Monthly Archives: October 2023

Friday Reads – 20 October 2023

• London Overground into London Bridge? TfL is looking into it (Murky Depths) • London’s helicopter routes (HelicopterRedeye) • The high speed railway uncoupling the Baltic states from Russia & their Soviet past (EuroNews) • A Union of Their Own (The American Prospect) • Japan’s trainspotters cause headaches for railways & towns (Nikkei – £) • Want to create 5M…

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National Transport Awards 2023 Book of Winners

The twentieth National Transport Awards took place on October 5 in London and you can read all about the winners in this official Souvenir Brochure. Click on the image below to view National Transport Awards Book of Winners 2023.    If you are viewing the site on a tablet or mobile device, tap here to view. The post National Transport…

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Transport needs clarity and certainty

  Some of the real positives from the government’s Network North announcements have got lost in the malaise. Details are required  Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is an example of what can be achieved   I am writing this on what feels like the first proper day of Autumn and just over 100 days from taking up the role as director…

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Forget Hs2 and focus on local investments

  The transport community needs to recognise the country has big problems to solve and concentrate on where we can really help  HS2 will no longer reach north of Birmingham. The government decided that there were greater priorities   I know it might seem odd for me, of all people to say this, but I’ll be blunt, I think there’s…

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Waters attacks ‘grubby’ Westminster tactics

The Welsh Government’s deputy minister for climate change used the National Transport Awards to hit back at critics and issue a rallying cry  Lee Waters: ‘We have to make the right thing to do, the easiest thing to do’   The National Transport Awards is a great opportunity to recognise those who are going above and beyond across all modes…

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Out now: Issue 299 of Passenger Transport

Issue 299 of Passenger Transport is published on October 20. Contents include:    LEAD STORY Waters attacks ‘grubby’ Westminster tacticsWelsh Government’s deputy minister for climate change tells audience in London that the government is no longer making long term decisions  NEWS Report urges radical action on transportNational Infrastructure Commission outlines bold plan to enhance UK infrastructure, focusing on public transport…

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Either we all win, or we all lose

  How do we prevent short-term thinking and political expediency from driving critical decisions on tackling climate change?  The Prime Minister’s Net Zero press conference in Downing Street last month   Like so many, I could scarcely believe what I was hearing when prime minister Rishi Sunak made his Net Zero speech at Downing Street on September 20. At a…

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Making the case for public transport

Brent Toderian, a passionate advocate of public transport, spoke at this month’s CPT Scotland Conference. Robert Jack reports  Brent Toderian spent six years as chief planner for Vancouver, Canada   Brent Toderian is an internationally renowned practitioner and thought leader on city planning and transport, consulting on cities and projects across the globe.  He set up his own consultancy business,…

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Trams : Growirg, Cut Backs Then Expansion

 Growing 1890 to 1900 : Horse Tram Subgle Track 1900 to 1908 : Electric Sungle Track 1908 to1945 194 to 1975 1945 to 1975 They arrived in red and grey but there was much protest, do they were repaintd in gren and yelloiw! 178 1976 to 1998 Here is the network in the early 1900s. The network had expabded significantly…

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