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Rail passengers and value for money: can smarter ticketing help?

Passengers give widely varying scores for the value for money of their ticket in relation to the...

‘Fast frequent trains’: says it all really !

The old British Rail Network South East slogan still sticks in my mind from years ago. They used to...

‘Smart’ motorways – a closer look at the M25 and M3

Many of us will have spent some of the Bank Holiday weekend navigating motorways. We recently...

‘All-lane running’ or, in other words, ‘no hard shoulder’

Imagine. A dark, wet and windy Sunday night on the M25. This is the relatively new, somewhat oddly...

Streetcar we desire

It’s a vicious circle. Cambridge’s historical city centre streets are often too narrow for...

Smart ticketing here we come

Started reading a book about the Glencoe massacre on the train. A used ticket makes a handy...

Boosting bus passenger’s views on value for money: multi-operator...

The annual ritual of the rail fares rise in January is not echoed in the bus world. Fares change...

Season tickets stuck in the dark ages

With many more people working flexibly these days, season tickets on rail need to start reflecting...

Smart ticketing outside London: the Norfolk ‘holdall®’

Good to see smart ticketing schemes really getting off the ground outside London – with more...

Paperless by the end of the decade?

Interesting articles in the press earlier in the week about Patrick McLoughlin’s comments on...

Everything you need to know about Smart ticketing in five minutes

Speaking today at the Smarter Travel conference in Birmingham. Interesting speaking format –...

Appy? Great rail apps out there, but do passengers know?

Are passengers using apps on a daily basis? The latest in our series of work on smart ticketing is...