Integrated transport: The size of the prize for mayors
Think tank: Centre for Cities
Author(s): Ron Johnson; Caitlin Rollison
November 4, 2025
This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities explores how transport integration could improve public transport and support economic growth.
Transport is the wiring that allows urban economies to function. But this wiring is faulty in big UK cities outside of London. This presents a problem for a national government wanting to deliver growth across the country, and for mayors with bold sustainable travel and net zero ambitions.
Joining up and improving existing networks to make them function as one system through integration is currently the best option to quickly and efficiently improve public transport in the six largest cities in England outside the capital.
