The privatisation of the UK’s railways has been fraught with problems but it can’t get any worse for Northern’s passengers.
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In three decades Australia’s merchant fleet has declined from about 100 ships to 14. It’s mostly to do with ships changing flags to avoid local laws and crews.
We asked an economist what to make of Luxembourg’s plan for free trains and buses.
Australia should follow the lead of other nations like New Zealand and Switzerland and increase the charges for heavy vehicles on roads, proportionate to the amount of wear and tear they cause.
Perth’s Roe 8 project illustrates all that is wrong with how we are planning and managing infrastructure in our cities.
The longer Australia waits for reform to road use pricing, the more commuters will ultimately end up paying.
Popular cab-hailing service Uber seems as accident-prone as ever, attracting criticism for quadrupling its rate to a minimum of $100 during the Sydney siege hostage situation. Having been criticised in…
Bikesharing has boomed in Europe and North America in recent years following decades of slow growth since its introduction on the streets of Amsterdam in 1965. Like any industry undergoing rapid expansion…
Taxpayers in Britain spend more than £1 billion a year providing free bus travel. Mostly used by pensioners, some disabled people qualify for this concessionary travel, and there are fears that an austerity-driven…
New tax-and-spend powers mean the Welsh government will soon have some serious money to play with. The usual advice to the newly rich is to not spend it all at once, but in this case that already appears…
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