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 24 Feb 2022Climate change: If not now, when?
At one time concern for the environment may have been viewed as a niche issue – one for the middle classes – but now that is far from being the case
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Opinion 24 Feb 2022Paths and roads: Time to come up with some cracking answers
If walking more is really among the Government’s eco-friendly ambitions, isn’t it time we took the chance of tripping out of trips? asks RAC Foundation's Steve Gooding
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Opinion 23 Feb 2022The year ahead for infrastructure
Sir John Armitt's speech to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure.
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Opinion 17 Feb 2022Planning: An imagined speech from a future enlightened Secretary of State
Thank you for inviting me to speak to Smart Transport in my first week as Secretary of Planning, Housing and Future Generations.
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Opinion 11 Feb 2022Unlocking the potential of active travel: The need for data
Irene McAleese, co-founder and chief strategy officer at See.Sense, provides insight on smart cities and technology for net-zero living.
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Opinion 20 Jan 2022The role of freight in delivering a greener future for cities
Clare Linton, policy and research advisor at the Urban Transport Group discusses how greening urban freight is key to decarbonising city regions.
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Opinion 4 Jan 2022Removing the roadblocks to net zero transport
How to collaboratively accelerate action and make net zero transport a reality - inspired by lessons from Denmark, recently ranked the world’s greenest country.
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Opinion 4 Jan 2022How do we accurately set the bar for autonomous valet parking?
Car parking is likely to be the first automotive manifestation of genuinely beneficial autonomy. But, ensuring that the testing of this technology accurately reflects real-world use is key.
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Opinion 22 Dec 2021Transport appraisal – biased, perverse and unreasonable?
Quasi-scientific system of appraising transport proposals is not fit for purpose, says Lisa Hopkinson.
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Opinion 8 Dec 2021Some COP-outs, but good progress made
COP26 has made a difference in many ways, according to Smart Transport chair Stephen Joseph.
