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A blog for my thoughts on transport mostly as well as politics and life more broadly

What you will get: Transport

What you might get: Bordeaux, AFC Wimbledon, cats, politics, wine, Birmingham, cities

And finally, respect to Claire (Mrs B) and Camille (little Miss B)

Subjects

  • AFC Wimbledon (12)
  • aviation (8)
  • Birmingham (51)
  • Birmingham Mayor (15)
  • Bordeaux (1)
  • Buses (9)
  • Cats (1)
  • Cities (60)
  • High Speed Rail (48)
  • London (39)
  • Mobility as a Service (8)
  • Politics (81)
  • Rail (69)
  • Random Thoughts (58)
  • Transport (107)
  • Uncategorized (5)

My latest tweets

  • RT @davidschneider: Michael Gove, 2 weeks ago: “Transparency drives everything this government does” In unrelated news: 1 hour ago
  • RT @hilarybennmp: So why are you opposed to HS2? twitter.com/thegreenparty/… 2 hours ago
  • RT @peterjukes: Civil servant advised Greensill while working in Whitehall, says watchdog - approved by Gove's Cabinet Office All the dod… 2 hours ago
  • RT @brayparry: Uhhh, so applaud France banning domestic air travel, make the link to the necessity for heavy rail investment (high speed in… 2 hours ago
  • RT @RobinWhitlock66: The Green Party have moved into Monty Python territory now. You could call it hypocritical of course, but given the… 2 hours ago
  • RT @SthLondonPress: AFC Wimbledon 3 Ipswich 0 – Rampant Dons stay in the goal groove to churn over Tractor Boys londonnewsonline.co.uk/afc-wimbledon-… 2 hours ago
  • RT @HaydontheWomble: It finishes 3-0 to #AFCWimbledon thanks to 2 thumping headers by @w_nightingale & @rudi_rudoni both delivered by the p… 3 hours ago
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Buses, Cities, High Speed Rail, Politics, Rail, Random Thoughts, Transport

Many elections, not so much transport policy

Following the local and mayoral elections we now have a month until the General Election.  Given the amount of Brexit … Continue reading Many elections, not so much transport policy

Birmingham, Random Thoughts, Transport

A local transport project for Sutton Coldfield

As a resident of lovely Sutton Coldfield in North Birmingham, we are one of the few places outside of London … Continue reading A local transport project for Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham, Buses, Cities, Random Thoughts, Transport

What big transport ideas could we deploy in the West Midlands?

This is really a thought experiment and a bit of fun and I would welcome other peoples’ thoughts on this … Continue reading What big transport ideas could we deploy in the West Midlands?

Birmingham, Buses, Cities, Transport

How could public transport be run better?

Right now we are seeing our transport authorities losing staff and revenue spending while still needing to deliver efficient and … Continue reading How could public transport be run better?

Birmingham, Buses, Cities, Politics, Random Thoughts, Transport

The West Midlands and transport out of hours

Having just read this piece (link below) about late night transit in America, it got me thinking about the importance … Continue reading The West Midlands and transport out of hours

Birmingham, Buses, Cities, Politics, Rail, Transport

(a third part) more on the Greater Birmingham CrossCity rail network concept

Having looked at the City Edge Hubs in the previous post, I wanted to focus in on the outer city … Continue reading (a third part) more on the Greater Birmingham CrossCity rail network concept

Buses, Cities, Politics, Transport

How buses (and transport) support wider policy objectives (PTEG report)

PTEG (the Passenger Transport Executive Group) have published, what I consider to be, an extremely important report on the role … Continue reading How buses (and transport) support wider policy objectives (PTEG report)

Birmingham, Cities, High Speed Rail, London, Politics, Rail, Transport

When you don’t have the Tube… Metro!!!

I am pretty confident that Brummies have realised (no thanks to the now ennobled, former Council Leader, Mike (Lord) Whitby) … Continue reading When you don’t have the Tube… Metro!!!

aviation, Birmingham, Buses, Cities, High Speed Rail, London, Politics, Rail, Random Thoughts, Transport

My reflections on the 2012 Party Conference Season

Thank goodness it is over. Well, that is the short version at least but actually there was quite a lot … Continue reading My reflections on the 2012 Party Conference Season

Buses, Cities, London, Politics, Transport

Buses, today’s TSC report and why we need to take action!

This morning the Transport Select Committee published their report on the state of local bus markets, which can be read … Continue reading Buses, today’s TSC report and why we need to take action!

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