I've been away and mostly avoiding news. This observation about upgrades by Tube boss Tim O'Toole has, though, stood the test of time.
"This is far more important than Crossrail. There is no comparison. Crossrail is great, it will be a very important construction project in this needy time, but it does not give to London what the tube does, which is to get you to work and get you home every night. If you can put together a political coalition to create Crossrail, surely you can get one together to sustain the tube."
Read the whole of Dan Milmo's Guardian Friday interview.
