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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)

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

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Tag: transport policy

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

Are we developing a national transport strategy?

In yesterday’s report from HS2 Ltd, the title of it perhaps was the biggest news story that got completely missed … Continue reading Are we developing a national transport strategy?

Birmingham, Cities, Politics, Random Thoughts, Transport

Integrated Transport (or Mobility Opportunities) Part 2

In this Part I want to explore a practical application of integrated transport policy.  Quite often we have accepted second … Continue reading Integrated Transport (or Mobility Opportunities) Part 2

Birmingham, Cities, Politics, Random Thoughts, Transport

Integrated Transport (or Mobility Opportunities) Part 1

I took part in an interesting discussion yesterday with other West Midlands transport types, one part of this discussion focused … Continue reading Integrated Transport (or Mobility Opportunities) Part 1

Cities, Politics, Random Thoughts, Transport

Cycling, what you need to know

I know of Dr Rachel Aldred in the transport world and as one of the other 5 UK transport tweeters named in … Continue reading Cycling, what you need to know

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, Cities, Politics, Transport

More on devolution (and transport!)

I wrote my first piece for the most excellent Chamberlain Files this week, reflecting on Mary Creagh’s speech at the Labour … Continue reading More on devolution (and transport!)

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

Politics, Rail, Transport

The annual fair fares media frenzy (aka oh look, railways!)

The title hopefully indicates my frustration that we have come round to the annual media feeding frenzy and slanging match … Continue reading The annual fair fares media frenzy (aka oh look, railways!)

Transport

Incentivising transport and wider policy benefits

I may have mentioned before that transport plays a fundamental role in our lives.  As part of my PhD research, … Continue reading Incentivising transport and wider policy benefits

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