Centralised discussion space for TfL plans and cycling in London

Hah that's an entertaining cartoon. Good luck with the book Oliver! Let us know if you need it peer reviewed!

Cheers. It's still some time away, but I'll bear that in mind!

You raise some interesting points - and I don't think there are (m)any quick solutions. For me, it'll be interesting to follow how the city of london continue to put in place better measures for walking and cyling and restricting motorised journeys, and to see how or if "liveable" neighbourhoods spread across London - assuming they are delivered as low (motorised) traffic neighbourhoods. But still a long way to go, and centralisation is unlikely to be unpicked anytime soon.

For certain. The mindset of 'more centralisation means a stronger economy' (when really all it creates is more imbalances, just now as we're living through a process that's quite similar to the 'first industrial revolution' (centralising production processes, creating very/even more uneven land values, without an increase in productivity) is very hard to shift.

I'm going to get hold of Carlton Reid's Roads were not built for cars, and maybe I'll learn something

I'm sure you will. It doesn't say very much about the topic at hand, but it's an excellent book all the same. (I pointed out the cartoon to Carlton when the book was already written.)