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Could it not be that most institutions are in London _because_ of those good connections. The idea is to improve connects between different cities which will ma

Could it not be that most institutions are in London _because_ of those good connections. The idea is to improve connects between different cities which will make it viable for companies to be located there.

chrisseaton 6y ago
This doesn't make any sense - for an institution to move from London to Leeds you don't need one line from Manchester to Leeds, you need a line from everywhere to Leeds.
- diroussel 6y ago
  Yep, and a good line from Liverpool and Manchester to Leeds would be a very good start. As then you good access to Leeds from many of the highly populated areas of the UK.
- vidarh 6y ago
  That depends, there are multiple considerations: One is access for "everyone". Many don't need that. The other is access to a large enough labour pool. That said, the easiest way for government to use government departments for district development policies, is to simply move them. E.g. this is where the Norwegian equivalent of Companies House plus assorted similar registries is located: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysundregistrene/@65.4763472,12.2101879,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x46749b9bc542efc9:0x602073e770daa0fd!8m2!3d65.4763472!4d12.2123766 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysundregis... If you zoom out you'll notice there are no major cities nearby.The nearest major city - Trondheim - is ~6h-7h drive South. It's smaller than Nottingham. Norway has "just" relocated government departments out of Oslo as an intentional policy for decades, and it takes effort but it generally works quite well. Transport policy then follows depending on how this changes transport patterns, rather than lead.
- bluGill 6y ago
  That depends on what institution is moving. Some just need a good link to Manchester, and so will be more willing to move. Some need to get everywhere and will wait. It depends on what the pros and cons of each city are. As to if enough will move given any particular link, that is a hard question requiring complex studies and so cannot be answered.

chrisseaton 6y ago

This doesn't make any sense - for an institution to move from London to Leeds you don't need one line from Manchester to Leeds, you need a line from everywhere to Leeds.

diroussel 6y ago
Yep, and a good line from Liverpool and Manchester to Leeds would be a very good start. As then you good access to Leeds from many of the highly populated areas of the UK.
vidarh 6y ago
That depends, there are multiple considerations: One is access for "everyone". Many don't need that. The other is access to a large enough labour pool. That said, the easiest way for government to use government departments for district development policies, is to simply move them. E.g. this is where the Norwegian equivalent of Companies House plus assorted similar registries is located: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysundregistrene/@65.4763472,12.2101879,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x46749b9bc542efc9:0x602073e770daa0fd!8m2!3d65.4763472!4d12.2123766 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysundregis... If you zoom out you'll notice there are no major cities nearby.The nearest major city - Trondheim - is ~6h-7h drive South. It's smaller than Nottingham. Norway has "just" relocated government departments out of Oslo as an intentional policy for decades, and it takes effort but it generally works quite well. Transport policy then follows depending on how this changes transport patterns, rather than lead.
bluGill 6y ago
That depends on what institution is moving. Some just need a good link to Manchester, and so will be more willing to move. Some need to get everywhere and will wait. It depends on what the pros and cons of each city are. As to if enough will move given any particular link, that is a hard question requiring complex studies and so cannot be answered.