Tramways and Urban Transit

Reg Harman and Dr Nicholas Falk set out how the Labour Government can use light rail to connect up new settlements and make development truly sustainable. The UK currently lags far behind French cities. The contrast between Oxford and its twin city of Grenoble is particularly striking.

Building Social Cities

It is fifteen years since Professor Sir Peter Hall and Dr Nicholas Falk drew on study tours run by the Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA ) to Dutch and German urban extensions to recommend what needed to change in the UK. David Rudlin and Nicholas went on to apply lessons from cities such as Amersfoort and Freiburg, to win the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize. They showed how a city like Oxford could double its population by applying garden city principles without depending on government subsidy. With a Labour Government committed to boosting economic growth and building affordable and sustainable homes, the URBED Trust has compiled articles from Town and Country Planning on practical solutions. Please read and ask yourself and your colleagues Why Not Now?

Harnessing Towns and Cities

The next UK government must tackle low productivity in our cities before it can make real progress on its vital mission to boost the UK’s miserable economic growth. Dr Nicholas Falk and Dr Richard Simmons explain how a ‘considered reset of how we do development’ could  transform the economy and reinvigorate urban life.

Better Housing For 21st Century