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By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • A lifetime’s supply of ale just to deliver a keynote presentation in New Zealand?

    A lifetime’s supply of ale just to deliver a keynote presentation in New Zealand?

    A lifetime’s supply of beer to deliver a keynote?!  I’ve loved my times in New Zealand and will miss not being ‘at’ the Transportation Group’s annual conference this week. But could anyone now justify 25,000 cans of Black Mass ale just to be there in person? The image above was the IT check I did… Read more

  • New introductory video for the Triple Access Planning Handbook (and Copilot’s attempt to distinguish between TAP and traditional transport planning!)

    New introductory video for the Triple Access Planning Handbook (and Copilot’s attempt to distinguish between TAP and traditional transport planning!)

    I wanted to know what AI makes of Triple Access Planning. Having asked Copilot to provide concise definitions of transport planning and of TAP it then suggested I ask it “How is Triple Access Planning different from traditional transport planning?”. Here’s the answer it gave. Triple Access Planning (TAP) diverges from traditional transport planning in… Read more

  • Red Pill or Blue Pill – You Decide

    Red Pill or Blue Pill – You Decide

    “You take the blue pill… the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Blue pill:💊 Supporting sustainable growth💊 Investing in blue hydrogen with carbon capture and storage💊 Believing… Read more

  • A New Year’s radio interview, and Jevon’s Paradox

    A New Year’s radio interview, and Jevon’s Paradox

    The transition to electric vehicles is in full swing and in the news, while I’ve been worring about Jevon’s Paradox. I’ve just done my first BBC Radio Bristol interview of 2024 on the topic of the EV transition. Putting aside politics and other matters about addressing the climate emergency, transitions are fascinating – especially as… Read more

  • A glimpse into disability and a chance lift the veil of ignorance

    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

  • The aviation game

    The aviation game

    Juxtaposition. This lunchtime I was hit by two news items – Just Stop Oil targeting Heathrow Airport this morning, and the first big carrier to drop its climate goal. Why not play this game yourself? Find nine news items on a topic that has lots of question marks around it. One can imagine two world… Read more