Transport

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Three decades ago, Beijing decided it was going to become the future of auto manufacturing. How did they do it?

Provence conjures up images of lavender fields and honey-coloured villages… but the reality of the périphérique is somewhat different

Today, highway robbery is common on Spanish motorways

The German racing driver’s memorial site is in a fitting location, close to a fast-paced autobahn

It’s being outdone by China and has failed to transition to electric vehicles. Can the big manufacturers on the continent go into overdrive? Or are they heading for a crash?

Why has No.10 been so swift to wield the axe now when the PM has known about her conviction for years?

The city’s improved cycling infrastructure has caused e-bike sales to shoot up. So, too, have thefts

Knowing which language to speak to strangers in Brussels is a taxing task

Sooner or later, a British government will be forced to restart HS2. It should have been this one

Despite their morbid history, today Europe's railways bring our cultures closer together

The ever-escalating frequency of strikes is taking its toll on our efficiency and economy

Their sentiment reflects a massive frustration with the government felt by most Germans

The high speed rail plan was cancelled with promises that new projects would replace it. As yet, there is no plan

The green party has ambitions to make Bergen ‘cruise-free’ by 2027 but this will be no mean feat

Beloved of celebrities, the SS Normandie was the fastest, most beautiful ocean-going liner of them all – yet it was doomed from the start

The problem with Italy’s transport isn’t its bridges, but its roads, trains and green infrastructure – or rather lack of

In recent years, Paris has experienced a cycling boom, but this has brought with it its own set of challenges

Full of intriguing quirks and anecdotes, Andrew Martin’s Metropolitain is nothing short of a love letter to a subterranean railway

While the rest of Europe has an efficient rail service, the UK is only playing at it

The Conservatives held onto Boris Johnson’s former seat by just 495 votes. That doesn’t mean the constituency can be a yardstick for the next general election result

Ukrainian Railways has refused to be shunted aside by Russian aggression, continuing to evacuate people and get them home again, both safely and on time

This week, I swapped motorways for the Rhine. If the EU's plans for licenses materialise, maybe the change will be permanent

The case of a pedestrian jailed for causing the death of a cyclist highlights the ongoing power struggle on the pavements of urban Britain

Russia’s biggest airline is marking its centenary. But is there much to celebrate?

Their heyday was between the 1880s and 1940s. But green concerns about short-haul flights are bringing sleeper trains back in vogue

The summer of discontent is likely to be long and hot. Soon, a new generation of politicians will learn there are more serious problems than a pay claim by the railway unions

Transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have increased in the past three decades. Now a backlash is growing, with forward-thinking mayors spearheading new visions of urban centres

German local transport emulates a system from the 19th-century. It desperately needs updating and these tickets could be a step in the right direction