With polls showing work-time lost to poor commuting experiences at a high, CBI Director of Infrastructure Tom Thackray, states the case for putting an end to the daily delay.
In an article for City A.M., CBI Director of Infrastructure Tom Thackray, stated the case for a national infrastructure strategy that can ease the burden of commuters across the country.
A recent CBI, Novelli and Opinium poll of 2000 employees finding that they lost on average 2.7 hours a week due to travel disruption and delays – a figure that amounts to the average employee losing 125 hours during the course of a working year thanks to commuting problems.
“Improvements in how people get to work therefore have the potential to not only improve the UK’s productivity but also our quality of life,” he said.
This gives the new government and opportunity to start fulfilling some of those election promises that won over traditionally Labour-voting constituencies across the North and Midlands.
“Indeed, we’ve already seen Metro Mayors and local leaders pushing for their own 'wish lists' of regional infrastructure, eager to address the poor connectivi
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