At this event we presented new research on urban form in UK and EU cities and explored the relationship between public transport and density.
In November 2021, Centre for Cities published Measuring up: Comparing public transport in the UK and Europe’s biggest cities, analysing the urban public transport systems of nine of the biggest British cities outside of London, to conclude that not only do urban public transport networks in Britain vary between cities, they also differ when compared to their Western European counterparts.
At this event, Senior Analyst Anthony Breach and Researcher Guilherme Rodrigues presented the main findings and lessons for cities from their ‘Measuring Up’ research, published November 2021, with an additional focus on ten unique case studies with new data on how the low-rise urban form of the UK’s big cities limits their public transport potential, and how to improve it.
We published further analysis into public transport systems across the UK’s cities and large towns, and used these findings to discuss the existing state of the country’s transport infrastructure, the relationship between transport and density, and the implications of transport for the Government’s Levelling Up agenda.
Speakers were:
The event was chaired by Andrew Carter, Chief Executive of Centre for Cities.
Ten case studies comparing the public transport networks and urban form of UK and Western European cities
Major cities across the North are lagging behind their European counterparts in providing access to quality public transport networks, costing the Northern economy more than £16bn in lost productivity.
This report examines whether intra-urban public transport plays a role in the underperformance of big British cities and sets out the implications that transport has for the levelling up agenda.
Senior Analyst Anthony Breach and Researcher Guilherme Rodrigues join Andrew Carter to discuss the main findings of their recent report comparing intra-urban public transport in the UK and Europe’s biggest cities.