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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...

Constructivist Theory, the importance of ideas

To understand why London continued to receive a disproportionately large share of rail infrastructure investment compared to the rest of...

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...

Part 2 - A Divided Country, why action is needed

Attention needs to be drawn to the unequal relationship between London and the rest of the country, because as the Government’s own...

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