Davies’ reply to my letter (LTT 25 May & 08 Jun), first, I must apologise to the good people of Coniston for assuming the Gondola sailed on Windermere. As for Roger’s suggestion that incorporating the X4/X5 Penrith-Workington bus routes into the rail... continue
The benefits of free concessionary bus travel are many and varied, but little did LTT suspect before last week that increased participation in chess was among them. One respondent to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the future sustainability of free travel observed that membership of... continue
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