How should we ration capacity now that we don’t predict and provide?

Increasing supply to meet travel demand was a simple philosophy – finding a replacement is tricky

‘Predict and provide’ went out for roads in the 1980s. But it still seems to be the Government’s policy for airports and air travel, although more and more people are becoming very sceptical, given the heavier carbon footprint of air travel and the specific environmental impacts of airport expansion in the South East.

Meanwhile, ‘predict and provide’ for rail travel seems, however, to retain popular support, though with steady growth holding at some 10% per annum...

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