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The Pentagram of Influence
What a devilishly wicked problem getting the world mobilised on climate action is. So devilish that I think we are at the mercy of an inverted pentagram of influence that holds everthing in tension rather than enabling all factions to pull together to create concerted climate action of the intensity required. In the pentagram five… Read more
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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
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We are operating here in privatised public space – our ‘club membership’ can be revoked by the club at any time
I’m a metal-loving transport nerd and wondering what the future holds for this platform which is why I set up https://glennlyons.blog/. If you regularly use this platform as your primary means of keeping in touch with your professional network and getting involved in exchange of knowledge and opinion, how would you feel if your account… Read more
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Future mobility meets the Nolan Principles
Today I had the pleasure of being one of the speakers at the launch of the latest report in London Transport Museum’s Interchange Programme – a report called ‘Making transport fit for the future‘. I didn’t have a hand in this report but if I say it focuses upon ‘Decide and Provide’ then you’ll not… Read more
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Cartoons get to the heart of the insanity of real life
Cartoons are powerful. They cut through faff and verbosity and get to the point. And they generally amuse us because they resonate so strongly with the insanity of real life. Tim Gent suggested yesterday that bringing over an old thread from Twitter I generated back in July 2021 might be worth doing. I was reluctant to… Read more
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Emissions from aviation – bunker or bunkum?
Bunkers or bunkum? Once upon a time there was a flight of fancy that aviation only accounted for 1% of UK transport emissions. Then international aviation was included and this increased to 20%. New ‘bottom-up’ research suggests the figure is more like 60%. What the hell is going on? Academic colleagues Zia Wadud, Adeel Muhammad… Read more
What the hell is going on? 