CityMetric

I was a regular contributor to CityMetric from 2017 to 2019. There used to be an easy way to view all of my articles, but they've now been archived into CityMonitor. Like this. Sad.

What I've done instead is retroactively put all the posts on this blog so you can consume them in quick succession, like an urbanist mezze platter proffering thoughts on everything from skyscrapers to Spanish towns. Do not get me wrong, though: you cannot eat a skyscraper.

How useful are the "connectors" on the Tube Map, really? (August 2017)

The north-south divide of green belts (November 2017)

Seville has built its entire public transport system in ten years. How has it done? (November 2017)

What does ticket validation across the world tell us about the future of fares? (January 2018)

Does Kings Cross need a second tube station? (February 2018)

How urban festivals could boost our cities’ economies (May 2018)

Bordeaux: The price of passive aggressive public transport (June 2018)

Bridging the divide: landscapes and lawmakers in the home of Spanish romanticism (July 2018)

A Mirror Image: on gentrification and deprivation on London's Caledonian Road (October 2018)

Why does every metro system use a different fare structure? (November 2018)

Does it matter that TfL are renaming White Hart Lane station Tottenham Hotspur? (March 2019)

Here’s why it’s actually good that London has so many rail terminals (June 2019)

The one good thing about the Beeching Axe (August 2019)

We think our cities are insulated from climate change – but medieval history proves they’re not (October 2019)

In defence of suburban skyscrapers (November 2019)

London’s Oyster Cards can’t stand all these zones. Let’s just get rid of them (March 2020)