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  • CIHT Annual Luncheon

    CIHT Annual Luncheon

    Climate action, Equality, diversity and inclusion, and Professionalism. And Megadeth🤘 The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) Annual Luncheon is a gathering to behold. 1700+ people together in one sitting to reflect upon the year gone by and the imperatives ahead that require our attention. Our President Karen McShane was stateswomanlike in her speeches with heartfelt and eloquent… Read more

  • Outdated parking bay sizes are holding back progress

    Outdated parking bay sizes are holding back progress

    Perhaps it was a slow news day on Saturday. The Times ran an article called ‘Big plans will finally ease parking squeeze’. Apparently “Ministers have supported a plan to increase the size of parking bays to keep up with the growing size of cars”. This is what facepalming on social media was made for, isn’t… Read more

  • Big changes are afoot – Walking is up by 31% in 3 years!

    Big changes are afoot – Walking is up by 31% in 3 years!

    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… Read more

  • The new vision for active travel: much more a gear change than a step change (long read)

    The new vision for active travel: much more a gear change than a step change (long read)

    The UK Department for Transport yesterday published “Gear change: a bold vision for cycling and walking”. After my early morning walk (see highlight pictured below), I sat down with an air of anticipation to read the document from cover to cover. Was this what transport planners have been waiting for and what the wider public might now… Read more

  • Anti-aviation? UK Government response to Climate Change Committee

    Anti-aviation? UK Government response to Climate Change Committee

    “We are anti aviation” says UK Government as of yesterday. Actually it says “We are anti-aviation emissions”. It is looking at 70% passenger demand growth by 2050 on 2018 levels and claiming aviation will be net zero by 2050. What the 2022 Jet Zero Strategy calls ‘net zero aviation’ amounts in fact to an aim… Read more

  • Seeing beyond white male privilege in the transport sector – my submission to the Transport Committee

    Seeing beyond white male privilege in the transport sector – my submission to the Transport Committee

    Seeing beyond white male privilege in the transport sector – my submission to the Transport Committee. Shaping the future of transport is not just about emerging technologies. Judgements are everywhere: judgements about what to invest in; judgements in analysis that supports judgements about what to invest in; judgements about who should judge what to invest… Read more