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Honesty is the best politics

Or is it? What do professionals do when objectivity runs up against partisan preference?

John Dales
22 June 2012
Be honest: how many of you have considered this man your professional role-model?
Be honest: how many of you have considered this man your professional role-model?
From flyover to flyunder (geddit?). Let us all play
From flyover to flyunder (geddit?). Let us all play "Rearranging the deck-chairs on the Titanic"
It is a major sustainable transport initiative: surely support for it (or otherwise) should not be considered
It is a major sustainable transport initiative: surely support for it (or otherwise) should not be considered "political"

 

BEFORE ANY of you complain that my title misquotes the well-known proverb, let me observe that I’m only quoting a line from my favourite Laurel and Hardy film, 1933’s ‘Sons of the Desert’, in which Stan misquotes the proverb himself, to account for not lying to his wife.

The reason I’ve used this title is because I want to air the topic of the dangers faced by transport professionals if their support for, or criticism of, specific policies or interventions is...

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John Dales

John Dales

John Dales MSC BSC MCIHT CMILT Director, Urban Mov

John Dales is a streets design adviser to local authorities around the UK, a member of several design review panels, and one of the London mayor’s design advocates. He is a past chair of the Transport Planning Society, a former trustee of Living Streets, and a committee member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. He is director of transport planning and street design consultancy Urban Movement. 

 

j.dales@urbanmovement.co.uk
+44 (0)7768 377 150
www.johndales.com

 

 
 
 

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