I think that political debates are a rather tawdry politics-as-entertainment spectacle that obscure as much as they illuminate. Rather, both should be subjected to an hour or an hour or half of quest… (View Post)

I agree we need both. Bizarrely (given reputation), it’s a pleasure to drive on New York State highways, and it’s been a pleasure to drive on motorways here in France. But you usually overstate your … (View Post)

Here are the OECD definitions for the UK: https://www.oecd.org/regional/regional-statistics/GBR.pdf Not doing the maths, but I suspect many more than 35% live in what the OECD defines as a “functiona… (View Post)

You can clearly see in the last chart the distinction between sprawling, car-dependent cities (US) and the denser, public transport reliant cities of Europe. The UK (ex London) is stuck in the middle… (View Post)

@Eabhal The first thing to read is this twitter thread/report which suggests that transport infrastructure in the UK is incredibly expensive compared to peer economies. https://www.samdumitriu.com/p/… (View Post)