The mysterious history of the UK’s road death toll
The figures were easy to remember. Every year it was 3,500, plus or minus a percentage point or two. Yet when the 2008 data was released,…
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The figures were easy to remember. Every year it was 3,500, plus or minus a percentage point or two. Yet when the 2008 data was released,…
By Chris SharpEditor’s note: This article originally failed to note that all the pictures were of model trains, because the editor…
By Chris SharpDo you know your underground from your Overground, or one metro logo from the next? It’s quiz time. …
By Chris SharpThe fact that you are reading a City Metric article about map collecting suggests that there’s a high probability…
By Chris SharpA few weeks ago, I wrote about the problem with the Leeds’ railway network: how it has only one…
By Chris SharpThe Prime Minster was asked about rail nationalisation by Andrew Marr. She rolled out the pathetic line, “I remember…
By Chris SharpAbout 30 years ago the comedian Nick Reville had a comedy routine about Yorkshire people. It went something like…
By Chris SharpLeeds has a problem with public transport. The obvious issue is absence of a tramway: years of lobbying for…
By Chris SharpThe UK government has been messing around with county boundaries since the 1970s. But do you know which cities…
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