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It’s time planners questioned the wisdom of rail projects

Stephen Plowden, London NW1
11 November 2016
 

Alan Wenban-Smith rightly points out that investment in inter-urban roads has worked against the development of a more compact, liveable spatial pattern of cities (ibid). 

But what he doesn’t say, and what is rarely acknowledged, is that railway investment often has the same effect. The growth of long-distance commuting into London, encouraged by investment that has reduced rail travel times and increased frequencies, has led to the situation that many people have no feelings of...

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