Transport

By Louise Ellman MP Network Rail is a vast improvement on its failed predecessor, the privatised Railtrack, which managed to distribute profits for its shareholders while it failed in its basic duty of maintaining the railways. It was…

By Chris Cook There are few more contentious subjects in Edinburgh at the moment than the Edinburgh Tram. This project is currently running into massive problems as the streets are ripped up to to install the track, creating a public and…

By Chris Cook I was interested to read the other day that a plan to raise the bridge tolls on the Humber Bridge - already the most expensive in the UK - has been postponed due to the moribund economy. Anyone interested in the crazy effects…

By Melanie Smallman The one idea that the government should implement while it is still in power is, in my view, to ensure that communities are given a stake or dividend in large renewable energy developments. Earlier this month, Ed…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It seems Boris doesn't know his gas from his elbow when it comes to green policy and low-polluting cars. First, he scrapped the increased tax on the expensive, cumbersome and heavily-polluting 4x4s. Then he…

By Mike Katz A key element of yesterday's decision by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis that the Government was taking control of the National Express East Coast operation was that NX had tried to wriggle out of their contract and negotiate a…

The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column One of my favourite lines in film is the response to Will Hay in the film "Oh, Mr Porter" when he arrives as the new station master at Buggleskelly station and enquires at the ticket office window... "The…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On Saturday, Labour MP Tom Harris wrote "let's leave the railways where they are a success - in the private sector". But now it seems the government will be forced to nationalise the National Express east…

By Tom Harris MP / @TomHarrisMP I wonder how often speakers at Labour's annual conference this year will demand the renationalisation of the railways? I expect that, as in previous years, the words "shambles" and "disgrace" will be used to…

By Robbie Erbmann / @robbierb Found wanting by the public, censured by the select committee and damned by their own members in a report that they tried to suppress - do Network Rail's managers really deserve to receive another trolley full…

By Keir Stitt The past ten days has seen two important announcements on the journey to a low carbon economy. Two Thursdays ago the government announced significant subsidies to get electric vehicles onto Britain's roads and more…

By Shamik Das After yet another appeal was launched this week against the plans for the expansion of Heathrow, you'd be forgiven for thinking that every man and his dog was opposed to the proposals, so one-sided has the coverage been…