My thoughts in Conservative Home on public transport opportunities:
Click to read the full article by Sanjoy on ConHome
Extract:
If you like your transport on rails, Derbyshire’s your place. Derby will (eventually) be home to the bright, state-owned future that is Great British Railways. Or you can wallow in nostalgia at the National Tramway Museum. Meanwhile, the Alstom factory churns out global orders including a recent major contract for the Cairo monorail.
But when the Conservative council leader proposed a network for Derby, the response was far from enthusiastic. It was a bold move, for sure: whilst monorail mania sweeps Asia, they’re more of a theme park novelty in the west. But there is a much wider trust issue here. It seems the British public have lost faith that governments can deliver decent public transport for their cities.