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 22 Sep 2021Decarbonisation: Code red for humanity
Smart Transport chair Stephen Joseph comments on the urgent need to decarbonise transport and assesses the Government’s plan
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Opinion 9 Sep 2021Why should the UK continue to invest in connected and automated mobility?
TRL’s Paul Campion responds to the Government's call for evidence on where the UK can be globally competitive in connected and automated mobility.
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Opinion 7 Sep 2021Delivering a zero-emission transport sector
Government’s transport decarbonisation plan is welcome in general, but the devil is in the lack of detail, says Paul Tuohy
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Opinion 14 Jul 2021Carbon reduction needs car reduction
Spanish cities show how it is possible to tackle traffic problems without leaders falling on political swords
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Opinion 3 Jul 2021Local authorities must 'step up' to meet demand for EV charging points
Alfonso Martinez Cordero, MD of LeasePlan UK, calls for local authorities to play their part in supporting the development of the UK's charging network.
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Opinion 23 Jun 2021Predict and provide gives way to vision and validate
Active travel comes to fore ahead of car travel
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Opinion 31 May 2021The way forward is public transport
To date, there is no evidence that public transport was, or is, a source of virus transmission. Government needs to get this across to the travelling public
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Opinion 17 May 2021Rise of greener, leaner mobility won’t be thrown off course
Development of the technology underpinning connected and automated mobility has not been badly disrupted by Covid-19. Now we must seek to push on
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Opinion 13 May 2021What does Green Book review mean for transport planning/projects?
Changes to Green Book guidance, with a switch in emphasis towards the strategic case, look set to alter the way projects are developed and prioritised
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Opinion 29 Apr 2021'Self-driving' cars: is the infrastructure ready to ensure they're safe?
With 'self-driving' cars set to be on UK roads later this year, Steve Nash, CEO of the IMI, questions whether the infrastructure is ready to ensure they’re safe
