More needs to be done: TfL’s Vision Zero Action Plan figures reveal just three fewer fatalities and serious injuries in 2024
Major of London Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to increase efforts to reduce deaths on the capital’s roads and transport network after new figures showed just three fewer people were killed or seriously injured in 2024 compared to the previous year. Harrow Online says the Mayor of London has pledged to eliminate all deaths […]
Mayor of London and TfL set out proposals to deliver Oxford Street pedestrianisation
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Transport for London (TfL) have set out their detailed proposals for transport and highway changes to deliver the Mayor’s ambition of pedestrianising and revitalising the capital’s most famous high street. Earlier this year, more than 6,000 people responded to the Mayor’s consultation on the idea of pedestrianising Oxford […]
Mayor Khan’s proposed EV levy will force Uber drivers back to petrol and diesel
Thousands of London Uber drivers who have switched to using a fully electric car say they are likely to go back to a petrol or diesel version when they have to start paying the congestion charge early next year, according to the results of a poll. An estimated 20,000 Uber drivers in the capital – 40 per cent – have […]
Mayor Khan urged to scrap EV congestion charge plans
Almost 30 businesses including Uber, the AA and Royal Mail have urged Sir Sadiq Khan to re-think rolling back the exemption for electric vehicles in London’s congestion charge. Some 28 business and green groups published an open letter to the Mayor arguing that changing the discount would threaten London’s clean air ambitions, while prompting a “backslide […]