{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/660c1db05ad9410016c2a735?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Could London’s bus Superloop help beat train strikes?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1712070108538-05e95aecd3874260b4784a49bd5f639c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>London’s ‘Superloop’ spans some 85 miles of road - just 30 miles shy of the length of the M25.</p><p>Now, a new south London section of the capital’s orbital bus network is being proposed by Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan - but his Tory rival, Susan Hall, says Khan should focus on delivering an unfunded £10 billion Bakerloo line extension.</p><p>It comes as commuters brace for days of fresh travel misery as a wave of train and Underground strikes were announced.</p><p>For the latest, Mark Blunden’s joined on this episode aboard a route SL1 bus, linking Walthamstow Central and North Finchley, by the Standard's transport editor, Ross Lydall.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}