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By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • The Big One – finally I join an Extinction Rebellion march

    The Big One – finally I join an Extinction Rebellion march

    So, The Big One is over for us today. Peaceful protest in London that the mainstream media will struggle to find any interest in I suspect. Too well behaved for them to get exercised about, especially when they have the FA football match to cover and the Marathon. Just families and good people coming together Read more

  • What A-Level subjects did you take?

    What A-Level subjects did you take?

    What A-level subjects did you take (if you did)? I did Maths, Physics and … French. I recall being asked to go and see the Head of Chemistry at my school, Mr Fox, who sternly advised me that this was a perilous choice for my career ahead. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths being pushed hard Read more

  • Manel alert! We must keep calling out all-male panels

    Manel alert! We must keep calling out all-male panels

    Manels alert! We don’t want to hear from too many women do we? Not when there are so many men to choose from in the transport sector? The image below reflects the proportion of women to men on a series of transport/mobility sessions at a forthcoming conference – 20/80. I was due to speak on Read more

  • 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

  • Lightening speed

    Lightening speed

    With lightening speed, the new Labour Government is embracing climate action, equality-diversity-inclusion, and professionalism. The polls for the general election were only just opened a week ago. Has anyone else found the last week breathtaking? Here’s just a taste of week 1 of the new Government: CLIMATE ACTION – “New UK government lifts ‘absurd’ onshore 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