The Hundred Mile City
I heard about The Hundred Mile City on the BBC London News
It will never happen!
- Can you imagine all London Boroughs agreeing to it?
- Negotiation would be like Brexit squared.
- Armies of Nimbys and the Council For The Fossilisation Of England would have a field day.
- Linear cities were proposed for Londonn to Southampton and Ipswich to Felixstowe in the 1960s.
On the other hand, as a child, I had dreams of a circular railway through where I lived in Cockfosters, as getting to Central London was fast, but getting to my friends and relatives in Edgware and Enfield was slow.
Note that the plans involve a circular monorail. Monorails are not very common, except at theme parks. That is an idea from well into the last century.
Today, we would use tram-trains, as they are so much more functional and easily extended.
The Anonymous Widower 