Tom Cohen

Apr 10, 2024 | transportxtra.com | Tom Cohen

Remember the first day at sustainable transport boot camp? That’s right: we marched up and down, shouting “Bus good! Car bad!” until we were hoarse. On day two we genuflected before the (now ubiquitous) image from Münster in Germany that shows the relative amounts of road space taken up by the same number of people travelling by bus, car or bicycle.  The evil of the car was so obvious; our response so visceral. At our passing-out parade, we swore we would give our all to achieve “mode shift”.

Apr 10, 2024 | transportxtra.com | Tom Cohen

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Jan 9, 2024 | tapas.network | Rhodri Clark |Tom Cohen |John Siraut

Introduction In recent years there has been an increased focus on understanding the different transport experiences and usage patterns of women compared to men. However, there remains a paucity of research and data on how people from different ethnicities use the transport network. The 2021 Census provides an opportunity to explore this subject in some detail, at least, with regards to travel to work..

Oct 30, 2023 | tapas.network | Tom Cohen |David Metz |Peter Stonham

IN HIS SPEECH to the recent Conservative party conference the Prime Minister announced the extension of the £2 cap on English bus fares until December 2024. The fare cap was launched on 1 January 2023 and was originally due to run until 31 March 2023, then extended until 31 October 2023, after which the cap on eligible single tickets was to originally increase to £2.50 until 30 November 2024.

Oct 30, 2023 | tapas.network | Tom Cohen |David Metz |Peter Stonham

IN HIS SPEECH to the recent Conservative party conference the Prime Minister announced the extension of the £2 cap on English bus fares until December 2024. The fare cap was launched on 1 January 2023 and was originally due to run until 31 March 2023, then extended until 31 October 2023, after which the cap on eligible single tickets was to originally increase to £2.50 until 30 November 2024.