The 2015 election campaign offered the electorate a choice of policies on HS2: The two major parties, plus the Lib … Continue reading “Google might have an alternative to HS2”

Mark Twain contended that there are three kinds of lies: ‘lies, damned lies, and statistics’. These matters have become even … Continue reading “Conometricks and the new NAFF ‘case’ for HS2”

The recent IEA evaluation of the High Speed 2 project has presaged much further criticism of this serious misadventure. A … Continue reading “‘Fallacies and Misadventures in Blunderland’: the HS2 case”

When Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced last week that the government would procede with three big rail projects – High … Continue reading “Hammond’s Soviet-style rail policies”

From China to California, the current slump has been marked by enthusiasm for high-speed rail. Projects typically form part of … Continue reading “Obama’s folly: high-speed rail in America”

The dismal economic returns on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link are a stark warning to supporters of a high-speed line to … Continue reading “Time to pull the plug on Eurostar?”

From China to California, the current slump has been marked by enthusiasm for high-speed rail. Projects typically form part of … Continue reading “Obama’s folly: high-speed rail in America”

The Conservative Party has proposed an alternative to the £9 billion expansion of Heathrow. A high-speed rail line would be … Continue reading “Heathrow expansion vs high-speed rail”