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By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • I can’t be that important as I didn’t fly by private jet to speak at the ATRF conference

    I can’t be that important as I didn’t fly by private jet to speak at the ATRF conference

    I can’t be that important as I didn’t fly by private jet to the Australiasian Transport Research Forum to talk on climate action. A privilege to deliver one of the keynotes today at the ATRF in Perth on the day that COP28 gets underway with three UK elites arriving to it separately in private jets… Read more

  • Public Service Announcement: Polite reminder about ‘The Seven Principles of Public Life’

    Public Service Announcement: Polite reminder about ‘The Seven Principles of Public Life’

    Public service announcement – a polite reminder to all concerned about ‘The Seven Principles of Public Life’. I appreciate that they were published nearly 30 years ago but it appears they are still meant to be in effect. I wonder whether in hindsight these should have been called ‘The Seven Practices of Public Life’ as… Read more

  • Question Sixty Nine

    Question Sixty Nine

    Does ’69’ have meaning for you? I’m not talking about the sexual connotations. I’m talking about what is now lovingly referred to by those of us in the world of ‘decide and provide’ planning as Question Sixty Nine. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published in 2012 and has seen revisions and updates in… Read more

  • 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

  • Triple Access Planning: Changing transport planning in a changing world

    Triple Access Planning: Changing transport planning in a changing world

    “Should the Transport Planning Society become the Triple Access Planning Society?” asks Stephen Cragg, Head of Appraisal and Model Development at Transport Scotland. The LATIS service is operated by Transport Scotland with the objective to meet the appraisal and modelling needs of the Scottish Government. LATIS stands for Land-use And Transport Integration in Scotland. Stephen is also putting forward… Read more

  • Please don’t tell the Government that I spent three hours IN my working day in an event on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Please don’t tell the Government that I spent three hours IN my working day in an event on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Please don’t tell the Government that I spent three hours IN my working day in an event on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. For those of you who may be alarmed by this admission, please be assured that no productivity was harmed in my taking part in this event – my first workshop of the day… Read more