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jonn elledge
Here are five massively depressing charts about the British housing market
The Resolution Foundation think tank has just published a report called “Home Improvements: Action to address the housing challenges faced…
So is Labour’s plan to make bus travel free for under 25s any good?
Is Labour’s plan to make bus travel free for under 25s a clever political gambit, which will lock in the youth vote…
Podcast: A load of old bollards
Don’t get too excited, but this week we’re talking about street furniture. Earlier this year, CityMetric regular Ed Jefferson wrote…
Why shouldn’t Birmingham have its own Crossrail?
For reasons I won’t bother explaining again, I’ve been spending a lot of time in Birmingham recently. Being me, I’ve…
Literally just 11 London rail maps from the mayor’s transport strategy
“Transport doesn’t only shape our daily lives and determine how we get around London,” writes London’s mayor Sadiq Khan in…
Four maps showing Britain’s economic divides
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the…
Podcast: Four weeks out
It’s the most wonderful time of the year here in the UK: we’re just four weeks away from this year’s…
Government statistics authority releases council heroin death map that no one asked for
You know, I’ve got a lot on today, I really do. There are half a dozen things I’ve been meaning…
Some German fella has made a map of London’s “S-Bahn” network, and it’s glorious
An S-Bahn is a type of suburban rail network with a bigger footprint than a traditional metro, which links a…
Podcast: Blighty
Thirty episodes ago, I put out what I presented as the first of a two-part crossover. In it, I interviewed…