General Election 2019
Underperforming bus services are Metro Mayors’ responsibility nowWhoever wins in Westminster on December 12th, the buck now stops with metro mayors for the quality of bus services in their city, argues Simon Jeffrey.
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Homes on the Right Tracks: Where can we build new homes?
Use the database to find the amount of land around commuter stations that could support residential development in five UK cities.
Urban Voices 2019: What do cities need from the next government?
Launch of the UK City Leaders' Survey 2019
Delivering change — improving urban bus transport
Buses are critical urban infrastructure. But the number of journeys made on them has declined in almost all cities apart from London for the past few decades. This report cites deregulation...
City Minutes
City Minutes: Improving urban bus transportSimon Jeffrey, policy officer at the Centre for Cities joins Chief Executive Andrew Carter to set out how metro mayors should begin the process of bringing local bus networks under their control via franchising in order to support economic growth, reduce congestion and improve air quality in cities.
Buses in urban transport
Join us for the launch of our latest research
City Talks
City Talks: Party conference special – where do politicians stand in the devolution debate?At this year's Labour and Conservative party conferences Andrew Carter caught up with senior politicians and figures from the business community to discuss how they want to kick start the devolution agenda in the months ahead.
A plan to build more than two million new homes close to major cities
Releasing green belt around more than one thousand existing commuter stations would solve the UK housing crisis, argue Paul Cheshire and Boyana Buyuklieva.
Conservative Party Conference Roundtable: Tracks and mortar – how can transport unlock more homes in cities?
This event at Conservative Party Conference will focus on the role transport can play in unlocking new housing
Conservative Party Conference Roundtable: Is your city robot-ready? Skills for the future of work
This event at Conservative Party Conference will focus on what cities can do – and what they need from central government – to get people and their skills robot-ready.