Going underground was once cutting edge, cool, logical, an investment worth making. When the surface level is crowded you can make more space by digging down.

The enthusiasm to tunnel and the passion to improve and preserve subways for pedestrians has faded in London as fashion has turned against it and people cannot see beyond the dilapidation and inadequate signage that blights some of them, even if it costs pedestrians dearly with slower journeys and more risk of of road traffic collision.

In other places subways are also places of trouble and hope. We list a few places here:

Bricklayer's Arms Roundabout, New Kent Road, London
Subways were destroyed in spring 2013

Joe Strummer Subway, Edgware Road, London
Renowned architect Sir Terry Farrel rallies to save this subway, 18 February 2011

Jubilee Bridge, Croydon
Controversial investment in new murals, 6 November 2012

Norwood Junction Station, London
Centenary celebrations, 31 July 2012

Micklefield Road, High Wycombe
Council improvements, 13 July 2012

Courtney Hill, Newry, Ireland
Campaigning against neglect, 8 October 2012

Ludhiana, Chandigrah, India
Grand opening of new subway, 16 November 2012

Save Our Subways Headington, Oxford
A valiant effort to save a pedestrian subway that featured a lot of local artwork.
It failed, 24 January 2010.

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