Derek Halden
@DerekHalden
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Analysis and system/infrastructure design for better net-zero access to opportunities and services. https://t.co/qqKzHbXN69 Editor https://t.co/IGneayOz3z
Joined June 2010
Transport system design largely appears incoherent to users since markets are not socially designed. Fixes can be delivered using current powers. My latest blog for @TransportTimes
Could the UK Treasury's 20% VAT on public EV charge points, compared to lower home charging VAT, stall the EV transition? Thoughtful local and policy designs are crucial for a fair shift away from petrol and diesel. Explore more with @DerekHalden
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"......huge benefits if pension funds were to be invested in the UK economy"
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RT @ReidFoundation: Building the Local Economy - our latest paper is critical of piecemeal initiatives by both govts. They lack the broade…
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RT @NeilMackay: Does any party now truly speak for the Scottish working class? I talk to the head of Scotland’s leading leftwing think-tank…
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My latest article for @TransportTimes seeks to cut through some of the prevailing pessimism about the ability of society to transition quickly to sustainable transport approaches.
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A critical message for any business that has forgotten that "ethics is not something you can hand over to the ethics department but how you actually do business" sometimes professionals forget that they have a social purpose
What does professionalism mean, and why did Durkheim think that roles in industry and trade were not professional? I discussed this topic @CISI (and will write more about it in a forthcoming book)
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For a long term advocate of weathering steel in bridge construction like me it is great to see the community in Sighthill Glasgow really get behind their rusty bridge and for those who like painted bridges I see some of the locals have been obliging
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@iaindocherty @CNERail Indeed it is a problem for many folk which is why we need a higher profile to be given to planning accessibility not just as public policy but in day to day practice. I am sure you can afford a taxi but not everyone can.
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RT @scottranreview: Why has the announcement been made to end SCSP funding ahead of any announcement of growth in funding to support the ne…
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RT @reformscotland: "To improve the opportunities for making more viable and sustainable connections, transport governance can be devolved…
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Governments failing again is useful reminder of unjustified optimism bias towards top down action - a far more hopeful future is possible by recognising unjustified pessimism bias towards bottom up solutions - time to boost our moral ambition @rcbregman
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@NoConceptOfTime @ScotIncGrowth Absolutetely tax parking more but current legislation is as useless for that as the lack of tax breaks on bus fares
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@tvanvuren You are absolutely right in the points you make but incorrect to suggest I was saying otherwise. BCRs should not have some unique status - I did not say they were not useful just "no more useful". At least for me success requires more balance than that.
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ICYMI My article in @scottranreview 65 about the changing balance of power in transport and society
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RT @scottranreview: In STR65: time for a rethink on Scottish transport statistics, implementing PAS2080; @jonathan_bray calls for better in…
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@alexwarner5 is spot on here "tells a tale about the culture in public transport, particularly its inability to be integrated and collaborate"
COMMENT 🗣️ | @AlexWarner5 laments the demise of maps: "At a time when getting folk to want to make a journey is more of a challenge than pre-Covid, titillating potential public transport users with the ‘art of the possible’ is really important" 🗺️🚍🚆 ➡️
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@hannon_matthew @andywightman @nature_scot @scotgov @alastairmci @_JamieMcIntyre @andrew_thin Are you asking the question the right way round Matt? The world is awash with cash to invest in offsetting projects and the question is what social and economic constraints the state is asking of the investors in return for rights to invest.
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@StreetWurrier Certainly skilled professionals needed but subcontracting designs like this can actually make accountability clearer allowing the council to claim damages incurred by the obvious incompetence if the design
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