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Some inconvenient thoughts
The start of a new year turns our thoughts toward the year ahead, while the end of the first decade of the 21st Century in one year's time gives us further pause for reflection and thought. There's been some points about the rail industry ripe for debate that have been rolling around in my... »
A Summer reading list
It's a tradition in the British Parliament that during the Summer recess, the deeper thinkers in some of the political parties compile a Summer reading list for MPs to read. With the end of the academic year, the last exam taken care of and as the work year starts to run down, the long,... »
Incrementalism, and the lack of success of an “Australian Road Lobby”
I'll try to keep away from my hobbyhorse polemic language from my own blog and stick to some reasonable »
The Federal Government – back in the business of urban public transport?
Last night’s announcement of $4.62 billion in funding for urban public transport projects in the 2009-10 Federal Budget is certainly a welcome thing. »
Generalised competitive positioning model for USA high speed rail
There have been some recent posts such as Phin's on high speed rail in the USA on the different blogs, »
It’s for the frail
I was having a look at the new timetable for bus route 706 in Melbourne (PDF), which is not really a new »
Reaching the lofty heights of efficiency: The Belair rail service
Sorry if I'm sounding like a broken record on this, but thought it an interesting topic. Somebody has already posted an excellent post on this topic. »
Achieving modal shift – some problems to be faced
No, I'm not talking about easy things like fixing bus-train connections, or even the capacity of the rail »
The extended value proposition: scheduled services versus turn up and go
When I wrote earlier about the value proposition and value adding in public transport the first point that was »
The Victorian Transport Plan: Tarneit and Regional Rail Link
With the Victorian Transport Plan now out, it's time to have a good look at what it contains. The $38 billion »