The adoption by Transport for the North of its first strategic transport plan is an opportunity to revisit one of the important questions that my Viewpoint article (LTT 13 Apr 18) judged its still evolving approach had yet to confront:... continue
Having discussed transport and climate change in this column last issue, we find ourselves making a return journey, albeit via a different route. The question last time concerned the consistency between the Climate Change Act obligations and the infrastructure plans of Government and bodies... continue
In his examination of the how public transport should be financed, I hope that Phil Goodwin will take a critical look at Labour’s pledge to fund free bus travel for under 25s (‘Labour commissions Goodwin to review UK transport funding’ LTT 1 Feb). I have three objections to this... continue
Northerners visiting London and the South East for the first time frequently express astonishment at the length of local trains. In the south, formations of eight, ten and twelve cars are not uncommon, but up north a six-car set is regarded as a long train, and many are barely half that length.... continue
The embarrassing fiasco of 20mph limit campaign group 20’s Plenty for Us trying, but failing miserably, to rubbish an expert independent report on the failure of signed-only 20mph limits to reduce casualties, exemplifies what is wrong with groups meddling in road safety that seem to lack... continue
It’s disappointing, but not surprising, that East Midlands Parkway station is only producing half the numbers predicted in its business case (‘East Mids Parkway undershoots forecast’ LTT 01 Feb). Ever since it opened it has provided two trains per hour to London but throughout its... continue
As we approach the post-Brexit era, the various strains need to be spread across the country and not aggregated in one place. There is also a more general need for economic activity to be spread across the country and not intensified in the Greater London area. So it is imperative that the... continue
Back in August 2016 Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn found himself at the centre of the proverbial storm in a teacup after photographs were published in the media of him sitting on the floor of an ‘overcrowded’ train when there were, allegedly, actually quite a few seats available.... continue
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John Dales
Streets of the future. Like tomorrow.
I’m not really an aficionado of The Simpsons, but there are one or two moments from the episodes I’ve seen that have...