Riding high: Cycleway 4 opens in Southwark
TfL and Southwark Council have completed work on the Cycleway on Lower Road in southeast London. This new section of Cycleway 4, the latest to be completed, now enables people to cycle safely all the way from London Bridge to Greenwich. It is a vital part of TfL’s commitment to expand the cycle network, making […]
£800m worth of electric buses face urgent recall
Safety watchdogs have ordered the recall of almost 2,000 electric buses over fears they can catch fire if left unattended. Mailonline reports the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has warned operators who use the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 and Enviro400 single and double decker buses of the critical safety issue. The buses are currently operational across […]
London LTN dispute to go to High Court
A challenge against a decision to remove Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets will be heard in the High Court. The Evening Standard newspaper reports a judge has ordered a two-day judicial review hearing later this year after accepting that all seven arguments put forward by the Save Our Safer […]
Drivers caught out by fake 50 mph sign
Hundreds of drivers may have been duped into driving too fast on a dual carriageway in South London, after a 50mph sign put up there. LBC reports up to 500 people are complaining about being ticketed on the A20 near Sidcup on a stretch of the road where the speed limit had been temporarily dropped […]
MPs planning law to regulate London’s pedicabs
MPs are planning a new law to license pedicabs in London. The city’s Evening Standard newspaper reports the Pedicabs (London) Bill has cleared the Lords and Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt told Parliament that MPs would begin scrutinising it on February 28. The report explains the bill will allow for the regulation of the vehicles for […]
TomTom data finds London remains the world’s slowest city
London is still the world’s slowest city, according to the latest TomTom Traffic Index. The mapping and navigation company says the average travel time for a typical 10 km (six mile) journey in the city in 2023 was 37 minutes and 20 seconds. This is one minute more than in 2022 and nearly two minutes […]
London’s black cabs join Uber
Uber is to launch Black Cabs in London from early in the New Year. The ridehailing app says the move “opens up the Uber app to the iconic hackney carriage – much-loved by tourists and Londoners alike and an historic part of the capital’s transport network”. Uber launched in London more than a decade ago, […]
ULEZ widened across London, but questions raised over legality
London’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has described the widening of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of London “a difficult decision but the right one to save lives”. All London boroughs are now covered by the restrictions on older vehicles, whose drivers must now pay £12.50 a day to drive anywhere in London. […]
Minister confirms TfL looking at pay-per-mile charging
London’s Mayor is looking into the technicalities of pay-as-you-drive charging across London. Transport Minister Richard Holden told the Commons that Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London officials, including Deputy Mayor for Transport Seb Dance, to look into the “technicalities” of introducing the plan. The Guido Fawkes website order-order.com reports Mr Holden said in the […]
London travelcards could be scrapped to increase TfL revenues
Commuters and daytrippers into London face paying higher fares to travel around the capital, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan considers scrapping the day travelcard. The card means people pay one fare to take a train and then have unlimited travel on tubes and buses for a fare less than the combined cost of buying a […]