Subscribe Welcome Transport Leaders Welcome to this week's edition of the Transport Leader newsletter, your 5-minute guide to improving transport. Have a great trip! In Today's Transport Leader: Free Parking Isn't Free: A New Guide to Getting It Right Realising the Potential of E-Bikes Integrating Transport and Land Use: What the Latest Research Reveals Plus Quick Trips, Blog, Innovation and Tool. Sponsorship Opportunities Interested in reaching our audience? You can sponsor our newsletter...
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August 21st, 2025 Subscribe Steering Autonomous Vehicles and Sustainable Cities Toward a Liveable Future This week, I wrote an article for the New Polis E-Journal about the policies we need to put in place so our transport systems benefit from the opportunities that Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) provide, whilst avoiding the problems they could cause. Key Takeaways AVs are coming, but we do not know how quickly. The nightmare scenario is that privately owned AVs make car travel easier and create...
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Subscribe Welcome Transport Leaders Welcome to this week's edition of the Transport Leader newsletter, your 5-minute guide to improving transport. Have a great trip! In Today's Transport Leader: Popular Policy, Poor Outcomes: Why Cheap Fares Miss the Mark Amsterdam's 30km/h Experiment: The Results Are In From Chaos to Coordination: Tackling Fast Delivery Challenges Plus Quick Trips, Blog and Innovation. Sponsorship Opportunities Would you like to showcase your products to over 1,000 transport...
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August 14th, 2025 Subscribe Bridging Transport's Academic-Practitioner Divide I recently wrote this article for the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney on a solution to getting more academic transport research applied in the real world. I have duplicated the article below. Key Takeaways There is a disconnect between transport research and real-world application that helps no one. Barriers include: Technical language Language diversity Time constraints...
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Subscribe Welcome Transport Leaders Welcome to this week's edition of the Transport Leader newsletter, your 5-minute guide to improving transport. Have a great trip! In Today's Transport Leader: Are We Underestimating the Benefits of Cycling? Wales' Bold 20mph Experiment: The Data Two Years Later Reclaiming Our Cities: A Guide to Reducing Road and Parking Footprints Plus Quick Trips, Blog, Tool and Innovation. Sponsorship Opportunities Would you like to showcase your products to over 1,000...
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August 7th, 2025 Subscribe Bot Wars and Big Bangs: How AI is About to Transform Infrastructure Delivery Key Takeaways AI has the potential to have a significant impact on infrastructure delivery. These include: Contract analysis, claims and reviews. Project approvals. Design and engineering. Site safety Adapting to real-world conditions. Harmonising standards. We also need to consider the environmental and human costs associated with using AI. What Next? Are you studying how AI can help (or...
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Subscribe Welcome Transport Leaders Welcome to this week's edition of the Transport Leader newsletter, your 5-minute guide to improving transport. Have a great trip! In Today's Transport Leader: The Unintended Consequences of Electric Vehicle Incentives Great British Railways: The Challenge of Keeping What Worked Windows of Opportunity: Leveraging Life Transitions to Promote Walking, Cycling and Public Transport Plus Quick Trips, Blog, Tool and Innovation. Sponsorship Opportunities Would you...
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July 31st, 2025 Subscribe Why American Transit Is Designed to Fail Key Takeaways Transit is valued by 84% of Americans, but only 4% use it. There are many good reasons why America should look to grow transitโs share of trips. However, transit is seen as a form of welfare by many Americans. The welfare mindset creates limiting decisions that actively prevent ridership growth: Bus network planning prioritises coverage over growing ridership. โInclusionโ is prioritised over good service. Fares...
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Subscribe Welcome Transport Leaders Welcome to this week's edition of the Transport Leader newsletter, your 5-minute guide to improving transport. Have a great trip! In Today's Transport Leader: Should Governments Subsidise E-bikes Instead of EVs? Solving the First Mile Problem: Lessons from Dutch Station Bike-Share Less Traffic, More Walking: How School Streets Are Changing Everything Plus Quick Trips, Blog, Tool and Innovation. Sponsorship Opportunities Would you like to showcase your...
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