In late 2025 the Department for Transport (DfT) finally published its proposed its new connectivity metric for England. When explaining the new metric, DfT present a partial history of their […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
David Simmonds Consultancy, along with sub-consultants Derek Halden Consultancy and Heriot Watt University’s School of the Built Environment have been appointed as sole suppliers for Transport Scotland’s Multiple Framework Agreement […]
Autumn 2002 Newsletter (PDF 135 KB) – Influencing Travel Attitudes and Behaviour; School Travel; housing, travel to work and retail in Scottish City Regions; Accessibility, Economic Development, and Social Inclusion; […]