Eurotransport's Leaders' series article by Jonathan Bray
Jonathan Bray in Eurotransport Magazine on data, Brexit and what's next for Urban Transport Group. Read the article in Eurotransport Magazine here.
Jonathan Bray in Eurotransport Magazine on data, Brexit and what's next for Urban Transport Group. Read the article in Eurotransport Magazine here.
Here's seven things I learned at the Freight in the Cities Summit, which we sponsored, in Birmingham yesterday on the last mile challenge. My presentation to the event can be downloaded here and you can find a freight hub on our website here.
When we talk about transport and health it can feel like we’re in a hamster wheel of transport improves health, we could spend money from health budgets to improve transport and save health money, let’s get people active to improve health outcomes etcetera, etcetera… We talk about needing evidence, and being able to quantify the benefits. But we KNOW that getting people active and using public transport has benefits for public health and much, much more. So what’s stopping us?
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks if spending on transport programmes that focus on influencing the brains of travellers, rather than infrastructure can be effective.
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray explains how Londoners are never too far from the physical manifestations of Frank Pick’s influence, and yet his legacy is underappreciated.
2016 has been a rollercoaster year in politics, entertainment and sports. We’ve had a referendum, a change of government, and a US election, to name just a few things. For me, this has been my first year at UTG (I joined in May), I’ve learned so much and lots of interesting things have been going on. So, I’m going to try and wrap up the big things that have happened in transport into this post.
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray explains how the Tyne and Wear Metro is the bone structure of that region's identity, economy and daily life - and how it's Britain's innovation railway too.
In his latest article for Passenger Transport Magazine, Jonathan Bray asks how our sector can play the health card, as public transport makes a huge contribution to the nation's health and wellbeing.
Urban Transport Group is supporting Landor's Better Places conference on 24 November 2016. In an article for Local Transport Today magazine, Jonathan Bray says 'If we are going to make progress on the place dimension of transport policy, we need to work in a much more co-ordinated way across disciplines and across sectors. Transport needs to be considered along with placemaking, the urban realm and the local economy'.