London private ambulance drivers being fined for stopping in ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’
Private ambulance drivers are facing increasing fines for picking up and dropping off patients in some areas of London due to ‘low traffic neighbourhoods’ and ‘school streets’. Private-sector ambulance services are brought in by NHS Trusts to handle non-emergency transport, such as ferrying patients to routine appointments or for hospital discharges, says the Standard. However, the rise of ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) and designated […]
TfL announces new £87 million investment for London boroughs to boost capital’s cycleways
TfL has agreed a three-year programme with all 32 London Boroughs and City of London, with £87.6m funding in place for 2025/26 to deliver projects taimed at making London safer. The investment will work to create new cycle routes to strengthen London’s growing network of Cycleways, more pedestrian crossings in local neighbourhoods and funding to […]
Survey suggests fivefold increase in Londoners feeling “very safe” in driverless cars
Public confidence in driverless cars is growing in London, with locals claiming they would feel “very safe” in a driverless car. YouGov data analysed by Allen Leasing has revealed how Londoners would feel about being a passenger in a driverless car on a main road in a big city. The latest figures show that 10% of respondents […]
TfL begins second phase of work to improve safety and accessibility in Nine Elms
TfL will soon start the next phase of works to transform Nine Elms Lane and Battersea Park Road, upgrading bus stops and making it easier and safer for people to walk and cycle in the area, as well as making the area more resilient to climate change. Nine Elms is an area of growth for London […]
London boroughs to raise parking and traffic penalty charges in April
London boroughs have agreed to raise parking and traffic penalty charges for the first time since 2011. The new penalty charges and fees will come into effect from Monday 7 April 2025. Boroughs say the increase is necessary to ensure penalty charge notices (PCN) remain effective deterrents and properly incentivise drivers to drive and park […]
‘No plans to move the goalposts’ on Ulez vehicle emission rules, says Mayor Khan
Sir Sadiq Khan has promised not to “move the goalposts” in relation to which cars and vans are exempt from paying the Ulez ultra-low emission zone levy. At present, petrol vehicles with a “Euro 4” engine or newer and diesels with a “Euro 6” engine or newer are exempt from the £12.50-a-day levy, which is based on exhaust emissions, says The […]
Londoners “breathing cleaner air” following first year of the expanded ULEZ
A new City Hall report, extensively reviewed by an independent advisory group of experts shows that the expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone has led to substantial improvements in air quality in outer London and across the capital. Particle emissions (PM2.5) from vehicle exhausts are estimated to be 31% lower in outer London in 2024 than they would have been […]
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 […]