Safety: TfL begins CCTV bus shelter trial and enforcement officer night patrols
TfL is working with the Metropolitan Police to develop and trial the use of CCTV cameras at bus shelters in London. The initiative is to explore the benefits for preventing and detecting crime and anti-social behaviour and investigating incidents, improving customer confidence to travel on the bus network. The safety of TfL’s customers and staff […]
International Women’s Day: TfL events encourage women to join transport and engineering sectors
TfL is encouraging women to consider joining the transport sector and engineering roles through a number of events and activities. While progress has been made to encourage more women into these sectors, TfL is working hard to continue making the industries more inclusive and representative, particularly in operational roles. TfL is actively working to improve representation at […]
Khan warning: TfL needs Government assistance despite £162million ‘profit’
Transport for London still needs Government help for major transport projects despite making a £162 million annual “profit”, Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned. TfL is expected to declare its first ever “operating surplus” at the end of the month – cash it can reinvest in the capital’s public transport network. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt made no mention […]
Anger over fake A20 sign fines grows
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been urged to help thousands of motorists who were given speeding tickets due to a fake sign on a busy road in south-east London. Drivers received automatic fines and penalty points for violating the speed limit on the A20 near Sidcup after an “unauthorised third party” installed a 50mph sign […]
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 […]
Glynn Barton to leave TfL after 22 years
Glynn Barton, TfL’s interim Chief Operating Officer since October 2022, will be leaving the organisation at the end of May to take up the role of Chief Operations Officer of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council. Since December 2023, Glynn has also held the role of the Director of Buses for TfL. Glynn has been responsible for ensuring TfL’s directly operated and contracted services and operations are […]
All day off-peak rail and Underground fares to be trialled in London
An agreement has been reached to trial all-day off-peak rail and Underground fares in London on Fridays from March 8 until May 31. The aim of the trial is to help Transport for London and train operators understand the impact of lower fares on ridership and to boost London’s wider economic recovery. TfL said it would be ‘keenly watched […]
TfL launches the Green Link Walk, a 15-mile new walking and wheeling route from Epping Forest to Peckham Town Centre
TfL is launching the Green Link Walk to respond to London’s boom in leisure walking since the pandemic and Londoners’ desire for more space dedicated to walking London’s newest walking and wheeling route, the Green Link Walk, has become the eighth route to be included in the Walk London Network New route spans several London […]
TfL requires suppliers to be FORS Gold accredited from April
All new Greater London Authority Group contracts worth £1 million and over and involving vehicles will require suppliers to be FORS (Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme) Gold accredited or a TfL approved equivalent scheme from April 2024 FORS is an accreditation scheme recognising freight and fleet safety and environmental standards Making vehicles safer is a vital […]
TfL fares frozen until 2025
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced he is freezing Transport for London (TfL) fares until March 2025 as part of a £123m investment in the capital’s transport services. Sadiq Khan’s office says people could save up to £90 a year under the plans. It comes weeks after the government stepped in with £250m to plug […]