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 […]
Smarter Travel
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, […]
Recognising the Untapped Potential of Sustainable Transport Investment
On 4 March 2020, the Strathclyde Pension Fund committee decided to postpone a decision on whether to divest from fossil fuel companies. The meeting of the pension fund committee had […]
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 […]
Understanding the Benefits of More Walking
The Living Streets Walk One a Week (WOW) programme has been growing rapidly across schools in Scotland. DHC was commissioned to review its outcomes and impacts to help plan the […]
When Should Transport for NHS Patients be Free at the Point of Delivery?
The world bank estimates that healthcare in the UK accounts for 9.1% of GDP but healthcare is highly travel intensive accounting for nearer 20% of domestic UK journeys. Despite this […]
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 […]
Collaborating to Make School Travel Safer
For nearly 20 years the government has sought better engagement with communities through school travel planning processes, aiming to provide safe, secure and sustainable transport. In the 1990s DHC drafted […]
When is Mobility a Service?
There is much talk about mobility as a service (MaaS) providing a unified gateway which allows users to pay for transport with a single account. The key concept behind MaaS […]