Daily: Pains, Trains and Automobiles

COVID19 has caused the biggest shake-up in transport in over thirty years – with huge bailouts, U-Turns and financial crunches piling up as passenger numbers plummet. Transport writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar spoke to Justin Quirk what state the sector will be in after the pandemic, and if we can afford the investment we used to take for granted.

• “Transport has been forced into a completely new world”
• “I can’t see the public transport network reaching 2019 heights for 20 years”
• “When you look at the detail of HS2, it’s really not worth it”
• “It is the less-sexy, smaller schemes that make the biggest difference to our transport system”
• “The idea you could let TFL go bust is fanciful, Sadiq Khan has the Government over a barrel”

Presented by Justin Quirk. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofrenijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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