As anyone who has been through organisational change will know, the process can take time to settle and mutterings of discontent are an inevitable part of the journey. So it is too early to cast definitive judgments on the performance of the mayors who were elected in May to lead six combined authorities (Liverpool City Region, Teesside, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, the West of England, and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough). There are, however, signs in some areas that all is not well. From the Liverpool City Region came reports over the summer of tensions between city-region mayor Steve Rotheram and Liverpool City Council’s elected mayor Joe Anderson. Anderson, indeed, has stopped attending meetings of the city-region cabinet. Governance in the West of... continue
The figure of 29,000 deaths attributed to particulates that sparked the Great Dirty Diesel Scare is cited in the summary to the 2010 report The mortality effects of long-term exposure to particulate matter in the United Kingdom published by COMEAP, the Government’s Committee on the Medical... continue
I have a few quick thoughts on some recent articles in LTT. Iain Reeve’s Viewpoint piece about driverless cars struck a chord with... continue
It bothers me no end when I see politicians getting on high-speed trains. It reminds me of the early days of David Cameron’s premiership when he took to leaving meetings at the EU with the words “I’ve a train to catch.” Others must have thought “Is he really the Prime... continue
The Bus Services Act 2017 allows the Secretary of State to make regulations requiring bus operators to provide on-board audio visual (AV) information to help the blind and partially sighted. This is undoubtedly a step in the right direction to ensure that bus services are accessible for visually... continue
In both the news and letters columns of the last issue you give space to the comments of UNESCO, and of a spokeswoman representing a branch of Friends of the Earth (FoE), who criticise Highways England over its proposals to improve the environment of Stonehenge. Both organisations apparently... continue
This is a time of change for transport planning, with a move to breaking down the artificial barriers created by local authority boundaries. The creation of bodies such as Transport for the North has generated impetus to improve transport links and enable economic growth. Amongst all this change,... continue
A press release arrives from FirstGroup reporting the outcome of a court case in which a passenger from Leeds was found guilty of fabricating bus collision injuries and handed a £4,600 legal bill. And the name of this person? Mr A Crook. Surely that’s a fabrication too? Nope. Simon... continue
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