Manchester Blog

I was minding my own business on the M60 car park the other day when I noticed a tiny car zip by in the middle lane. The thing that caught my attention was that it had a large pole stuck vertically up on the roof to which were attached what looked like 4 cameras.
Then […]

The final post from the Good Company article investigating Congestion Charging in Manchester. Looking at how charging may well benefit a number of companies.

Continuing the investigation into the effects of the congestion charge on business in Manchester.

The start of 3 posts exploring what the Manchester congestion charge will cost and its likely effects on Manchester business.

When the Manchester Evening News reports on a leak of a poll conducted by NOP I was interested to find that the leak shows that 57% agreed with the congestion charge when it was related to the ?3 billion cash for public transport.
There’s lies, damned lies and Statistics. And in particular statistics relating to […]

Who was it who said Manchester would never have congestion charging because we don’t need it?
Certainly since we appear to have been caught hopping by the spin doctors we’ve been suckered into agreeing to it or else we can’t have the Metrolink Big Bang that puts tramlines and stations where people can actually use […]