The last post came in for some criticism on /r/rstats, in particular from /u/fang_xianfu, who argued it merely showed that London has more people than the rest of the country.
Earlier this month Marie Segger, Carlos Novoa and I had a major new project published about different rail speeds between cities around Britain. We compared the distances between train stations in Britain’s largest cities and found which areas were poorly-served by slow trains. Our project was picked up by a MP for Plymouth, a city … Read More “Calculating Distances in R: How Fast is Your Train?” »