Feb 4, 20212 min readA Huge Step for the Environment and a Big Leap for Local Democracy. February 2021Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in 49BC. As Professor Laurie Pickup* stated in a recent article: the significance of that simple...
Feb 1, 20212 min readRoad Pricing. February 2021It is amazing what a pandemic can do. With the country emerging from a state of suspension and government expenditure running high, the...
Jan 14, 202116 min readResponse to the government’s call for evidence on Future of Transport:rural strategy. January 2021This is the response of Herefordshire Sustainable Transport Group (HSTG) to the government’s call for evidence on Future of Transport:...
Nov 12, 20207 min readCycle Routes in Hereford. November 2020In July 2020 the Department for Transport published Local Transport Note 1/20, entitled Cycle Infrastructure Design. This document by the...
Nov 6, 20204 min readThe end of petrol and diesel cars is in sight – but are the alternatives good enough? November 2020(Image by (Joenomias) Menno de Jong from Pixabay ) Government announced this week that from 2030, sales in the UK of new fossil-fuelled...
Oct 28, 20202 min readWelsh Government Set to Nationalise an English Train Service. October 2020In a bold move the Welsh Government has announced that it will nationalise the rail services under its franchise agreement. Ministers...
Oct 25, 20202 min readAre Electric Buses a Success? October 2020In terms of reducing emissions the answer is yes. There is no doubt that the quick phasing out of the diesel engine bus is an essential...
Oct 21, 20203 min readResponse to Planning For the Future White Paper. October 2020Herefordshire Sustainable Transport Group has been making the case for active travel, public transport, and innovative schemes for a...
Oct 18, 20202 min readDemand Responsive Transport (DRT). October 2020In February 2020 the Department for Transport published an update of its document ‘A Better Deal for Bus Users’. It included a section on...
Oct 11, 20202 min readThe Electric Car Panacea. October 2020The promotion of electric cars as the panacea of all our transport ills gathers momentum. True, they can help in reducing but not...
Oct 7, 20202 min readSmart Villages & Rural Public Transport. October 2020The Smart Villages concept is catching on. Smart Villages are defined as communities in rural areas that use innovative solutions to...
Sep 28, 20202 min readSchools are Back. September 2020Any one trying to get out of or into Hereford on the Ledbury Road between 15.15 and 16.00 cannot be but amazed and annoyed at the...
Aug 28, 20202 min readA Well Deserved Honour for Professor John Whitelegg. August 2020The Foundation for Integrated Transport has appointed Professor John Whitelegg as one of its first two Senior Fellows. John and I are...
Aug 24, 20202 min readWhat Boris Didn’t Tell Herefordshire. August 2020On the 11 August Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Hereford’s new Super Surgery. The state-of-the-art surgery brings together many...
Aug 24, 202012 min readDfT's TRANSPORT DECARBONISATION PLAN: CALL FOR IDEAS. HSTG Response. August 2020This is a response from Herefordshire Sustainable Transport Group (HSTG) a campaigning organisation that advocates for clean and...
Aug 14, 20202 min readCovid & Lockdown Drive a Big hole Through Herefordshire’s LTP Public Transport Strategy. August 2020Such a core network is based on services that operate between the market towns, larger villages and Hereford on a regular pattern during...
Aug 13, 20206 min readThe Bus Muddle. August 2020Bus Crisis in 2020? We read that the Covid 19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown has thrown the bus industry into confusion and panic,...
Jun 11, 20206 min readUnlocking the City of Hereford as a Regional Historic Capital. June 2020Background Hereford has been a regional centre for the middle Welsh Marches (Borderland) since medieval days. It holds a unique position...
Jun 6, 20205 min readDeparture: The Future for Herefordshire Bus Services. June 20201. Background In 2015 Herefordshire Council presented its Local Transport Plan 4 (2016-2031). The plan identified a core network of...
May 23, 20204 min readThe Bright Bits - In the Midst of a Storm There is Always a Brightness. May 2020The brightness to come out of the country’s present strange situation is there for all to see. People, communities, businesses, local...
