Greengauge 21 concentrates on integrated public transport, rail and high-speed rail in particular. This new report “Vision Led Planning: how to plan development and transport infrastructure more sustainably” is a joint initiative of the Centre for Transport and … Read more › “Vision Led Planning: how to plan development and transport infrastructure more sustainably”
Greengauge 21 has long advocated high-speed rail for Britain.
Our support was based on the weighty evidence of a study carried out by Atkins for the Department for Transport in 2000/1. Its remit was to look at high-speed rail, putting … Read more › “Filling the gap: West Midlands-North West England”
The political analysts turned out to be wrong. HS2 was not being cut in order to release public sector funding for a tax cut. In place of HS2’s north of England sections, a whole smörgåsbord of transport schemes is being … Read more › “HS2 curtailed”
The fast rail service from Okehampton to Exeter launched in November 2021 has seen first year passenger carryings (over 0.25m) exceed forecasts by more than a factor of two. Its success led to a major re-think of bus routes and … Read more › “Okehampton’s Multi-Modal interchange”
