There was a time when the British commute was just a single tide converging from the suburbs into the city. But now we explode in a multitude of directions. We're heading for city centres more than ever before, flocking to out of town business parks and offices and ferrying our kids to schools miles from home.
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Story: A Nation on the Move
Duration: 2:07
There was a time when the British commute was just a single tide converging from the suburbs into the city. But now we explode in a multitude of directions.
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