E-scooters have part to play in the transition to active travel
E-scooters fuel alarmist headlines, but they can also help clean up our transport system. This piece for Smart Transport looks at e-scooters in light of the recent trials in many UK towns and cities and considers the issues that their wider use would address and create.
Political or personal choice? Buying into decarbonisation
Is decarbonisation of transport dependent on public support, or tough choices by politicians?
Move Fast And Break Things
As “disruptive” tech comes to transport, Mark Zuckerberg’s adage is starting to take on a sinister new undertone.
Smart Transport Issue 10 - Bus Strategy and MaaS Regulation
The May 2021 issue has two articles from Beate, looking at the deliverability of the National Bus Strategy and examining the barriers to MaaS thrown up by the UK’s commercial and regulatory landscape.
Smart Transport Issue 8 - DRT and the mysterious Acceleration Unit
The November 2020 issue of Smart Transport includes two articles by me.
Reallocating road space and rural regeneration
I’ve written two new features for issue 7 of Smart Transport, considering the UK’s race to reallocate road space, and the challenges for transport in rural areas.