James Milne
@jmilnegreen.bsky.social
Architectural Psychologist(!) and Technologist.
Newcastle Green Party.
Basically a cat in human form.
Most of my views are stolen, but nobody else should be held responsible for them.
Newcastle Green Party.
Basically a cat in human form.
Most of my views are stolen, but nobody else should be held responsible for them.
Thanks! I went trick or treating last night dressed up as a canvasser. It was great fun and we got a good haul of surveys. No candy though 😔
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Thanks! I went trick or treating last night dressed up as a canvasser. It was great fun and we got a good haul of surveys. No candy though 😔
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Very much a ‘surely some blood will calm these sharks’ situation
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Very much a ‘surely some blood will calm these sharks’ situation
This sounds very much like “NW England hasn’t received the benefits of major public transport investment, so it shouldn’t get major public transport investment“ to me.
Again we should be spending more on public transport infra in London than we do, and then matching that spend in other regions too.
Again we should be spending more on public transport infra in London than we do, and then matching that spend in other regions too.
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This sounds very much like “NW England hasn’t received the benefits of major public transport investment, so it shouldn’t get major public transport investment“ to me.
Again we should be spending more on public transport infra in London than we do, and then matching that spend in other regions too.
Again we should be spending more on public transport infra in London than we do, and then matching that spend in other regions too.
But places like York, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster are the equivalents to those you mention for central Manchester (or should /could be).
London is Polycentric too - Croydon, Westminster and the Docklands are all about ten miles from each other, for example.
London is Polycentric too - Croydon, Westminster and the Docklands are all about ten miles from each other, for example.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
But places like York, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster are the equivalents to those you mention for central Manchester (or should /could be).
London is Polycentric too - Croydon, Westminster and the Docklands are all about ten miles from each other, for example.
London is Polycentric too - Croydon, Westminster and the Docklands are all about ten miles from each other, for example.
The circle around central London that extends to the far ends of the Liz line is about 16.7m, compared to about 10.5m centred on Manchester. So yes it’s significantly more, but it’s not orders of magnitude more.
We should be building way more public transport infrastructure everywhere, inc. London.
We should be building way more public transport infrastructure everywhere, inc. London.
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The circle around central London that extends to the far ends of the Liz line is about 16.7m, compared to about 10.5m centred on Manchester. So yes it’s significantly more, but it’s not orders of magnitude more.
We should be building way more public transport infrastructure everywhere, inc. London.
We should be building way more public transport infrastructure everywhere, inc. London.
You can actually rent out a fish tank in London for quite a lot of money though, to be fair.
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You can actually rent out a fish tank in London for quite a lot of money though, to be fair.
Yes. You get that not everyone in London uses it?
I am assuming you are quoting 10m as an often used estimate for the population of London.
If that’s not what you’re referring to please could you clarify?
I am assuming you are quoting 10m as an often used estimate for the population of London.
If that’s not what you’re referring to please could you clarify?
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Yes. You get that not everyone in London uses it?
I am assuming you are quoting 10m as an often used estimate for the population of London.
If that’s not what you’re referring to please could you clarify?
I am assuming you are quoting 10m as an often used estimate for the population of London.
If that’s not what you’re referring to please could you clarify?
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Sure, but I think it’s fair to call the Elizabeth line a national infrastructure project centred on London and connecting to Reading in the way an equivalent track length could be (for example) described as centred on the Liverpool-Manchester region and connecting to Sheffield (terrain permitting).
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Sure, but I think it’s fair to call the Elizabeth line a national infrastructure project centred on London and connecting to Reading in the way an equivalent track length could be (for example) described as centred on the Liverpool-Manchester region and connecting to Sheffield (terrain permitting).