Stephen Plowden worked for fifteen years for a leading consultancy for clients ranging from the World Bank to local environmental groups. His many writings include Towns Against Traffic (Andre Deutsch, 1972), Transport Reform, Changing the Rules (Policy Studies Institute, 1985), with Keith Buchan, A New Framework for Freight Transport (Civic Trust , 1995), with Mayer Hillman, and Speed Control.

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The years of investment starvation on Britain’s railways are ending. But will the simplistic billion-pound cure for a network in decline prove as damaging as the disease? A leading transport specialist argues that regulating and pricing the roads, rather than subsidising the railways, is the best way to move towards an improved transport system.