Low traffic neighbourhoods: the biggest transport controversy of the century
It has become the biggest transport controversy of the century. Not rail nationalisation, not the £27bn roads programme,…
Christian Wolmar
We cannot allow Covid’s impact on transport to turn inner cities into urban deserts
At times I feel like crying. I recently did when I met a railway manager at St Pancras…
Our reaction to Covid-19 could threaten the future of public transport
There is, perversely, something heartening about the atmosphere on the streets today. Kids are pedalling away behind their…
Christian Wolmar: Let’s stop this Brexit paralysis
Jeremy Corbyn is clearly being torn apart by Brexit. The number of frontbenchers threatening to resign if he…
Christian Wolmar: Why we should not abolish hospital car parking charges
The Christmas fuss about the £226m raised by hospital trusts through car parking charges led to renewed calls…
Christian Wolmar: Driverless cars won’t reduce risk – they’ll only create problems
Anna Turley’s recent LabourList article about automation rightly extols the virtues of new technology while warning of its…
Christian Wolmar: Why Frank Field and Margaret Hodge are wrong
Frank Field and Margaret Hodge are both wrong. Like them, I have had my doubts about the current…
Christian Wolmar: Don’t let Trump, Brexit and Tory chaos distract you from the small stuff
We must get back to basics. The madness of Brexit and the chaos in the Tory party, as…
Christian Wolmar: Boris Johnson must go
It is time we talked about Boris. His failure to live up to his promises about opposing Heathrow…
Christian Wolmar: It is time for Labour to embrace the EU
This is urgent. Labour must embrace staying in the single market and the customs union or face haemorrhaging…
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