Jonathan Roberts, Author at London Reconnections

London 2050 (Part 4): Towards Maximum Rail capacity

On 27 October 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Airports, Construction projects, Crossrail, Crossrail 2, London Overground, National Rail, Network Rail

The well-being of London and its hinterland as a World City will depend heavily on its effective transport offer. We look at what the various main line projects (and more) mean for the Capital.

London 2050 (Part 3): Tracks to the Future

On 24 October 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Blackfriars, Crossrail, Crossrail 2, London Terminals, National Rail, Network Rail

How might we shape the pattern of London’s growth and development to help bring about a more sustainable outcome? In this part (and the next) of our continuing series we’ll look at the ‘quantity and quality’ schemes arriving at this electronic platform now for rail (above ground and below), surface transport and integration and interchange.

London 2050 (Part 2): Whether the Forecasts

On 3 September 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Crossrail, DfT, Heathrow, High Speed One, London Assembly

In part 2 of our detailed look at London 2050 we look at what it forecasts for both jobs and population – and how these affect the proposed transport strategy to be found within it.

London 2050 (Part 1): The Trillion Pound Time Warp

On 3 August 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Boris Johnson, Construction projects, London Assembly, Mayor's Office, TfL

In both science and science fiction, time warps are where there is a multi-dimensional fold in the space-time continuum which allow the traveller to pass from one space-time environment to another, as easily as stepping off an escalator at Kings Cross. The London Infrastructure Plan 2050 (‘London 2050’), published in July by the Mayor and directed by Isabel Dedring and many GLA staff, TfL and other colleagues, is an attempt to provide the London of today with a blueprint for such a transition to the London of tomorrow.

Tolling for Growth – London’s New Highways Studies

On 28 April 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Roads

Just as we fail to report on buses as much as we should, we tend to not report on London’s roads – in part because there is normally little that attracts our attention. It must …

Suburban Commandos: Transport and London 2050

On 6 April 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Board meetings, Construction projects, DfT, London Assembly, London Overground, London Underground, Mayor's Office, Mayor's Transport Strategy, Rail devolution, TfL

Londoners with a particular interest in politics and planning may have noticed a new phrase appear in the lexicon of both in recent months – London 2050. In this article we take a closer look at precisely what that phrase means, and how thinking is shaping up so far. For when it comes to transport infrastructure 2050 is far closer than one might think.