HeyJaredChristian Wolmar
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- Aug 28, 2026
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Dear culture-war motorists, look to the future. We'll all be driving at 20mph soon | Christian Wolmar (opens the original)
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There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow If it can happen in Birmingham, it can happen anywhere. Moves by Birmingham city council to impose a 20mph speed limit on all roads, apart from a few major thoroughfares, marks a turning point in transport policy that could and should attract imitators. Remember that in the 60s Birmingham was the city that had a racetrack âstyle networks of roads at its h
The most dynamic countries are surging ahead with high-speed rail. Others, like Britain, are stuck in the station | Christian Wolmar (opens the original)
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Around the world, these trains have boosted economies, development and prestige. The costs of missing out are high Christian Wolmar is the author of Fast Track: The Extraordinary Story of High-Speed Rail With all our grumbling about trains – and it is close to a national pastime – it is easy to forget the successes. There is a tale to tell, for example, about high-speed trains, that goes beyond the endless wrangling over HS2. If you look at the history around the globe, as I have, you find that
Britainâs cars and SUVs are growing bigger â but there is a way to stop this deadly âcarspreadingâ | Christian Wolmar (opens the original)
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Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Letâs curb them before they do even more damage We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on the roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles in car parks and endangering pedestrians. Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing, on average, a centimetre wider every two years, according to new research reported by the Guardian. And fewer than half of new cars in the UK can fit
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