Latest Insight & policy - Page 3
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Mass transit systems 6 Jan 2021Is free transport the solution for society’s poorest?
Inadequate transport provision always seems to hit those in poverty the hardest. It is time to re-evaluate our priorities, asks Laura Laker
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Latest Insight & policy 22 Dec 2020Is Demand-Responsive Transport a viable solution?
Buses need to get passengers back on board. But it is proving to be a case of easier said than done, reports Beate Kubitz
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Air quality 16 Dec 2020Fuels for industry heavyweights
Electricity is often the first solution that comes to mind when considering how to reduce air pollution generated by road transport. But it is not practical in every instance
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Active Travel 9 Dec 2020Active travel: The golden age of cycling
Active travel – cycling and walking – has been brought to the forefront by the pandemic. Now there's the need to build on the progress made during lockdown
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Latest Insight & policy 2 Dec 2020An action plan for transport and travel post-pandemic
Coronavirus has brought Britain’s neglected and under-invested transport system to its knees, but could it also become a catalyst for building back better?
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Mass transit systems 13 Oct 2020The future of public mass transit services: Railways
Paul Clifton looks at the prospects for the UK’s rail industry
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Universal access 6 Oct 2020The way we design transport is not equal for disabled
For the roughly one-in-five in the UK who are disabled, day-to-day travel is a greater challenge than for the able-bodied, reports Laura Laker
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Healthy streets 22 Sep 2020What should streets be for? And how do we achieve the goals?
The car’s dominance of our streets may be coming to an end if campaigners are successful, reports Emma Griffin, co-founder of Action Vision Zero
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Healthy streets 16 Sep 2020The rise of 15-minute cities
Speculation about the death of commuting may turn out to be premature, but the legacy of lockdown could promote a place-making revolution in urban planning. Mark Sutcliffe investigates the 15-minute city model
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Mass transit systems 9 Sep 2020Wiping away post-pandemic uncertainties
Stephen Joseph says many matters still need to be resolved, but ‘some of the directions of travel for transport are becoming clearer’.
