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 Economics and Appraisal
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 […]
Improving Transport Investment Choices
Derek Halden was invited to contribute to a Local Transport Today debate on the future transport appraisal following the publication of the OECD International Transport Forum (ITF) recommendations for broadening […]
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, […]
Transport Appraisal and Modelling
Appraisal and Economics Rail Station Choice (2009) – To assist DfT, Atkins, Mott MacDonald and Jacobs with their PLANET modelling of rail network capacity, travel times to rail stations across […]
Better Accessibility as a Planned and Managed Outcome
Often new roads, railways or other transport are presented as ways of improving accessibility but people find that they have the reverse effect. A common example of this is that […]
Travel Time Delays and Competitiveness
The relationships between travel delays and competitiveness are complex. In a recent project for the Office of the Road and Rail Regulator (ORR) with Transport Futures, delays on the strategic road […]
New Frameworks are Needed for Sharing Roadspace
The rough and tumble of the socio-political debate is not delivering road sharing solutions that work in the interests of society. Politicians caught in the front line of complex road […]
The Opportunities and Risks of Connections
Debate has continued for decades over the extent to which, and the ways, transport and connectivity helps business and economic development. At a meeting in London organised by the Transport […]
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 […]