Beautiful observation. Although in fairness, serious railway investment is unaffordable by any sub-national body, since it draws national debt, even in eg decentralised Spain: Junta de Andalucía abandoned Sevilla-Málaga LAV. Generalitat de Catalunya couldn't complete Barcelona metro L9/10.

Notably last weekend saw the first substantial drop in car traffic since it normalised in June gov.uk/government/sta… Week on week, travel by every mode was down just a little. #StormArwen or #omicron nervousness? Too early to be sure.

Fine for Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps to market political narratives. Not fine for Department for Transport to bend analytic truth in support: newcivilengineer.com/latest/dft-sla… Consequence is future research/stats/policy work will be distrusted by the professionals that depend on it. Should concern @commonstrans.

Thoughts on managing societal responsibility around matters of #ClimateChange policy, especially transport: timhowgego.wordpress.com/2022/07/23/res… Comprehensible problems -> Risk of despair -> Familiarity accelerates: But focus on adequacy of process, not pace of delivery.

Our latest report is about a study that explored how a move to battery electric buses might impact the second-hand bus market, new buses, big and small operators in Scotland. is.gd/kGGdTA Tim Howgego #transport #ElectricBuses #ElectricVehicles

Check out the analysis of the #JIVEs/#MEHRLIN projects on the potential of #hydrogenbuses 🚍💧 By 2050, #Europe could have 60,000 #H2buses using 1,700 tonnes of hydrogen per day. This success depends on a viable #market scale and a strategic planning. 🔗fuelcellbuses.eu/public-transpo…