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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

  • Is Mastodon the David to topple the Goliath of Musk-owned Twitter?

    Is Mastodon the David to topple the Goliath of Musk-owned Twitter?

    Is Mastodon the David to topple the Goliath of Musk-owned Twitter? I know not everyone on LinkedIn is on Twitter but I guess you may have heard Musk paid $44bn to buy Twitter with the deal going through on October 27th. He’s the man in charge now. What could go wrong? Well it’s not clear… Read more

  • Roads to Net Zero

    Roads to Net Zero

    “However well we think we are doing, we aren’t doing well enough”. This quote from Stephen Elderkin captures for me the essence of our Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) national conference yesterday focused on ‘Roads to Net Zero’. Given the political headwinds “don’t shit in your own nest” (a latin phrase Steve assured… Read more

  • The Plan for Drivers makes me want to stand and scream at the world

    The Plan for Drivers makes me want to stand and scream at the world

    If you haven’t heard about The Plan for Drivers then you must have been asleep this week under a pavement-parked super-sized vehicle. To end this farcical few days in transport planning in the UK (England), I have had the privilege of being asked by The Planner RTPI to write an opinion piece on this vote-chasing fodder that… Read more

  • I know a thing or two about extinction – but what about optimism?

    I know a thing or two about extinction – but what about optimism?

    Here’s my Tuesday morning challenge to you – please point me to a video on YouTube that is under four minutes long that offers a compelling sense of optimism about climate change. Mainstream media has been so very good at balancing (finding a person on either side of an issue to offer contrary views to… Read more

  • Meeting someone for the first time when you feel like you’ve know them for years

    Meeting someone for the first time when you feel like you’ve know them for years

    Meeting someone for the first time when you feel like you’ve know them for years. I had the great pleasure of spending some time at home with Tim Sullivan today and his wonderful family as they passed through on their way back to Australia. It was impossible in the space of a couple of hours… Read more