Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker examine just which transport schemes ended up being funded by the UK Department for Transport through the Spending Review – and which ones didn’t [1:20]. Ever interested in the issue of driverless cars, Christian reports back from a visit to Bosch in Stuttgart, Germany, who are developing software for the driver aids that potentially pave the way for this technology [16:25]. One year on from the election of the Labour Government in the UK, Christian and Mark discuss its scorecard on transport policy and innovation [32:20]. Finally, Christian anticipates ‘The Great Gathering’ at the Alstom factory in Derby as part of the Rail200 celebrations [41:56].
Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 18, Season 3
