Travel demand: master or servant?

Do we have the confidence to influence the future, or will forecasts continue to lead us by the nose?

Glenn Lyons asking us if we want to influence the future, or just watch it happen

Glenn Lyons asking us if we want to influence the future, or just watch it happen

How many times do we not have to succeed before we stop try, try trying again?

How many times do we not have to succeed before we stop try, try trying again?

It takes a lot longer to build a tram network than widen some roads. But Nottingham shows it can be done, and others must learn from the example

It takes a lot longer to build a tram network than widen some roads. But Nottingham shows it can be done, and others must learn from the example

As I trust you’re aware (after all, it was front-page news in LTT713), a Commission on Travel Demand has recently been launched, to explore how changes in patterns of demand and types of travel can help the UK comply with its Climate Change Act obligations. Led by its chair, Professor Greg Marsden of Leeds University’s Institute for Transport Studies, the Commission will also scrutinise the accuracy and reliability of current demand forecasts, and examine how forecasting can best...

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