Resources

I have included links to other websites, books, files, videos than may provide useful data and/or information (Click on images or highlighted text to download). I will add to this over time…

Books, guidance and data

As a starter I would recommend reading Jarrett Walker’s work via his book Human Transit and his blog site. The HiTrans Best Practice Guides are also excellent, for example…

Also worth a read:

For Wales/UK data:

Some of my “Metro Reports”…

For some more of my relevant “metro work” over the last 15 years:

My first Metro report with the Cardiff Business Partnership and Institute of Welsh Affairs in 2011

My second Metro report with the support of the Metro Consortium in March 2013

The more substantive Welsh Government commissioned Metro Impact Study from October 2013 (and further sub reports via WG Website)

The Welsh Governments 2015 “Rolling out our Metro” which I prepared

The three illustrations below all prepared by Laura Sorvala

What Metro Might Do? with Cardiff University in 2016

Metro and Me, with Capital Law, Arup and others in 2018

The TOD Charrette with Cardiff University and the Design Commission for Wales in 2019

Some Video and other explainers

Despite some of the underlying date changing a little these all help (I think) explain…

My Podcast with Hiraeth Pod in December 2024

My Podcast re Rail in Wales with Hiraeth Pod (Dec 2024)

My Nov 2022 video explainer re “induced demand”

My 2024 presentation to Bristol/Bath Trams

Wales, Barnett & HS2

PS Note the DfT Comparability factor for WG Barnett calculation is now down to 33% post the Budget in Autumn 2024. Also to note – if rail infrastructure was devolved to Welsh Government, then the block grant to WG would need to be adjusted (increased); any future Barnett allocations would be calculated using the higher comparability comparability factor

Welsh Rail Investment (2021)

Summary of Welsh Transport Priorities …and relative importance of HS2 to Wales (2022)

My recent (April 2025) podcast with Christian Wolmar, “Calling All Stations”

Comment: South Wales project shows visions can become reality