Mapping the 30-minute city
Ten case studies comparing the public transport networks and urban form of UK and Western European cities
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City Minutes
City Minutes: How do transport networks in big UK cities measure up to their Western European peers?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.
What can British cities learn from the Portuguese public transport system?
How public transport reforms in Portugal could be replicated in Greater Manchester and other UK city regions.
Why improving public transport is about more than just infrastructure
Poor access to public transport effectively shrinks the size of our biggest cities. But trams and tubes alone won’t solve the problem
Measuring up: Comparing public transport in the UK and Europe’s biggest cities
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.
Where next for buses after the pandemic?
Buses have demonstrated that they are the essential public transport during the pandemic. Now central government, cities and bus operators must build a compact to deliver a successful National Bus Strategy.
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.
Buses in urban transport
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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.