Robotaxis: Assembly Member urges Mayor of London to widen AI taskforce remit
Assembly Member Elly Baker has called on the Mayor of London to broaden the scope of his newly announced Artificial Intelligence Taskforce to examine the full employment impact of automation, including the potential disruption posed by autonomous vehicles to the capital’s taxi and private hire workforce, says Taxi Point. In a letter to Mayor Sir […]
First Bus MD says Sadiq Khan’s 2030 electrification plan is “impossible”
Sir Sadiq Khan’s ambition of electrifying the entire London bus fleet by 2030 will be “next to impossible to achieve”, according to a bus company executive. Bill Cahill, managing director of First Bus London, said his firm was committed to hitting the mayor’s challenging target but said it involved far more than simply buying new buses, according to […]
Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan gets the go-ahead
The mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, has confirmed that he is continuing with “bold proposals” to pedestrianise Oxford Street, after claiming a one-day traffic ban significantly boosted the local economy. Footfall in the West End area was 45 per cent higher on the day when traffic was prohibited from accessing a half-mile stretch of […]
TfL accused of suppressing anti-LTN report
Transport for London have been accused of suppressing the findings of research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use, it has been claimed. The allegations suggest that TfL reportedly chose not to publish the study after academics found that LTNs do not encourage people to drive less or walk more, says The DailyTelegraph. […]
Oxford Street to go traffic-free
The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, has today announced that half a mile of the nation’s most famous high street, Oxford Street, will go traffic-free on Sunday 21st September, for a landmark ‘This is Oxford Street’ event. ‘This is Oxford Street’ will see part of the iconic road free of traffic from 12pm until […]
A new lease of life: Mayor Khan presses on with Oxford Street traffic ban
Plans to pedestrianise parts of Oxford Street will move forward “as quickly as possible”, the Mayor of London has said. Sir Sadiq Khan claims two thirds of people support the principle of banning traffic on one of the world’s busiest streets, with the Mayor adding that “urgent action is needed to give our nation’s high […]
Pay-by-mile not planned for London, says Mayor Khan
In a letter to London’s transport commissioner Andy Lord, Sadiq Khan has pledged not to expand London’s ULEZ scheme if he if he is re-elected as Mayor in May. and he also “categorically” ruled out the introduction of a pay-per-mile scheme as well as any additional emissions measures, reports the London Evening Standard. “There is […]
Cleaner air for London’s children as air filters to be rolled out to first 200 schools in the capital in ground-breaking initiative
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced bold plans to further protect the health of young Londoners by installing innovative new air filters into some of the London’s most polluted schools. PM2.5 filters will be fitted in every classroom in 200 London schools, spread across London, later this year. This pilot project, if successful, could […]
London reaches major milestone with more than 1,000 zero emission buses
The capital has now passed a major milestone of more than 1,000 zero emission buses picking up customers on the city’s streets, with the 1,000th zero emission bus being normally used on route 204. This means that more than one in nine of the iconic red buses have now gone green. Since 2021, all new […]
Sutton Council responds to Mayor of London’s latest ULEZ announcement as Merton Council announces scrappage scheme
The ‘last minute’ changes to ULEZ plans are unhelpful, according to the Leader of Sutton Council, who has been responding to the Mayor of London’s latest announcement about the scheme. Commenting on the Mayor of London’s decision to increase the funding available for the ULEZ scrappage scheme, Councillor Ruth Dombey, Leader of Sutton Council, said:“We […]