The DfT funded Mini Switzerland without a published funding pot or transparent criteria.

Good!

Being able to react to an idea with pace and agility is exactly what we need from Government in an era when the public doubt the state’s ability to deliver.

Too much procedural fairness can stifle outcomes - without actually being fairer.

It’s superb that Mini Switzerland has been funded, but we don’t want just one.

Other places will have different needs and Mini Switzerland will generate more learnings if it’s in more places.

So where’s next and what does it need?

Here’s my Mini Switzerland handbook.

How can we grow the transport network in the UK? By making better use of what we already have.

Let’s learn from the Swiss and prove it in the Peak District.

I believe in a place called Hope