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Nine months on from the General Election, we are approaching the first electoral test of opinion, and the impending local council and mayoral elections provide a prompt for some of our news coverage as the Prime Minister has been speaking regularly on transport-related policy matters in a bid to shore-up his Party’s support.
We look in detail at his announcements made relating to addressing potholes and supporting motorists, delivering rail investment in The North, the go-ahead for the Lower Thames Crossing,
Other news stories concern open access rail, bus service quality, bus franchising in Wales, regulating e-bikes, electric vehicle charging, barriers to accessibility, and changing travel behaviour. We report an interesting move to clarify supervision of the use of drones for both deliveries and to facilitate what the Government describes as ‘flying taxis’.
Our major contributing columnist in this issue is Professor Stephen Glaister, who looks hard at the Government’s detailed plans for reforming the rail sector. From his special position as a former chair of the Office of Rail and Road, he expresses concern about conflicts in decision making between Government and the new rail delivery body, GBR, and the efficient use of resources and control of costs.
We continue with our Local Transport Today Deep Thinking initiative, with a contribution from Keith Mitchell, urging steps to be taken towards provision of ‘car light’ developments for a new generation of transport users and their housing.
Related to this, we are delighted to announce details of our promised summer event related to new thinking on transport matters — Future 2050: Breaking the Mould of Current Thinking. This will provide a new space for consideration of the landscape for transport amid the social and technological changes over the next 25 years. Taking place on the 10th June in the relaxed environment of Regent’s College, and mixing discussion and social networking, LTT subscribers will have the opportunity for priority booking. We believe this event will provide a special opportunity for those who want to think beyond immediate horizons.
In his Editorial Opinion, Peter Stonham examines what he believes to be an overlooked matter in transport policy and the beneficial deployment of resources — the optimisation of the condition and capacity of existing assets rather than the current emphasis on creating new infrastructure. He looks at the evidence that rates of return from this approach are hugely higher than those for new construction.
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