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Articles by Mark Smulian
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Government programmes 2 Jun
Government policy is a taxing problem inhibiting switch to multi-modal transport
The Government is keen to promote modal shift in our transport choices, but several tax policies are at odds with this goal...
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Government programmes 17 Mar
Public transport: What does the future hold?
Is it short-sighted to expect public transport to ‘pay’ for itself? Shouldn’t some other benefits of having a fit-for-purpose system also be considered?
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Finance and funding 8 Dec
Decarbonisation money doesn’t grow on trees
Plans and goals are laudable and well intentioned, but who is going to stump up the considerable sums needed?
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Air quality 22 Sep
Decarbonisation: Where will councils find the money?
Councils are likely to seek increased funding to enable decarbonisation plan to be adequately addressed at local level, reports Mark Smulian
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Active Travel 1 Sep
What will be the impact of agile working?
If fewer people travel to city centres for their work, are urban and transport plans likely to go into sharp reverse? asks Mark Smulian
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Global 11 Mar
Case studies: road pricing
From a voluntary approach to cordon-based pricing, Mark Smulian looks at how different places have adopted road pricing, and why it is on Vancouver's agenda.
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Latest Insight & policy 13 Jan
Dumbing-down of smart ticketing?
Did vested interests of bus companies block the path to a workable MaaS system in the north? Or it that ‘complete nonsense and an urban myth’? Mark Smulian reports
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Latest case studies 17 Jun
DfT starts the decarbonisation conversation
In the middle of Covid-19 lockdown, the Department for Transport (DfT) published its Decarbonising Transport Setting the Challenge paper.
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Government programmes 17 Jun
Saving time no longer tops the planning agenda
Sustainability and levelling-up are now key considerations when decision-makers debate the viability of transport infrastructure projects, reports Mark Smulian
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Latest case studies 8 Jun
Ambitious transport programmes in city regions
England’s recently-created city region combined authorities have improving transport and infrastructure at their hearts and have drawn up ambitious programmes.
