Transport and the Supply Chain Posts
Who killed the car industry?
The British state’s green diktats are making drivers’ lives a misery
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The war on motorists is out of control
Making it more difficult for people to take short car journeys will hit the elderly and immobile the hardest
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Why the Elizabeth line is worth celebrating
We need more big, ambitious infrastructure projects across the UK
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Electric cars are going nowhere fast
They are far too expensive to displace petrol cars anytime soon
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The Stalinist folly of the ban on petrol cars
The government’s mad target of phasing out petrol, diesel and hybrid cars is not even close to achievable
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The war on transport
Even before Covid-19, elites were keen to reduce our mobility
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The end of oil is not in sight
Environmentalists dreaming of a post-pandemic future free of fossil fuels need to wake up
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HS2: a principle worth upholding
It’s time to advance a strong, democratic case for high speed trains in Britain
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In defence of HS2
Planning and execution have been pure Theresa May, but the principle is right
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Rail delays
Sky News on rail delays after 13 year low according to the Office of Rail and Road, which is symptomatic of a wider problem than just the railways
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HS2 and the buffers of Brexit
Between the old North-South divide and the more recent Referendum falls a tricky rail project
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Heathrow expansion
Ahead of the parliamentary vote on a third runway for Heathrow airport, Sky News asked James to outline the technological dimensions of the issue
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Wanted: a post-Brexit industrial strategy for electric cars
When Britain was fully signed up to the EU, the EU’s German-inspired bans on most state aids meant that Whitehall couldn’t really develop a genuine industrial strategy.
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Heathrow’s third runway: delayed, delayed, delayed
After decades of dithering, we must demand action on airport expansion.
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Toward a new customer experience, European rail, 2030
The opportunity to do better
In the past 20 years, neither energy suppliers nor telecommunications firms have truly completed their journey toward providing a good customer experience, whether off-line or online.
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VW: a panto of Green politics
Paul Seaman and James Woudhuysen
Last week, everyone learned that Volkswagen (VW) fitted special, duplicitous software to its diesel-powered cars.
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The attractiveness of cars in a Green age
Britons want to do their bit for the environment. We are conscious of energy ratings when we buy or rent houses; we give money and time to green causes; we recycle more of our waste. Moreover Britain’s political parties continuously repeat how committed they are to fighting global warming.
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Mobility trends and the professional use of IT in European rail, 2015-2025
Perhaps the growing attention given to major disasters at sea, on the roads, in the air and on the railways is just to do with the speed and video quality of news now available on the Web.
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Mobility trends and the professional use of IT in European aviation, 2015-2025
In 2012, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development said that air passenger traffic could double in 15 years; airfreight could treble in 20 years.(1)
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Transport in the UK election, 2015
While Japan is building floating trains, British politicians are promising (slightly) lower fares.
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Strategies in Lean IT: their relevance to the travel business
This White Paper by James Woudhuysen looks at strategies in ‘Lean IT’ and their relevance to the travel business.
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Transport: breaking through the impasse
ESSAY: Six arguments for innovation in transport.
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High Speed 2: an impoverished debate
The one thing worse than the UK government’s case for HS2 is the case being made against it.
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Who’s afraid of electric vehicles?
Green opposition even to eco-friendly electric cars shows that what environmentalists really dislike is travel itself.
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Britain’s airports: the case for three Heathrows
Why it makes sense to even out international flights over England’s green and pleasant land
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What a hit movie really tells us about innovation.
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A new way of classifying air travellers has implications for hoteliers
Read the full article...Transport innovation: slowing to a standstill
New Labour’s deep-seated hostility to popular mobility is holding back advances on roads, railways and in the air.
Read the full article...IT gets behind the wheel of a car
IT in cars may not create mobile offices, but there will be productivity benefits
Read the full article...Construction and transport: Victorian Britain lives on
Risk-aversion, short-termism and technophobia are holding back the UK’s roads, railways and buildings.
Read the full article...Things to come … X-ray eyes for roadmenders
Holes in the road dug by public utility firms can be a headache for traffic and pedestrians.
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#IOPC IN THE NEWS AGAIN. Pix: DG Rachel Watson; Acting Deputy DG Kathie Cashell;
Amanda Rowe and Steve Noonann, both Acting Directors, Operations.
That's a lot of acting! No wonder the IOPC's report never saw the light of day.
Are we a bit flaccid, perhaps?
A dubious editorial decision by the Daily Mail that risks glorifying one of the most evil men in history. Who cares about his air fryer recipes?