The world turned upside down?
There’s a risk that the short horizons of the Covid crisis, Zoom fatigue and the desire for a return to normality tricks us into thinking that the normal we last saw in March is still there.
Urban Transport Group launches new model to help predict bus use during and after COVID-19 pandemic
The Urban Transport Group has today launched the most sophisticated tool currently available for modelling bus use in city regions.
Spending Review 2020 - the fine print on urban transport
Here are the headlines from the Spending Review 2020...
Are we moving to nano management?
In the summer there were high hopes that COVID-19 would be a short war in which the worst would soon be over and victory was in sight.
UTG launches ‘Urban Transport Next’ - a new series of lunchtime conversations on the future beyond COVID
Designed to stimulate and inspire, the ‘Urban Transport Next’ events will see leading figures in urban transport discuss potential opportunities, challenges and strategies for the coming months and years.
New normal?
September has brought to an abrupt end the dreams of the summer of a linear recovery from COVID-19, where empty office blocks would spring back into strip lit life and zoned out commuters would again be grazing the shelves of Prets.
The Covid-19 Funding Gap: The Case for Continuing Support for Urban Public Transport
COVID-19 funding gap filled… for now
It would make no sense for Government to cut COVID-19 funding life support for light rail systems whilst it is rightly investing millions every week on expanding and renewing them.
Gear change… is it finally time to get excited by the Government’s vision for cycling?
The Government’s new vision for active travel landed late last month and has caused a stir that has gone much further than the usual cycling and walking policy circles.
Coronavirus and decarbonising transport: How compatible are they?
In late March, our transport landscape changed in a way that none of us could ever have imagined as the COVID-19 outbreak and nationwide lockdown measures lead to a dramatic drop off in movement in the UK.