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Archive for the ‘United Kingdom’ Category
» Initial project would link Birmingham to the capital in 49 minutes, but future connections would extend north to Leeds and Manchester. The fear that only one section of the United Kingdom’s Midlands would receive new high-speed rail service has been laid to rest. Hoping to draw unity around a single compromise alignment, UK Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Adonis has drawn out a twenty-year plan that would connect London with Manchester and Leeds via Birmingham. It’s
» A station at Heathrow looks more promising when envisioned as a connection between the United Kingdom’s northern and southern rail networks. In my Friday article on the brewing controversy over whether to link Heathrow Airport to the United Kingdom’s proposed HS2 high-speed rail network, I dismissed the idea rather quickly, arguing that the airport station proposed by the Conservative Party would multiply construction costs and increase travel times. Because Heathrow is not  Yonah Freemark |  March 7th, 2010 |  Filed Under: Airport, High-Speed Rail, United Kingdom |  25 comments
» The British government is set to produce a high-speed plan that does not include a direct connection to Heathrow Airport. Is that a problem? It’s one of the standard arguments made by promoters of high-speed rail: by investing in multimodal hubs at airports, trains can reduce congestion in the air by encouraging people flying short journeys to switch to rail, even while expanding access to long-distance routes only feasible by airplane. The Continue reading this post »
Proponents of personal rapid transit systems have frequently promoted themselves as opponents of traditional public transportation. Unlike expensive metro or light rail systems, they claimed, their PRT lines would be cheaper to construct, more convenient for passengers, and more attractive for users. Now that a new line is readying for opening in the United Kingdom, the technology may attain new prominence. Over the Yonah Freemark | December 28th, 2009 | Filed Under: Airport, London, Personal Rapid Transit, United Kingdom | 251 comments
» Network will be 67% electrified by 2017. Andrew Adonis, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Transport, announced yesterday that the government would invest £200 million in the increased electrification of the railway system, adding to a commitment made last summer and furthering the country’s investment in carbon-friendly transportation systems. According to Mr. Adonis, new funds would be allocated by 2016 to three projects in Northwest England: a connection between Blackpool Yonah Freemark | December 15th, 2009 | Filed Under: Infrastructure, United Kingdom, Vehicles | 10 comments » If transit isn’t better operated by the private sector, why is it still being privatized? European politics are in many ways defined by opposing views about the role of public services — a debate ignored or sidelined by the considerably more conservative U.S., where the supremacy of the free market is accepted by both major parties. The socialists and social-democrats on the European left generally believe that offerings such as transit, electricity, gas, and garbage collection should remain in public hands, with infrastructure and operations run by the government. That point of view held sway |
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