Tag Archives: traffic system reform

HS twaddle

Posted on 11th September 2013 by Martin Cassini

In a desperate bid to keep the HS2 vanity project alive, the transport minister will quote a report commissioned by HS2 Ltd which says HS2 will boost the economy by £15bn a year. That dubious figure is dwarfed by the potential … Continue reading →

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No alternative?

Posted on 10th March 2013 by Martin Cassini

No alternative to welfare cuts, intone ignorant government ministers. The Opposition is just as bad. No, there is no possible way of putting to better use the tens of billions that support our brutal, unequal, inefficient traffic control system.  

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Good cuts and bad

Posted on 25th November 2012 by Martin Cassini

Studies by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the TUC predict that by 2016-17, the cumulative cost of public service cuts for the poorest tenth of households will be £3,995 – or 31.7% of their average annual income (Heather Stewart in … Continue reading →

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Criminal justice and traffic policy – both need reform

Posted on 30th September 2012 by Martin Cassini

In arch-conservative Texas, a revolution in criminal justice is in progress. Condemnation is giving way to understanding, incarceration to rehabilitation. As a result, prison numbers are dropping dramatically, as are crime and recidivism. “I am getting the biggest bang possible for taxpayers’ bucks … Continue reading →

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Extending speed limits

Posted on 15th July 2012 by Martin Cassini

There are plans to reduce speed limits in towns and on rural roads. Like traffic lights, speed limits would be redundant if the rules of the road were based on equality instead of priority, if roads were designed to express a social … Continue reading →

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Funding tax cuts

Posted on 19th February 2012 by Martin Cassini

Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, wants to raise the tax threshold. Don’t we all? Balls says it can be funded by cutting VAT to raise the £12bn needed. The government rubbished the proposal. But they are just as myopic in failing … Continue reading →

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Fuel prices

Posted on 15th November 2011 by Martin Cassini

A few decades ago, when income tax hit 98%, most high earners went into tax exile. Now the top rate of tax is a reasonable 50%, although it’s due to drop to 40% (also reasonable) as soon as the government … Continue reading →

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Censored

Posted on 15th October 2011 by Martin Cassini

Interesting to see authorities and media lumped together in this Guardian piece about the Wall St protests. I’ve been doing it for some time re. my efforts at traffic system reform, which are falling on stony ground in both government … Continue reading →

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Kind cuts

Posted on 14th September 2011 by Martin Cassini

Amid the claims about the inevitability of painful cuts, I’ve lost count of the number of times over the past couple of years that I’ve pitched to editors an article that explains the scope in traffic system reform for painless cuts of tens … Continue reading →

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Naughtie but too nice?

Posted on 11th August 2011 by Martin Cassini

In the news today: cuts in government subsidies to local bus services, i.e. a kick in the teeth for the people, against a backdrop of abysmal existing provision, punitive parking controls in towns, and government obsession with a £60bn hi-speed … Continue reading →

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