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jonn elledge
Why do three buses always come along at once? This game explains
The old joke that you wait ages for one bus, then three come along at once, is bordering on cliché. But…
Uber warns its Chinese drivers to avoid protests – or lose their licences
Well, this is a turn up for the books. According to the Financial Times, Uber has warned its drivers to…
Here's another unofficial tube map that might be better than the real thing
Oh hey, so, apparently we’re not the only ones who’ve got the hump about the poor quality of London’s new…
These maps show the polycentric nature of southern England
The south east corner of England, it may surprise you to learn, is just a teensy bit in thrall to…
A study has found that new homes don't lower house prices. But things aren't quite that simple
Here’s today’s piece of unalloyed great news for Britain’s under-housed. Over the weekend, the following headline appeared in the Financial…
What other National Rail lines could TfL take over?
Last weekend, Transport for London (TfL) took over a new swathe of the capital’s rail network, swallowing up most of…
This map shows at a glance where Europe's richest cities and regions are
So, this is pretty cool: a map showing every the size of every local economy in Europe. This one graphic…
Even the people in the government's Help To Buy case studies need family money to buy houses
Oh, hey, so this is funny, but which I do of course mean “so depressing I want to gouge my…
How does the north of England compare to the Ruhr or the Randstad?
Last week, we ran this important and informative article asking whether it made more sense to think of the M62…
London’s iconic tube map is 84 years old. It’s time to scrap it
Once upon a time, long enough ago that even CityMetric’s granddad was in short trousers, London’s tube map looked like,…