10 August 2026
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
20 March 2026
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
An early triumph of the motorway programme, the M4 between Chiswick and Langley linked Central London to Heathrow - then still known as London Airport - and was the start of a new motorway west.
18 December 2025
It was specially designed never to be noticed. And now it's disappearing, nobody has noticed its absence. It's London's own bespoke street light.
The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
Last year we reported on an experimental "3D" zebra crossing. It turns out they're multiplying... if you know where to look!
The next set of pages in our Ringways series are now online, documenting motorways in and out of London to the north and east.
The next pages in our series on London's unbuilt motorways are now online, charting the strange story of Ringway 3.
The Ultra Low Emission Zone is now in force across Central London. What does it mean for you? And what's next?
Some 3D paint tricks mean one London zebra crossing is no longer taking its job lying down.
The next set of pages exploring London's unbuilt motorways are back online, this time looking at the reviled Ringway 2.
The capital's planned new river crossing faces opposition at every turn. Why has it always been so hard to find new ways across the Thames in East London?
A hugely destructive but largely forgotten urban motorway scheme, celebrated here by its architects in the book that marked its opening.
The Western Avenue Extension - opened as A40(M) and known as the Westway - was much hated when it opened, but there's no sign of that in the official book published to mark its opening.
The M25 is either one of the greatest transport achievements of the 20th century or one of Britain's largest planning failures, depending on which way you look at it. This booklet takes the former view, celebrating the completion of the circuit in 1986.
Three London Boroughs are rushing to implement the first Ultra Low Emission Zones ahead of the Mayor's London-wide plan.
Some of Central London's quieter streets are still, surprisingly, lit by old and rather beautiful gas lanterns. Here are a few, by day and by night.
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
An unassuming Surrey market town with an amazing claim to fame — the world's first road tunnel.
