E-scooters fuel alarmist headlines, but they can also help clean up our transport system. This piece for Smart Transport looks at e-scooters in light of the recent trials in many UK towns and cities and considers the issues that their wider use would address and create.
Read morePolitical or personal choice? Buying into decarbonisation
Is decarbonisation of transport dependent on public support, or tough choices by politicians?
Read moreMove Fast And Break Things
As “disruptive” tech comes to transport, Mark Zuckerberg’s adage is starting to take on a sinister new undertone.
Read moreSmart Transport Issue 10 - Bus Strategy and MaaS Regulation
The May 2021 issue has two articles from Beate, looking at the deliverability of the National Bus Strategy and examining the barriers to MaaS thrown up by the UK’s commercial and regulatory landscape.
Read moreSmart Transport Issue 8 - DRT and the mysterious Acceleration Unit
The November 2020 issue of Smart Transport includes two articles by me.
Read moreReallocating road space and rural regeneration
I’ve written two new features for issue 7 of Smart Transport, considering the UK’s race to reallocate road space, and the challenges for transport in rural areas.
Read moreConnectivity joins the dots
I’ve contributed an article to issue 5 of Smart Transport magazine which examines the possibilities created by the new generation of connected vehicles, from shared ownership and “car club-ready” vehicles, to risk management and fleet data.