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jonn elledge
TfL wants to bring construction forward – but where will the Bakerloo line extension actually go?
Transport for London just released its new business plan. It promises various dull-but-worthy administrative reorganisations in search of financial savings,…
“Why is this man transport secretary?” On the naked partisanship of Chris Grayling
Oh good, there’s more. Yesterday, the Evening Standard revealed that transport secretary Chris Grayling had decided to block the expansion…
Chris Grayling just blocked TfL's plan to take over London's railways
Wow. This isn’t good. From today’s Evening Standard: Sadiq Khan’s bid to take over London’s suburban railways was halted in…
From Austria to the US, urban vs rural is the new divide in politics
On Sunday, Austria narrowly elected the independent green candidate Van der Bellen as its new president, rejecting the Freedon party’s…
This is the route of the Hogwarts Express
Last night, I went to the theatre to see the first part of Harry Potter & the Cursed Child. Tonight,…
Why are private delivery firms so terrible?
This article was originally published on our sisters site, the New Statesman, back in 2013: some correspondents have claimed that…
You could swing the presidential election by moving a single county between states
There’s a fascinating Washington Post article doing the rounds at the moment, which shows that – by two US state…
Ten reasons PLP's CarTube is the silliest London transport plan you'll see this week
So here’s fun thing bouncing round the nerdier corners of the internet in a “LOL, what” kind of a way:…
Here are some 3d maps showing population density across England and Wales
Pssst. Wanna see some good maps? Try this on for size: Click to expand. That is the population density of…
“As graduates move to London, they’re leaving Middlesbrough and Bradford behind”
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…