London’s population is projected to grow to 10 million by 2030, which means an additional one million people over each of the next two decades using the city’s already-crowded transport network.

The current strategy from City Hall is to accommodate the capital’s growing population through massive infrastructure investment. And this means an eye-watering bill that will need to be picked up by tax-payers, transport users and businesses. In fact, as this pamphlet from independent transport expert Martin Wedderburn demonstrates, there are another four strategies at the Mayor’s disposal which can help accommodate population growth:

• Investing in new technology
• Encouraging behaviour change
• Adapting land use planning
• Adopting flexible pricing mechanisms
  

Deployed thoughtfully, these strategies will enable much more than infrastructure to keep the capital moving. And it need not mean a bill of billions.

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