Archive - Christian Wolmar's Transport News

Let’s swerve the idea that driverless cars will make our roads safer

Like many of her predecessors as transport secretary, Heidi Alexander thinks there is a technological silver bullet to solve our various transport…

10 hrs ago • Christian Wolmar

Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast S4 Ep5

Britain's creaking transport infrastructure, plus retrospective on '25 and predictions for '26

Jan 14 • Christian Wolmar

Transport is never just about transport.

It is the juice that oils the economy and yet it is so often neglected.

Jan 12 • Christian Wolmar

GBR: the big issues require more details

At last the starting gun has been fired and we have the outlines of what Great British Railways will look like.

Jan 8 • Christian Wolmar

Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast S4 Ep4

Budget unbundled plus where next for walking, wheeling and cycling?

Jan 6 • Christian Wolmar

The killer cars

One of the many unfulfilled promises of the Labour government has been its commitment to a road safety strategy.

Jan 5 • Christian Wolmar

December 2025

Lime battle of the bikes or Blimey lime

London has been invaded this year – not by the usual tourists or an alien species,

Dec 22, 2025 • Christian Wolmar

A proper BTP presence is worth every penny

Railways are the greatest expression of humanity’s capacity to work together.

Dec 17, 2025 • Christian Wolmar

You never win easy

Last week I wrote about how programmes like Vision Zero

Dec 15, 2025 • Christian Wolmar

Welsh set the example to the rest of UK’s railways

Quietly and unobtrusively, Wales has become the transport example

Dec 10, 2025 • Christian Wolmar

One of the most extraordinary aspects of transport policy is the limited attention paid to road deaths

Dec 8, 2025 • Christian Wolmar

Too much dithering over Northern Powerhouse Rail

Here’s a hard task. Let’s try to make sense of what is happening about Northern Powerhouse Rail

Dec 3, 2025 • Christian Wolmar

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