There’s (nearly) no modal shift with HS2 HS2 won’t help with modal shift or reducing the amount of freight on the roads. Building HS2 has never...
The environmental opportunity costs of HS2 As part of the release of the New Economics Foundation report published last week, Friends of the Earth published...
HS2 Ltd Officially Admit HS2 Will Increase Carbon Emissions Back in the day, one of the big reasons for going ahead with HS2 was the supposed fact that...
Yet Another Damning Report on HS2 The Institute for Government has produced a report “What’s wrong with infrastructure decision making?”, which...
HS2 makes carbon reductions harder As the Paris Agreement once again hits the news headlines, its worth pointing out that HS2 will lead...
Academic Report Slates Overly Expensive HS2 for Failing to Meet Objectives A group of academics specialising in transport have today published a report on HS2. Like every other...
HS2 – the challenges it faces are greater than ever A usual summary of some of the issues of HS2, from 51M: On 23 March the House of Commons...
6 reasons to vote against HS2 There are numerous problems with HS2. Here are just six reasons why MPs should vote against the High Speed Rail...
HSR not a ‘useful tool for fighting CO2’ One of the many environmental fig leaves that proponents of HS2 have used is to cover up the figures...
HS2, increasing carbon emissions for decades When HS2 was first announced, many people assumed that trains were always good for the environment, and didn’t look...