London’s mayor details plans to speed up buses

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has given details on how Transport for London is working to speed up the capital’s buses. The website MyLondon quotes him as telling the London Assembly: “Transport for London is taking numerous actions to improve the speed, performance and journey time reliability of bus services. This includes working with boroughs to […]

Transport UK London Bus electrifies first London bus route

London bus company Transport UK London Bus introduced a fleet of electric double-decker buses to one of their busiest routes in London, route 63. Designed to support the 29-strong EV fleet, the operator developed its Walworth depot in London to incorporate fully electric routes with power infrastructure, maintenance and charging facilities. The company, formerly Abellio, […]

University hosts open event on safer cycling

The London School of Economics is hosting an event next week (31 October) discussing how to make cycling safer in London. It says cycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment, and that a substantial increase in active travel is needed to achieve London’s […]

London’s return to work stalls

New figures from Transport for London suggests the post-pandemic return to the office may have stalled. London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports TfL finance chiefs have warned that commuter numbers appeared to have reached an “equilibrium” and have only grown by 1.1% in each of the last three months, compared with the same periods last year, […]

London’s ULEZ is reducing school traffic pollution

Some 40% of children in Central London who previously travelled to school by car have now switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or public transport, following the introduction of the ULEZ, new research has shown. In contrast, only two in 10 children made this switch over the same period in […]

Grid Smarter Cities’ pioneering Kerb® solution profiled in leading magazine

The leading trade publication for the parking industry, Parking Review, has published an in-depth article about Kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities’ Kerb® loading bay booking solution. Kerb® is being trialled for 18 months on Walworth Road in the London Borough of Southwark, enabling kerbside loading bay restrictions to be easily understood and recreated on […]

Traffic calming: London could get 30 new LTNs

More than 30 more low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) could be built across London with TfL funding. About 120 LTNs were introduced across the capital at the start of the pandemic in a bid to make walking and cycling safer and more attractive as Londoners were urged to avoid public transport. But the schemes – which use CCTV cameras, penalty fines and […]

Superloop ‘hit with challenges’ amid disruptions ahead of new Superloop 2 routes

TfL has admitted that some of its Superloop bus routes have encountered issues as Sadiq Khan plans to roll out more. Officials say road works, problems with buses and traffic have meant services are not performing as well as they should. On one route, bosses even plan to reduce its length to improve reliability. It comes after […]

Electric car drivers to pay London Congestion Charge from Christmas 2025

It might not be a very Merry Christmas for electric vehicle owners living in London by the time the festivities roll around next year. That’s because from 25 December 2025 EVs will have to pay the full amount to drive in the capital’s Congestion Charge Zone, TfL has confirmed. Owners of zero-emission models currently benefit from […]

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