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Warning – the 15-minute country is coming
Watch the video for this post here. 📢 Exclusive – thanks to an undercover investigation by the anti-woke and anti-antifa press alliance, we can reveal the alarming news that plans are in place for the 15-MINUTE COUNTRY. While we thought we had fought off the threat of local communities having access to what they needed Read more
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Rebel with a cause
It’s hashtag#metalfriday and I get to be me on the front cover of Transportation Professional 💚💙🤘. I want to explain why this is the year the CIHT President is ditching the suit and shirt for a heavy metal t-shirt and leather jacket. It’s no secret that I love heavy metal. It’s part of who I Read more
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Lightening speed
With lightening speed, the new Labour Government is embracing climate action, equality-diversity-inclusion, and professionalism. The polls for the general election were only just opened a week ago. Has anyone else found the last week breathtaking? Here’s just a taste of week 1 of the new Government: CLIMATE ACTION – “New UK government lifts ‘absurd’ onshore Read more
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Future mobility meets the Nolan Principles
Today I had the pleasure of being one of the speakers at the launch of the latest report in London Transport Museum’s Interchange Programme – a report called ‘Making transport fit for the future‘. I didn’t have a hand in this report but if I say it focuses upon ‘Decide and Provide’ then you’ll not Read more
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Creating a public realm for all
Nearly 1 in 4 people in the UK have a disability. Being disabled stems from having impairments or differences, compounded by the barriers created by design of the public realm and how society is organised. We can certainly do something about the latter as the launch today of CIHT’s new report highlights. It’s an attention-grabbing Read more
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The Mott MacDonald journey continues at UWE
📢 BREAKING NEWS I’m delighted to announce that my role as the Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility that started in 2018 has been extended by a further three years. My love of transport stretches back into the last century, but it was a flurry of excitement in the transport sector in the mid 2010s Read more
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A glimpse into disability and a chance lift the veil of ignorance
Will you be bustling about our transport system this week? Will you feel disabled by the design of that system? Perhaps you are fortunate to not have a sight impairment or don’t need to use a wheelchair. But suppose that wasn’t the case? “1 in 5 people has a disability … 9 out of every Read more
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The Emerald Isle
Day 1 – what a start. We’ve got this Ireland. We’ve got this Northern Ireland. We’ve got this. 20 June was the first full day of my presidency for the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT). It couldn’t have been better. The ferry from Hollyhead to Dublin. Faultless. Glenn Hingerty – luckily two Glenns Read more
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Make Earth Great Again!
For my CIHT presidential year I am focusing on the importance for all of us of authentically being sustainable, professional and inclusive. We need to walk the walk on climate action, on equality diversity and inclusion, and on professionalism. As part of my journey I have got a green cap to accompany me that has Read more
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CIHT Presidential Inauguration address – my journeys
I’d like to start with some thank yous. To Karen McShane – a woman I’ve come to greatly admire in this past year – you’re an inspiration and have brought so much to your term as President – dedication, compassion and conviction. Thank you Karen. To my Institution – for being prepared to put its Read more
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Don’t Koch this up Glenn
Don’t Koch this up Glenn. When I first saw this quote about voting I was immediately put off when I saw it was by ‘Koch’. Then I realised it was by an accomplished politician rather than the fossil fuel friendly brothers. Here’s the quote: “If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, Read more
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Judge Dredd and the Penalty Fare Notice
Here’s my Penalty Fare Notice story, hot off the press. And since it is #metalfriday I thought I’d bring Anthrax into it 🤘. I had my £83.80 open return for Grateley-London. My usual taxi to get from Grateley to home couldn’t manage the pick up on time but could collect me at the next station Read more
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10 reasons for the walking renaissance Following some great input from colleagues on Linkedin to my article (https://lnkd.in/e7h_SZ9), I’ve summarised below 10 possible contributing explanations for the 31% increase in walking trip rate in England (for trips under one mile) between 2015 and 2018 as indicated by National Travel Survey data: 1. Misrepresentation of actual…
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As you may know, I am a big fan of ‘Walking as a Service’ (WaaS). Thanks to Silicon Valley harnessing the power of geography in the form of Google Maps Navigation, three key questions that could stand in the way of choosing to walk can now be answered: How do I get there? How far…
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12 years ago the UK Chancellor asked Professor Julia King to “examine the vehicle and fuel technologies that, over the next 25 years, could help to decarbonise road transport, particularly cars”. Her report noted that “The global challenge is to support increases in road transport use, in a sustainable, environmentally-responsible way” [emphasis added]. It considered that…
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Like many, I have felt my awareness and concern over the seriousness of climate change growing in recent times as peaceful protest combines with substantial scientific evidence to strongly suggest we are in big trouble. I awoke this morning to the Tweet below from the BBC which shocked me. I decided today was the day…
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My colleague Paul Hammond asked me to come up with five thoughts for the future of transport planning as part of a gathering this weekend of c100 bright minds from within Mott MacDonald’s growing population of transport planners. I thought I’d share them on Linkedin and see what other people’s thoughts are. 1 Black swans…
What the hell is going on? 