Apropos of nothing, here are two maps showing where Britain's high speed rail network should be... Not for the high speed trains, but for the capacity they'd release on heavily congested existing railway lines. #whyHS2 
What are those maps? They show average daily road flows (the second one is for HGVs).
This is straight out of @safemyth's excellent report on HS2's carbon benefits: #whyHS2
This is straight out of @safemyth's excellent report on HS2's carbon benefits: #whyHS2
https://twitter.com/GarethDennis/status/1193844488411779073?t=JWjXDIm9xgtQBfd4sjYiUA&s=19
The sooner we paint a permanent, long-term picture of what our transport systems should look like, the sooner we can build them. Yet only one major party in the UK has attempted to even get close to doing this (the @scottishgreens).
Nothing is stopping @UKLabour doing this NOW.
Nothing is stopping @UKLabour doing this NOW.
Oh, and stay tuned for a future #RailNatter where I'll list off my Top 13 (?) UK+ intercity projects we need to complete by 2070.
There'll be Gantt charts. There'll be diagrams. There'll be maps. There'll be hope.
There'll be Gantt charts. There'll be diagrams. There'll be maps. There'll be hope.
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