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By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • Manel alert! We must keep calling out all-male panels

    Manel alert! We must keep calling out all-male panels

    Manels alert! We don’t want to hear from too many women do we? Not when there are so many men to choose from in the transport sector? The image below reflects the proportion of women to men on a series of transport/mobility sessions at a forthcoming conference – 20/80. I was due to speak on… Read more

  • Restricting the right to protest – is revolution coming?

    Restricting the right to protest – is revolution coming?

    Yesterday in the UK new legislation came into force that restricts the ability to protest. The background is here; the announcement from yesterday is here. We will find out what this truly means in the weeks, months and years ahead. About a year ago I chaired a panel discussion involving respected professionals around the world… Read more

  • Does it feel like we’re in a crisis? Putting road transport in the climate crisis context

    Does it feel like we’re in a crisis? Putting road transport in the climate crisis context

    [Long Read] On Wednesday 20 July 2022 I travelled to an event to discuss roads and future investment in them. I was one of the invited speakers. Luckily I was late preparing my slides and only finished the day before. The news coverage for the preceding 48 hours more or less di`d the job of… 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

  • Armchair viewing fodder while our country stumbles forwards

    Armchair viewing fodder while our country stumbles forwards

    Did you watch the TV ‘debate’? A friend of mine says we get the politicians we deserve. I found it sickening enough just to read a little about it this morning. By all accounts a gross display of finger pointing and soundbites as armchair viewing fodder while our country stumbles forwards. We seem to be… Read more

  • We are the road crew

    We are the road crew

    May I let you into a secret? I had a small hand in designing and building bypasses during my time in industry as a civil engineering student. That was back in the late 1980s, coincident with the ‘Roads for Prosperity’ white paper. I wonder what that young, long-haired Glenn, rocking along to his cherished ‘Ace… Read more