Meanwhile, the general public is also mobilising against council cuts. Backed by the city’s Conservative councillors, they are getting ready to fight their corner.
Every part of the country is set to benefit from the decision to reallocate funding, including places that would have never seen any benefit from that mammoth rail project.
The national humiliation, The out-of-control budgets. The broken political promises. What most drives one to despair is the opportunity cost.
Most women are not Jeremy Clarkson-style petrolheads; their cars take them to work, their children to school, and their elderly to the health centre.
Seven years of Khan have brought us to the point where the Met Police and the London Fire Brigade are both in special measures. Transport for London (TfL) is bust and, despite recent rhetoric, nowhere near enough homes are being built.
Despite dire predictions, travellers are returning in droves. Hunt should not overlook this vital sector in his Spring Budget.
Conservative leadership has meant transport spending in the West Midlands has already increased seven-fold. But there is still more to do.
It’s no good investing in new infrastructure if the built environment militates against people using it.
It can make Britain as a science superpower, support Net Zero, and create levelling-up opportunities across the country.
The Government plans to scrap the legal requirement for people to self-isolate if they have the virus; a move that has huge implications.
The crisis has tended to hit communities which were already struggling the hardest.
For too long, the workhorse of public transport has been a poor relation compared to trams and rail.
It might never become law in its present form, but it will influence whatever comes next. Ministers must take the time to get it right.