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By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • The black elephant of digital accessibility in the transport sector

    The black elephant of digital accessibility in the transport sector

    As the year draws to an end I’m now familiar with the term ‘black elephant’ (h/t Anna Rothnie) and realise that it very aptly represents digital accessibility when it comes to transport planning and appraisal. A black elephant is something visible to everyone but no one wants to deal with it so they pretend it’s not… Read more

  • How do you complete post-it notes in workshops?

    How do you complete post-it notes in workshops?

    How do you complete post-it notes in workshops? I’ve facilitated lots of workshops online and offline and a point I make to participants more and more often is this. Please remember that while you may have a rich discussion in your group, what gets taken away afterwards is the (virtual) flipchart page with the post-it… Read more

  • UK Government releases video to explain the need for The Plan for Drivers

    UK Government releases video to explain the need for The Plan for Drivers

    Breaking News – The UK Government has released a promotional video to help explain why its Plan for Drivers was urgently needed. Please watch it and educate yourselves. This old lady flagrantly sought to inconvenience hardworking drivers squeezing along the meagre amount of capacity they had between them. Even though they were all chanting to… Read more

  • Death Plunger – our family’s new (imaginary) black metal band

    Death Plunger – our family’s new (imaginary) black metal band

    Our family has created a sensational new black metal band called ‘Death Plunger’. Our debut single is ‘The Final Minute’. In this exclusive announcement we are able to share the artwork for the single and the song’s lyrics. Unfortunately the band is currently an imaginary one though we are all committed to its success. I’m… Read more

  • The future of highways – a perspective from Mott MacDonald

    The future of highways – a perspective from Mott MacDonald

    Do you know I was a setting out engineer on a by-pass construction in the 1990s? I also worked in a consultancy designing by-pass schemes in Wales then. Both as a student civil engineer. I haven’t strongly associated myself with highways in the many years in between. However, more recently I’ve had the honour of… Read more

  • There will be no driverless cars on a dead planet

    There will be no driverless cars on a dead planet

    Anthropomorphism. One of the biggest words in my vocabulary – one I added right near the beginning of my personal journey deeper and deeper into the world of future mobility. I was delighted when Adam Hill, the Editor of ITS International Magazine asked me this summer whether I would share my thoughts on future mobility in a written… Read more