Crash Landing
As BA reports massive losses, isn’t it time to scrap the airport expansion programme?
Archive for the 'transport' Category
Scrap It
Pay drivers to scrap their cars? We might as well burn ten-pound notes in power stations.
Andy Harrison Challenged
In the fifth and final interview in the first series of fierce encounters with policy makers, I give the chief executive of easyJet the third degree.
Flying Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
How did Marxist class warriors end up fighting for the bosses’ right to fly?
The Open Veins of Wales
Dr Beeching helped turn the country I’ve come to love into an outpost of empire. Now his legacy can be reversed.
The Other Bail-Out
Another set of corporations is pressing for public money. Governments should let them die.
Travelling Light
Is the airship a viable alternative to jet travel?
The Last Straw
A new generation of biofuels turns out to be another environmental disaster
Fast and Loose
The anti-speed camera campaign is based on junk science.
An Agricultural Crime Against Humanity
Biofuels could kill more people than the Iraq war.
Beneath the Pall of Misery, a New Movement Is Born
The climate camp at Heathrow is materially different from protests that have taken place in Britain before.
What if the Oil Runs Out?
Though the government is planning a massive expansion of transport networks, it has never considered this question.
Car-nage
We need a global campaign for road safety, but not one controlled by the motor industry.
Preparing for Take-Off
The government knows that its airport plans will cancel out all its efforts to tackle climate change.
Life Coaching
The most miserable of transport modes, the coach, could be used to transform the way we travel.
We Are All Killers
Until we stop flying
The Anti-Social Bastards in Our Midst
The car is turning us into a nation of libertarians
Passive Driving
Why are we still exposed to pollution that kills 39,000 a year?
Road Hogs
Even the government’s private finance success story turns out to be a roaring failure
Feeding Cars, Not People
The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster
Think inside the box
With only a little tweaking, Labour’s congestion plans could also solve the speeding problem
War x 4
Any government concerned about global security and climate change should be banning 4×4s
A Weapon With Wings
The centenary of the Wright brothers’ flight should be a day of international mourning.
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Airstrip One
Britain is turning into one big runway, thanks to publicly subsidised misery
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Dig Up the Roads
Local economies will prosper only by cutting their global links
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First Create Your Traffic Problem
The purpose of the Hastings bypass is to increase congestion on the South coast, paving the way for a motorway
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Whose Side Are They On?
Farmers should be campaigning for more expensive fuel
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A Broken Network
This week’s train crash is the result of decades of political engineering
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We’re Vulnerable Because We’re Unsustainable
If Britain is serious about defence, it should invest in renewable energy
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Drivers Are Undertaxed
The British motorist has never had it so good
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Close the Roads
It’s the only logical way forward for Britain’s transport
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Goodbye Carmageddon
The perils and pleasures of ten years without a car.
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Paddle pusher
Canoes have a low impact on the environment, yet they are more restricted than cars.
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No Free Lunch
Duty Free is a subsidy for global warming. It must be stopped.
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The Great Railway Swindle
Private enterprise flourishes at public expense
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The Severed Thumb
Hitch-hikers have been driven off the roads
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New Threats from the Killer Cars
Traffic pollution might be responsible for the surge in both blindness and lung cancer
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Hard-wired Traffic Jams
The Government’s transport policies are being destroyed by its housebuilding plans
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Gridlock!
London’s transport problem could soon bring the capital to a halt
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Driven Off the Roads
One in every 15 British children will be injured or killed by a vehicle before they reach 16
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You don’t give us the Earth, we’ll take it.
The direct action movement is putting the passion back into politics
If Not Now, When?
There are no excuses for not joining the protest against the Newbury bypass
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Back to 1662
The Government’s repressive new laws contain eerie similarities to statutes passed hundreds of years ago
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Overthrowing the Car
What needs to be done to get the transport system we deserve
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The Bulldozer of State
The decision to build a road takes place before the public inquiry begins
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