Mayor announces express bus service around outer London
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced plans for a network of limited-stop express bus routes that circle the entire capital – connecting outer London town centres, railway stations, hospitals and transport hubs, faster. The Superloop will provide quicker journey times, with the Mayor of London providing £6m funding as an initial catalyst to improvements […]
TfL launches three new low traffic Cycleways
Transport for London has launched three new Cycleways across the capital, which it says will make it even easier for people to travel around London by bike. These new routes, the first of a series to be launched mainly using new low traffic local streets, are being delivered alongside TfL and the boroughs’ existing programme […]
TfL agrees new traffic technology contracts with Yunex and Telent
Transport for London has signed new contracts with Yunex Traffic and Telent Technology Services Ltd to provide services to keeping London’s road network moving over the next eight years. The contracts with Yunex Traffic and Telent Technology Services Ltd are to supply, install, maintain and dispose of equipment needed for London’s automated traffic signals, variable message signs and overheight vehicle detectors. The new contract will extend Yunex Traffic’s existing […]
700,000 cars could be liable for ULEZ when zone expands
Nearly 700,000 car drivers in Greater London could be liable to pay the £12.50 Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) charge when the scheme expands in August 2023, a freedom of information request made by the RAC suggests. It says that, as of 22 February 2023, DVLA data shows a total of 691,559 licensed cars in the […]
TfL set to deliver operating surplus
Transport for London has announced its latest budget shows that it will achieve an operating surplus in 2023/24, with revenues covering the costs of the existing transport network. This means TfL is expected to achieve financial sustainability and delivering transport improvements across the whole of London. Across the next financial year, TfL’s £9.1bn in revenue will cover its expected £7.9bn operating costs – which […]
TfL sets out plans for the next stage of lowering speed limits on its roads in London
Transport for London has launched local engagement on plans to introduce 65km of new 20mph speed limits within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth, Merton, Bromley and Lambeth. It says lowering speeds is a key part of the Mayor’s Vision Zero goal to eliminate death and serious […]
Privacy campaigners complain about Met Police ULEZ camera usage
Concerns are being raised over plans to give London’s Metropolitan Police access to cameras set to be installed as part of his expansion of the ULEZ zone. The Telegraph says campaigning group Big Brother Watch is calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to reverse the plans after Transport for London papers revealed the Met would be […]
TfL and police launch online data platform to allow easier access to London’s roads policing and enforcement data
TfL has launched its new Vision Zero Enforcement Dashboard tool, which will enable the media and the general public to more easily access and interpret the London’s roads policing and enforcement data that is recorded by the police. The Vision Zero Enforcement Dashboard brings together roads policing and enforcement activity in London with data supplied […]
ULEZ cameras “vandalised” in London
It’s reported several new cameras installed to enforce London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone have been vandalised in an apparent backlash against the expansion of the zone to the whole of London. The Telegraph says four cameras in Abbey Wood, Greenwich appear to have had their wires cut. Meanwhile a number of images emerging across social […]
Construction work to start on major transformation of Lea Bridge Roundabout in East London
Transport for London has confirmed that construction work will begin on 13 March on a major transformation of Lea Bridge Roundabout, which it says will make it easier and safer to walk and cycle at this key junction in Hackney. The overhauled roundabout will be the latest section of Cycleway 23, a major new high-quality cycle route between Lea Bridge and Dalston. Cycleway 23 is delivering much-needed improvements to […]