What to do when money’s short: six essential tasks for transport planning
It’s not all doom and gloom. Graham offers some pointers and positivity.
DfT’s new Value for Money Framework: What you need to know
Is it giving more weight to economic growth? Graham digs into the new Indicative BCR and other changes.
What’s new in TAG for Autumn 2024? The latest changes to DfT’s Transport Analysis Guidance
Graham explains the key points in the latest round of TAG updates. Another bumper edition, extending into 2025
Current issues in carbon appraisal: part 2: consistency and moving targets in appraising embodied carbon
Graham looks at some more issues involved in bringing embodied carbon into economc appraisal and decision-making
Current issues in carbon appraisal: part 1: bringing-in embodied carbon
Graham starts a short series on the state of the art in appraising climate-change impacts of transport schemes. First up: getting to grips with embodied carbon
An inside view on lessons from Evergreen 3
Thomas Ableman’s perspective on how Chiltern Railways delivered a major project, and what others could learn from it
London 2012 memories – 6: The eye of the non-storm
Did all the planning pay off? Graham looks back at London’s transport network during the Games
London 2012 memories – 5: Check and check again: the transport exercises
Graham tells the story of how desktop exercises were used to test integration and contingency plans for Games transport
London 2012 memories – 4: Ready, test, go
Would Stratford cope with the Olympic crowds? Graham was behind the scenes finding out
London 2012 memories – 3: Getting ahead of the Games
Graham remembers his part in London 2012’s once-in-a-lifetime Travel Demand Management programme