tony berkeley

Police blocking the safe cycle lane in Parliament Square - too lazy to park the other side and walk across the road.

Treasury controlled Infrastructure & Projects Authority says about HS2 Phase 1 and 2A ‘Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable.' What are they waiting for? assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Single fares to Isles of Scilly to reach £!00 unless steamship company joins the Council's Levelling up bid process! Go it alone without government grant may be good for shareholders but disaster for the island economy. #contribution-3A559FC1-7C12-4367-B3D9-051221981244" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-07-…

@GeorgeFoulkes They could even try something called a bike (e or not) for shorter trips! They

While the Archbishop of Canterbury drives himself around London when not using public transport

@nickabrooks @GlobalUARailTF @UnitedWay Congratulations to both of you. Tony

I have been serving as Co-Chair of the @GlobalUARailTF for over a year, and today - together with Ray Chambers, one of the other Task Force members - it was a privilege to finally visit our partners, the global charity @UnitedWay, at its Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia:

@transportgovuk But ministers like to fly!

From tomorrow, tax will be slashed on flights within the UK, a move that will help boost UK-wide connectivity. #AirPassengerDuty #Aviation

Over 100 prospective candidates approached by DfT for the role of HS2 chair refused this attractive offer, but they did not apprach me. I wonder why! Was this too much of a poisoned chalice or where they not offered a knighthood or peerage as well?

From the Standard!

worth a read passengertransport.co.uk/2023/01/railwa…

dropbox.com/s/29s0mgddm4tl… Food parcels sent to rail worker and their families in Ukraine killed or injured in the war - thanks to allrail.eu/ukrainerailtas… More donations gratefully received.

great obit - but you forgot Adrian got a real safety case from Alan Cooksey for the level crossing in his garden narrow gauge railway!

@Uniquepoems4u @PaulMBigland @Number10cat David - well done! keep up the good work! Tony

@PaulMBigland @sunlit_upland @Number10cat OK, so you're making incorrect assumptions about me, that I've not read up & that I don't have a level of knowledge because I'm against #hs2. Let your arrogance remain visible for all to see. I've tried to have a reasoned argument with you and all you can do is say "Ahh, Bless".

These photos are of nurses today in Belfast, Bristol, Swansea and Liverpool. Their profession doesn’t take action like this lightly. You clapped for them, now it’s time for the government to pay them fairly.

I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss is denied a resignation honours list. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/liz-… via @38_degrees

From my Ukraine rail friends; UZ tries to provide passenger services on the liberated areas asap. Just recently UZ established multimodal service to Kupiansk in Kharkiv reigon using EMU/DMU/bus. They need buses/minibuses. Tel: +38 (044) 309-68-47 Shemayev.V.V@uz.gov.ua

HS2 going nowhere fast! pod.fo/e/14c954

Check out this new article: really worth reading newsncr.com/business/the-d…

@uz test tony

#HS2 "started as an incoherent decision and it has been incoherent in its execution as well...If ministers had been told that £100bn would not have bought a complete railway it might never have gone ahead" - Former head of National Audit Office Lord Amyas Morse (FT 26.8.21)

HS2 cost at today’s prices £155.52bn Net cost of cancellation and repurposing £8bn Press Release - HS2 under the axe – a perspective! #xl_xr_page_hs2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tonyberkeley.co.uk/#xl_xr_page_hs2