Thoughts, insights and rants about futures, climate change, system change, transport, wicked problems, EDI, and heavy metal

By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • “See that bloke over there? That’s Lemmy’s dad”

    “See that bloke over there? That’s Lemmy’s dad”

    “See that bloke over there? That’s Lemmy’s dad”. I’ll never forget that, doing my work experience after O-Levels (remember them?) at Salisbury Cattle Market. And there he was, allegedly, the father of one of the metal gods. I didn’t pluck up the courage at the time to speak to him. What a missed opportunity. A… Read more

  • Hybrid conferences are more inclusive

    Hybrid conferences are more inclusive

    Hybrid conferences are more inclusive – get with the programme as our professional institutions did for the Wales National Transport Conference earlier this month. As the CIHT speaker, I presented on ‘From halcyon days to a brave new world’ in relation to the changing landscape for road investment in the context of a climate and… 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

  • Triple Access Planning for Uncertain Futures – A Handbook for Practitioners

    Triple Access Planning for Uncertain Futures – A Handbook for Practitioners

    📢 We are delighted to announce that today our new Handbook is launched. ‘Triple Access Planning for Uncertain Futures – A Handbook for Practitioners’ is available to download for free. The main Handbook is in English. A summary version is also available in Dutch, English, Italian, Slovenian and Swedish. You can download it directly from… 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

  • Greta versus Fossil Fuel – a poem from Chat-GPT

    Greta versus Fossil Fuel – a poem from Chat-GPT

    On the day Greta has been charged with a public order offence having protested outside the three-day Energy Intelligence Forum (formerly called the Oil and Money conference) I asked Chat-GPT to write a poem… Greta vs. Fossil Fuel In a world where profits reigned supreme,The fossil fuel giants lived their dream,Drilling, burning, with no remorse,For… Read more