Want to keep winning in London? Sadiq should drop the Silvertown Tunnel plan
Here’s a question for Sadiq: do you want to win the next mayoral election, or at least ensure…
Christian Wolmar
Unless we restrain car use, the post-Covid normal will be worse than before
In terms of transport, the new post-pandemic normal is looking worse than the old normal. Without a clear…
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,…
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…
