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Missing the Bus

Debates over public transport have disproportionately focused on the issue of trains, ignoring buses. This is despite 2.8 times more...

Part 8 – Concluding remarks

Ideas and narratives have played a crucial role in determining how the Government allocates rail infrastructure investment, they shape...

Part 7 - Agglomeration economics

The narrative of agglomeration economic has shaped where decision makers allocate rail infrastructure investment, as proposals that are...

Part 6 - London, the Global City

The narrative of London being a global city has meant that the Government has prioritised London’s needs over the rest of the country...

Part 4 - Governed from and by London

The ‘root cause of the problem is that decisions are made in Whitehall Departments by people who are overwhelmingly from and live in the...

Part 3 - The dispute over figures

Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling (2019) has said that ‘it is a great shame that half a century of underinvestment means cities in the...

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