Is Boris toeing party line in his scheme choices?

The schemes omitted by Boris Johnson in his transport plan seem to reflect the importance of politics as a factor in determining the outcome of transport projects. But there’s more to it than that, suggests John Nelson

Back in May when Boris Johnson was elected mayor of London, I remarked that getting elected required playing to the voters that would secure his mandate and that this made the suburban voter more influential than in the inner city. I thought this political imperative alone could take him down the road of preferring transport developments in the suburbs and, that amongst other things, Boris would become the champion of the Oyster card on franchised services. This at least seems to have been a...