TfL, the Met Police and Enfield Council working together to reduce A10 danger
TfL, working alongside Enfield Council and the Met Police, is introducing a range of measures to reduce road danger and tackle road-related anti-social behaviour on the A10. The measures include extending the existing average-speed camera system, new lane markings, and an injunction prohibiting ‘car cruising’. TfL is determined to work in partnership with the Met […]
Parking fines in London to increase to £160
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has approved a request from the capital’s 33 boroughs to hike the cost of penalty charge notices (PCNs) to £160 in a bid to create more of a deterrent to “anti-social and obstructive parking”. One of the biggest issues mentioned by people who responded to a London Councils consultation was the amount of parking […]
Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls confirmed
It’s been confirmed car drivers will pay £4 during peak hours to use the new Silvertown tunnel and existing Blackwall tunnel crossings when the new crossing opens in the spring. The Greenwich Wire website reports Transport for London’s board signed off the charges at a meeting at City Hall, with the tolls being broadly the […]
Khan “plotted £2 per mile London charge”
It’s reported London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan considered charging motorists up to £2 per mile to drive in London. The London Centric Blog has seen leaked documents showing the pay-per-mile scheme, known as Next Generation Charging but codenamed internally as “Project Gladys”, was expected to be introduced in September 2026, as a flagship policy of the […]
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 […]