The Confidence to Invest Despite Uncertainty
Like many in the transport sector, I am finding that the priorities of customers and partners are changing faster than usual. It is not just the high levels of inflation […]
Transport Policy
Safe Net-Zero Access as a Central Focus of Transport Appraisal
How can we make investment in sustainable transport more attractive? This was the question I explored in my presentation to the Landor Local Transport Summit in Cardiff. Our planning systems […]
Net-Zero Transport for West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire Council is developing an approach to transport consistent with national and international goals to decarbonise transport. The Council has a key role in enabling and supporting local residents, […]
Why Data and Customer Relationships are More Important During a Pandemic
How prepared was the transport sector for the covid-19 pandemic and has it responded as expected? Many organisations have been busy in recent weeks shoring up their finances. For some […]
Making Connections is Good Business
How is the quality of connectivity defined? Which connections need investment? High speed global electronic connections must be complemented with viable investment in transport to support competitive locations and enabled […]
Policy and Planning
A selection of transport policy and planning pojects are shown below: The Future of Retail Property: Future Transport (2006) – For the British Council of Shopping Centres. The review is […]
Engineering Innovation in Value Management for Smart Places
Numerous barriers exist to the realisation of ‘smart cities’ – not least, who’s going to pay. This article by Derek Halden, DHC Loop Connections, republished from the Institution of Civil […]
Contracts to Deliver Better Transport
Writing in the Scotsman Newspaper Derek Halden says that over the last decade, the organisations that developed strong contractual networks with their customers and suppliers shaped transport systems. The contracts […]
Why Connectivity to Transport Hubs Matters
The Department for Transport published the latest connectivity statistics in July 2015. Access to transport hubs is one of the simplest conceptions of transport geography. There are some places where […]
Tackling Conflict on the Roads with Better Infrastructure, Laws and Training
If all road users treat others with respect then we can make the roads safer. To achieve this, a greater focus on enabling safer behaviour would complement the current investment […]