“Birmingham isn’t a big city at peak times”: How poor public transport explains the UK’s productivity puzzle
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Tom Forth dans CityMetric : Our hypothesis is that, by relying on buses that get caught in congestion at peak times for public transport, Birmingham sacrifices significant size and thus agglomeration benefits to cities like Lyon, which rely on trams and metros. This is based on our calculations...