🇬🇧🇪🇺 Many big Northern cities in the UK lag far behind their European peers when it comes to quality public transport connectivity.
👉 This costs the Northern economy more than *£16 billion* in lost productivity.
Let's compare 🧵⬇️
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@CentreforCities
research finds that millions of residents are unable to reach their city centres within 30 mins or less in 5️⃣ key cities across the North (
#Manchester
,
#Leeds
,
#Sheffield
,
#Liverpool
&
#Newcastle
), limiting their access to employment & education.
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2/ On average just 35% of the residents in these Northern cities are well connected to their centres.
👉 This compares to almost 70% in similar-sized Western European cities like
#Hamburg
,
#Marseille
,
#Bilbao
,
#Turin
and
#Lille
.
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3/ This disparity is largely linked to differences in urban density.
🇪🇺 European cities have more people living in well-connected mid-rise suburbs close to the city.
🇬🇧 Whereas UK cities are more spread out with more people living in low-rise car-dependent districts.
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4/ What needs to change? Gov't can improve transport in our Northern cities by:
💳 Continuing to invest in new infrastructure
🚍 Giving all Combined Authorities bus franchising power
🏚️ Reforming the planning system
🏗️ Encouraging councils to implement Local Development Orders
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5/ From
#Manchester
and
#Hamburg
, to
#Liverpool
and
#Turin
, browse our new collection of international case studies which visualise the public transport connectivity challenges faced by big UK cities compared to their Western European peers.
🏙️📍🗺️
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