Robert Llewellyn on the Green Transport Revolution
Robert Llewellyn, best known as the android Kryten in Red Dwarf and the face of Scrapheap Challenge, has spent more than a decade as one of the most visible advocates...
Transport
Examines airport expansions, stadium economics, aviation fuels, high-speed rail, supply chains, and hydrogen trucking.
FiveAI ends London driverless trial
In April 2022, British autonomous-driving startup FiveAI ceased operations. Bosch acquired the business for an undisclosed sum, framing the transaction as an acqui-hire for talent rather than a continuation of...
Does Free Public Transport Actually Cut Emissions?
Abolishing fares on buses and trains, proponents argue, delivers a windfall for the climate. The logic feels straightforward: make public transport free and drivers will abandon their cars. Cities that...
Bloomberg’s Smart City Boost in London Succeeds
Bloomberg Associates, the philanthropic advisory firm founded by Michael Bloomberg, ran a time-limited smart city project with the Greater London Authority and Transport for London. The work was pro-bono. When...
Hyperloop One's 2023 Target and the Company's Collapse
In 2016, Hyperloop One set a public target: a fully operational system carrying cargo and passengers by 2023. The business never built it. It pivoted to cargo-only development in 2022,...
Electrified Roads: Why Dynamic Charging Failed to Scale
Sweden opened the world's first public electrified road, a 2-kilometer conductive rail segment near Arlanda airport called eRoadArlanda, in April 2018. By early 2023, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) had...
NASA shifts to buying space services from firms
In 2011, NASA had no way to get its own astronauts to the International Space Station. The Space Shuttle had retired, and the agency was buying seats on Russia's Soyuz...
The End of UK Coal Mining: From 1.2 Million Jobs to Zero
Deep coal mining in the United Kingdom ended on 18 December 2015, when Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire closed. Surface mining followed in August 2020 with the closure of the...
The Hyperloop: A Decade of Hype, No Commercial System Built
In December 2023, Virgin Hyperloop permanently ceased operations. The firm, once called Hyperloop One, had raised more than $450 million in venture capital, built a 500-meter test track outside Las...
Zipcar UK GM on car sharing growth
The individual who held the position of Zipcar UK General Manager at the time of this interview has since left the role or the business. Executive tenures in such positions...
Zego buys Drivit for fleet risk data
In March 2020, London insurtech Zego acquired Drivit, a local startup that used phone sensors to track how people drive. The deal was structured as an acqui-hire and tech purchase....
Branson beats Bezos in space race, July 11
On July 11, 2021, Richard Branson flew to the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, beating Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin in the billionaire space race by nine...
