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Let’s scrap the sustainable travel hierarchy
Welcome to today’s edition from Paris of ‘What The Hell Is Going on?’ in which we ask… WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? We consider the scrapping of the Sustainable Travel Hierarchy – naively advocated by so-called experts – and its replacement, the Sustainable Power Hierarchy. To any half-decent campaign manager, spin doctor or newspaper… Read more
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Looking to make sense of the hype, substance and prospects of Mobility as a Service?
Everything you need to know? A new Special Issue of one of the leading international transport journals ‘Transportation Research A: Policy and Practice’ has just been published on the topic of Developments in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Intelligent Mobility. This is a valuable collection of papers that critically examines one of the areas of (future) mobility… Read more
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Make Earth Great Again!
For my CIHT presidential year I am focusing on the importance for all of us of authentically being sustainable, professional and inclusive. We need to walk the walk on climate action, on equality diversity and inclusion, and on professionalism. As part of my journey I have got a green cap to accompany me that has… Read more
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Britain 2023: Six months in prison for peacefully walking on a road
As many of us stagger into Christmas, dazed by the surreal existences we now lead where we simultaneously get on with the day job while facing the extential threat of climate change, peaceful protesters are being imprisoned. When I began my career in transport over 30 years ago I could not have imagined the digitalised… Read more
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The darkest of days
I know I won’t be the only person feeling physically sick this morning. How many of us will have a day today where we feel we are going through the motions, rearranging the deckchairs? As I’ve got older I’ve come to realise how complicated the world is. My privileged upbringing protected me from the dark… Read more
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The trigger event that has led us to EV ownership
Bang! Out of nowhere the other car hit our car. That was 2.15pm last Sunday. Our old petrol car written off. Insurance payout has already come through. Today we paid the deposit on an electric car. This time next week we should have the car at home and the EV charger installed. Some years ago, Ben… Read more
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