Greenguage 21’s carbon impacts report Greenguage 21 yesterday published a report looking at the carbon impacts of HS2, claiming that HS2 could help reduce...
DfT and HS2 Ltd nominated for ‘analysis of evidence’ award, a day after admitting losing second set of consultation responses. HS2 Ltd and the Department of Transport, whose analysis of evidence was once described by Margaret Hodge,...
Department for Transport admit to ignoring another set of HS2 consultation responses, claiming “they would not have made a difference” Department for Transport admit to ignoring another set of HS2 consultation responses, claiming “they would not have made a...
HS2 already costing £13m per month, as Stage 2 delayed until after legal hearings. An army of consultants and new staff has seen the costs of the HS2 project almost treble from £4.7m...
Stop HS2 cautiously welcome Patrick McLoughlin as new Transport Secretary. The revolving door at the Department for Transport has swung today and delivered the eighth Transport Secretary in eight...
Please write, following changes at the Department for Transport This morning’s Cabinet reshuffle has means two new ministers in the Department for Transport, replacing Justine Greening and Theresa...
HS2 Ltd sit on Phase 2 route but fiddle a new, already outdated, business case. HS2 Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Department for Transport tasked with developing and promoting the new high-speed...
FirstGroup franchise win undermines HS2 case As widely expected, FirstGroup have been awarded the contract to run WCML services, rather than existing franchise...
Unrealistic Passenger Forecasts Can the Department for Transport identify an unrealistic (optimistic) passenger forecast when they see one? Example 1: One of the...
From the Stop HS2 2011 Consultation Response It’s a year ago tomorrow that the HS2 consultation closed. The consultation was supposed to be the chance to...