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...
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.
Three pledges from Andy Street and how he is delivering on them
Two and a half years on from his election, we look at what Andy Street has prioritised as West Midlands’ Mayor
Everything you need to know about metro mayors
In May 2017 six new metro mayors were elected in combined authorities across England, but what are they and what do they do?
What the West Midlands’ local industrial strategy means for other places
Many areas will no doubt look to the West Midlands’ newly published local industrial strategy as a template, but they must identify what the barriers to high productivity businesses are in their own areas if they are to be useful
Urban voices
Centre for Cities and Arup were delighted to host a reception for the launch of the inaugural UK City Leaders Survey 2018
Conservative Party Conference Reception: Welcome to Birmingham
We'll be in Birmingham for a reception to welcome the Conservative Party Conference to the city