Not just about the numbers

Andrew Forster
20 January 2012
 

When high-speed rail was first touted as a much-needed investment for the UK by Jim Steer, founder of Greengauge 21, it met with a cautious response from Government. "A high-speed line could be the answer [but] this is a big decision and we need to get it right," said transport secretary Alistair Darling in 2006. At the end of that year, the Government’s adviser on transport and the economy, Sir Rod Eddington, appeared to pooh-pooh the concept. “Interventions to...

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Andrew Forster

Andrew Forster

Andrew Forster

Andrew Forster is editor of Local Transport Today magazine.

 

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