Sep 30, 2022 Beware the stillness of the storm By Mike Goggin I have the pleasure of being on a cruise right now, and it’s heavily populated by people from the USA, particularly Floridians. Cocktail...
Sep 22, 2022 The "tripwire" summer is over, it is time to tone down the rhetoric and find solutions By Stephen D. Van Beek A rough summer for aviation operations and customer service has come to a close. If you listen to leaders in aviation, you will hear a...
Sep 16, 2022 Office for local government (OfLog) - put your own house in order, new devolution twist or prelude to more cuts and centre control? By Voices of Steer Our local government sector is at the frontline of the cost of living crisis and is seeking ever more innovation in service strategy,...
Sep 13, 2022 Modernize the Passenger Facility Charge? Yes, With Deregulated Rate-Setting By Stephen D. Van Beek Reason Foundation: Moderninizing the PFC A timely article by Mark Scribner of the Reason Foundation, writing about the need to lift the...
Sep 11, 2022 The Biden-Harris Economic Blueprint: Implications for Transport & Aviation Policy By Stephen D. Van Beek On September 9, the White House released the President's Economic Blueprint, laying out "five pillars" for the economic agenda going...
Sep 09, 2022 Actualización del Plan Maestro de Transporte Intermodal de Colombia By Enrique Hernández Steer y Fedesarrollo están realizando la actualización del Plan Maestro de Transporte Intermodal de Colombia 2015-2035 (PMTI) para el...
Sep 07, 2022 Dear Secretary of State... By Mike Goggin And so it came to pass that we now have a new Secretary of State for Transport here in the UK. As Anne-Marie Trevelyan inherits the...
Sep 06, 2022 United Airlines' CEO links customer service issues to lack of progress on air traffic and airport upgrades By Stephen D. Van Beek While United CEO Scott Kirby's comments might be read as an attempt to shift blame away from the airlines for customer service issues, he...
Sep 06, 2022 New economy thinking - trickle up By Voices of Steer Some reasoned debate from the USA on the content and implications of the inflation reduction act - and how fiscal policy can be better...
Sep 06, 2022 Small is beautiful By Richard Harper Railway enhancement projects are often huge undertakings, with enormous teams, high prestige, and very visible outcomes. Think London...
Sep 02, 2022 The new air traveler dashboard ushers in a more aggressive customer service regulator By Stephen D. Van Beek Just before Labor Day travelers take off for their Labor Day holiday, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg launched a new airline...
Sep 02, 2022 Climate change: Best time to act was 110 years ago, second best is now! By Shipra Bhatia If you want to understand how burning fossil fuels affects climate change, let's return to this newspaper article from August 14, 1912....
Sep 01, 2022 Outlook for UK public finances - a call for action By Voices of Steer This time, 12 months or so ago, I presented to public and private sector professionals at regional events in Manchester and Leeds on the...
Sep 01, 2022 Zero fare for better air By Alasdair Dawson Mark Mukherji and I were in Denver this week with teaming partners HNTB for a fascinating project kick off and then a reception for the...
Sep 01, 2022 NIC calls for "urgent and fundamental reform" of local transport funding. The difficulty of escaping old ideas. By Voices of Steer More excellent work from Bridget Rosewell and the team at the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC). We all recognise that these are...
Sep 01, 2022 In Suburbia: cost of living will hit the 80% By Mike Goggin (warning another of my poor music analogies in this article) There has always been a significant focus on the needs of our larger and...