Campaign For Better Transport
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH
Did you know that new cars are getting 1cm wider every two years? This is one of those crazy facts I just can’t get out of my head at the…
Last year, more than 100 players and 115 clubs from the Premier League, English Football League, and Women’s Super League participated. Whilst this year’s focus is on reducing the volume…
“In the late 1980s, I was the ‘Information and Policy Officer – Transport and Consumer Affairs’ for what was then Age Concern England (now Age UK). It was my second…
Visitors, commuters and residents alike have spent the last three years, since its opening, marvelling at the wonders of the Elizabeth Line. The 73 mile project, once derided as a…
I love my Family & Friends Railcard. From Ipswich, if my family wants a day out by the seaside, it brings the price of our tickets to Lowestoft down from…
A quick potted history. Believe it or not, electric public transport was widespread well over a century ago. Trams were a very standard part of life and an easy, affordable…
Important declaration of bias: I’m more Blur than Oasis. I know! Draw your own conclusions, and I promise it’s nothing to do with doing a gig with Damon Albarn when…
As Cabinet Member for Transport, I am proud to share the incredible progress Portsmouth’s bus network has made the past year. We’ve just hit a major milestone, with over 1…
What exactly is an Integrated National Transport Strategy? It sounds like it’s all about how different transport modes integrate together. Things like, making sure bus times coordinate with train times,…
There are many good reasons for being a bus campaigner but for me it is partly an act of penance. When I was transport correspondent of The Times, I wrote…
Back in 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway changed the world. From these early passenger steam trains – and the horse drawn ones which preceded them – the sector has…
Improving transport is about making people’s lives better. Wherever we live and whatever our circumstances, we should all be to get to where we need to go. No one should…
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH