If the gov't is serious about building a robust economy & sticking to its Decarbonizing Transport plan, it needs to be investing rather than divesting in its rail system. #NetZeroBy2050. A few years old now, Joe Blakey & I wrote about DfT's #DecarbonizingTransport
& on rereading would say this commentary still stands. Particularly in light of the Rail Ticket Office Closures, the #CostOfLivingCrisis & Levelling Up. https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2021/08/decarbonising-transport-inequality-joined-up-action-and-the-risk-of-technological-optimism/