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…
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Local leaders must replicate Burnham’s bus success to rebuild ex-strongholds
It’s been over three years in the making but yesterday saw Andy Burnham confirm that Greater Manchester will…
Build back better? Labour in Wales is building back greener
This week is Wales Climate Week – 2nd to 6th November – and as part of the initiative, the…
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…
WATCH: Government must support TfL now or risk “virus spreading”, says Khan
Sadiq Khan has called on the government to offer more support for Transport for London and said that…
Jim McMahon: Another broken Tory transport promise shows why the north must wrest power from Whitehall
“Billions for London, uncertainty for Manchester” – read the headline in my local paper this week. The government’s…
Siôn Simon: As mayor I would cap tram and bus fares for a year
Bus fares will be capped for a year if I’m mayor, Labour’s Siôn Simon will announce today. Simon…
Christian Wolmar: Labour, taking control of the trains and why Hammond’s hostility to anything but cars is all too clear
Philip Hammond’s knowledge of transport was well summed up at my first meeting with him soon after he…
