Sustaining London's outer suburbs: should they be independent again?
London's councils seem set on continuing the imbalance between the city centre and the outer suburbs, where the former supplies most of the jobs, and the latter most of the residents. Yet Joe Peach argues that some outer suburbs should develop much greater transport networks independent of central London, to encourage commercial growth, provide jobs near where people live, and reduce dependence on private vehicles and cross-city commuting.
