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Infrastructure Costs: Electrification
Why does it cost three times more in Britain to an electrify a railway than it does in Germany?
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Ben Hopkinson
2
September 2023
Infrastructure Costs: Feedback and future posts
What next for Britain Remade's infrastructure cost research
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Sam Dumitriu
5
August 2023
Britain's infrastructure is too expensive
Railways, Trams, and Roads all cost more to build in Britain
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Sam Dumitriu
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Ben Hopkinson
27
A Boring Story about Infrastructure Planning
How our inflexible planning system discourages cheaper, greener changes
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Sam Dumitriu
4
July 2023
Against banning buildings with just one staircase
New fire safety rules will come at a high cost
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Sam Dumitriu
1
Making EVs work in Britain
Plus: the grid issue holding back EV charging in the North.
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Sam Dumitriu
9
Banning road building won’t save the planet
If you want to cut emissions from driving, focus on the fleet.
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Sam Dumitriu
1
June 2023
I’m a skills sceptic, and maybe you are too.
Brits are less productive because it is too hard to build stuff.
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Sam Dumitriu
6
April 2023
Everything Bagel Liberalism comes to the UK
Why I'm sceptical of Contracts for Difference reform
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Sam Dumitriu
Builders, not blockers.
Plus, how NIMBYs kill fertility and lessons from Israel on gettting apartments built.
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Sam Dumitriu
1
February 2023
How Spain eliminated environmental impact assessments for most renewable projects
Progress is possible
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Sam Dumitriu
How to end England's onshore wind ban
What Houston can teach us about making reform stick
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Sam Dumitriu
5
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