Our guest opinions section offers opinion and thought leadership around different topics of the transport sector, including air quality, congestion, micro-mobility, Mobility as a Service (Maas), active travel, electrification, healthy streets, autonomous vehicles and more. To suggest a guest opinion email managing editor Mike Roberts.
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Opinion 20 Jun 2023Investing in public transport is a social necessity, economic boon and climate imperative
By environmental researcher and Smart Transport regular Lisa Hopkinson.
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Opinion 20 Jun 2023The future of transport payments in a cashless world
By Pierre Veillon, mobility marketing & offer manager, merchant services at Worldline.
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Opinion 11 May 2023Why a new approach to active travel is needed
By John Nuutinen, CEO and co-founder of SkedGo.
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Opinion 20 Apr 2023Deeper Devolution Deal will cement West Midlands as home of transport innovation
By Anne Shaw, executive director Transport for West Midlands.
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Opinion 12 Apr 2023Active Travel funding cuts are a step backwards
By Dan Simpson, senior policy and parliamentary officer at walking and cycling charity Sustrans.
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Opinion 14 Mar 2023Push to get more people walking in London
By Dr David Harrison, transport campaigner, historian and co-founder of Footways.
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Opinion 8 Mar 2023You can’t be what you can’t see – why equality and diversity in logistics and transport is a case of visibility
By Sharon Kindleysides FCILT, chief executive at The Chartered Institute of Logistic and Transport CILT(UK) to celebrate International Women's Day 2023.
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Opinion 16 Feb 2023The carbon footprint of different travel options is a misleading guide to action
Environmental researcher Lisa Hopkinson wants accurate, honest and useful information to inform decisions on how people choose to travel.
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Opinion 9 Feb 2023Response to the Government’s George Bradshaw address 2023 on British railways
By Martin Howell, transport markets director, UK&I, Worldline. "We’ve waited a long time for some clue as to what the Government was intending to do about Britain’s railways."
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Opinion 1 Feb 2023Last mile is here to stay, so invest in green efficiency
Our appetite for the convenience of home-delivered goods and services that leap-frogged forward in lockdown shows no signs of abating. As a result, logistics distribution centres are becoming larger at the hub, and more localised for near home distribution, says Edward Morley, transport expert at PA Consulting.
