I've been writing about National Highways' corporate carbon targets for a few years and it's a very confusing picture. But we can say 3 things: > They will talk a good game; > They will make their performance look better than it is; > They will miss targets. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/15/n...

Chair of National Highways: “Safety is our most important commitment” National Highways: missed their safety reduction target by a massive 12% Read more in our new blog post transportactionnetwork.org.uk/road-safety-...

Given that the Guardian is the house magazine of the Labour right, I'm not sure that this rant from an unreconstructed Blairite is a genuine scoop... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

I don’t know if this excerpt from Starmer’s last PMQs is the whole exchange but it does seem to typify his preference for handwringing over action. It. Is. A. Disgrace

Shockingly, the Guardian falls into the modern error of using “conspiracy” as lazy shortly for “conspiracy theory” so that its headline is literally a conspiracy theory 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Highways Magazine has a piece from me about the weight restriction on Vauxhall Bridge, putting it in the context of years of underfunding of renewals on major structures. Interestingly, when TfL implemented a renewals freeze in 2018, transport secretary Heidi Alexander was deputy mayor for transport

Our Roads Campaigner, Becca Lush, was interviewed about the Lower Thames Crossing for ITV News. Hear what both Becca (and a local resident) had to say about the £11 billion+ road scheme 👇🏽 youtu.be/-8Z94eT1C6Q?...

This has to be the end for Starmer... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

On the subject of maintaining structures before urgent repairs are needed, National Highways is reversing the logic by doing repairs to structures on the A3 "to reduce the need for disruptive maintenance in future". It is of course usually the other way round. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/13/n...

Is he ok, or does he need some more of that accidental steroid treatment? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Highways Magazine has a piece from me about the weight restriction on Vauxhall Bridge, putting it in the context of years of underfunding of renewals on major structures. Interestingly, when TfL implemented a renewals freeze in 2018, transport secretary Heidi Alexander was deputy mayor for transport

“A crumbling dual carriageway in Surrey must be repaired immediately” “water and salt from the road has rusted metalwork inside the supporting pillars” Nick Axford, project manager at National Highways, said "We're doing a proactive repair…” proactive repair my arse www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shameless client journalism with a scripted self-serving quote from a “source close to” the environment secretary - as she takes the classic Labour position of doing something minimal & performative to avoid doing something radical. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

On my Transport Insights blog I note that the Transport Committee will look at the issue of speed as part of its inquiry into the Road Safety Strategy. Meanwhile, the Department for Transport shows how little it's prepared to do to slow down high-risk offenders transportinsights.blog/2026/07/10/g...

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They are nasty, nasty people but we should not forget that they were aided and abetted by client journalists, including at the guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I've updated the story about a tiny amount of road safety cash from transport minister Lilian Greenwood based on her LinkedIn post that names the schemes funded. It's no exaggeration to say “across the country” is a slight exaggeration for 4 schemes in the East transportinsights.blog/2026/07/09/t...

The good news is that the Department for Transport has allocated around £5m for four new schemes under the Safer Roads Fund. The bad news is that that's all there is and there is no commitment to any further investment in road safety on local roads. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/08/j...

The good news is that the Department for Transport has allocated around £5m for four new schemes under the Safer Roads Fund. The bad news is that that's all there is and there is no commitment to any further investment in road safety on local roads. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/08/j...

If Starmer wants a legacy, he needs to get this over the line next week

“Salah was in the penalty box, so the VAR is assessing a potential penalty - which has a higher threshold to a foul.” Astonishing ignorance from the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

They've changed the picture! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Millions of pounds in toll revenues currently used to fund other transport projects will go into the pockets of the private sector! actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...

There are “mixed views” bcoz you balance every vox pop, making them wholly pointless . www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Yes, Chris and it’s working, bcoz you fell for it

A public service announcement… without guitars londonreconnections.com/have-your-sa...

It's great to see the govt announcing the £22m funding for King's Road, Brighton that it "confirmed" last year - it's just a shame it used a picture of a different part of the seafront. It's also shown how pointless & redundant the so-called Structures Fund is. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/06/w...

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I've written a lot about how the last Govt secretly defunded the A1 Morpeth to Ellingham scheme (& how National Highways and the Office of Rail and Road went along with the deceit. Now a former Tory transport secretary has blamed civil servants for the decision transportinsights.blog/2026/07/06/i...

UEFA: "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision" FIFA and Infantino's brazen corruption has made a complete mockery of the best sporting competition in the world Absolutely shamelessly pathetic

I've written a lot about how the last Govt secretly defunded the A1 Morpeth to Ellingham scheme (& how National Highways and the Office of Rail and Road went along with the deceit. Now a former Tory transport secretary has blamed civil servants for the decision transportinsights.blog/2026/07/06/i...

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First to 10 is it?

Jenrick literally said “nothing to see” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A year into state ownership and South Western Railway makes clear that it can only stick to the timetable if the usual number of trains need repairs. One more than usual and they can’t cope.

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On my Transport Insights blog, which is still free to read and free to sign up to, I look at some BBC reporting of the shelved road schemes in the East Midlands, which asks whether the region is being "neglected" and what has gone "wrong" for mayor Claire Ward. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/03/t...

It's a bit of a concern that Hammersmith & Fulham Council has not grasped that the govt’s Structures Fund is not £1bn, but only shares that amount with local road upgrades and that its bid for Hammersmith Bridge could be approximately 1/4 of the fund's value. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/01/f...

Following news that National Highways had cancelled its contract with Skanska to build the A46 Newark Bypass, we’ve got to the point where the govt is still not being straight about shelving road schemes and is looking to cut other "uncommitted" roads funding. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/01/i...

Here's the Press Gazette article exposing the dubious ‘parasite SEO’ tactics of online marketing company Clickout Media that has been removed from Google search results after a spurious anonymous legal challenge. Apparently, they have taken over reputable brands. pressgazette.co.uk/news/ai-repo...

Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford reports that an article exposing the dubious ‘parasite SEO’ tactics of online marketing company Clickout Media has been removed from Google search results after a spurious anonymous legal challenge. pressgazette.co.uk/news/spuriou...

Apparently it's a "a £4.7bn black hole". To put this into context, *last month* govt borrowing overshot projections by *£5.6bn* Anyway, I have written about the substantive story here, including how the non decision was sneaked out: transportinsights.blog/2026/07/01/i...

This is a very interesting story but once again we have lazy hacks presenting a figure (£4.7bn) that ,supposedly needs to be found over *several years" as a one-off. Out of £1.3 trillion annual spending, less than a million a year is trivial. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Following news that National Highways had cancelled its contract with Skanska to build the A46 Newark Bypass, we’ve got to the point where the govt is still not being straight about shelving road schemes and is looking to cut other "uncommitted" roads funding. transportinsights.blog/2026/07/01/i...

Think is pretty well unforgivable www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Many congratulations to @stopa38expansion.bsky.social for their brilliant campaigning to stop the A38 Derby Junctions! Their tenacity has paid off, and it looks likely the A38 scheme will be scrapped to pay for the defence plan, saving 1000s of trees and CO2. westbridgfordwire.com/a46-and-a38-...

The shelving of the A46 Newark Bypass scheme to pay for defence seems to have been announced from the bottom up, with Skanska revealing that National Highways has cancelled its £297m design & build contract. What does it say about the road investment strategy? transportinsights.blog/2026/06/30/r...

Good to see an MP willing to speak up on the issues with the Lower Thames Crossing!

Andy Burnham was wearing a t-shirt today but wearing a t-shirt won’t solve the country’s problems. I hope he knows that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just needed to get rid of that creep Streeting www.theguardian.com/society/2026...