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“However well we think we are doing, we aren’t doing well enough”. This quote from Stephen Elderkin captures for me the essence of our Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) national conference yesterday focused on ‘Roads to Net Zero’. Given the political headwinds “don’t shit in your own nest” (a latin phrase Steve assured…
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Paying tribute to the father of transport planning. A remarkable man who stopped flying or cruising because of his care for the environment. His last words, reflecting his approach to work and life, “it’s been a pleasure”. I had the honour last night to attend on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation…
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Karen McShane is one of the most inspirational women I know. I am proud to know her as a friend and colleague. It therefore saddens me that she has been given an amplified sense of being othered by a recent supreme court ruling. We have been taking important steps forwards towards a more inclusive society…
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22 April was Earth Day – so what big news has broken since? Let’s take a look to Scotland, China and the USA. One saddens me, one inspires me, and one defies emotion. We can all relate to the often unbridgeable ‘policy-action gap’ but without having in place a bold policy position in the first…
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You hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of silent screams. When news breaks and people who know a thing or two about the subject aren’t saying anything it’s the deafening silence that results. Sometimes we find ourselves between a rock and a hard place. The best we can do to be our authentic selves…
What the hell is going on? 