Met investigating ULEZ camera damage
London’s Metropolitan Police is continuing to investigate numerous reports of Ultra Low Emission Zone cameras being vandalised across London. An operation was launched in April after reports of criminal damage and theft were passed to the Met by Transport for London. As of Tuesday, 1 August the Met had recorded 288 crimes relating to ULEZ […]
TfL confirms Blackwall Tunnel toll plans
Transport for London has confirmed long-expected plans to charge drivers to use the Blackwall Tunnel as part of a wider tolling scheme involving the Silvertown Tunnel crossing. The Blackwall Tunnel has been free since it was opened in 1897 but a TfL spokesman has confirmed that, once the Silvertown Tunnel opens drivers must pay to […]
TfL told fining drivers using CCTV is illegal
Fining motorists by post using CCTV camera evidence has been ruled “illegal”. The Telegraph newspaper reports a special test case found that Transport for London had “illegally” fined motorists who had stopped on parking bays on red routes in the capital, breaching government guidance by using CCTV rather than traffic wardens to enforce road rules. […]
Grant applications open for community groups to further boost walking and cycling levels among Londoners
Transport for London has announced that applications are open for more than £500,000 of grants for community and not-for-profit groups that encourage people to walk and cycle. Its walking and Cycling Grants London are designed to enable more people to walk and cycle, addressing the barriers that prevent people from getting active and “helping to […]
Sopra Steria upgrades London’s incident management system
Consulting and IT services company Sopra Steria has announced it has developed new software to upgrade Transport for London’s incident management system. The new system developed with TfL is designed to help controllers quickly identify incidents and resolve them by providing a single, unified view of London’s roads for the first time. The software generates […]
London Councils reviews parking and traffic penalty charges
London Councils has begun consulting on the level of penalty charges for parking and traffic contraventions on roads controlled by all London boroughs, including the City of London. The consultation on penalty charge levels relating to parking and traffic enforcement and other additional fees relating to parking, and will run for 12 weeks. The committee […]
Thurrock rejects ULEZ signs in its borough
Thurrock Council has told Transport for London it will not allow it to put up any signs for the extended London Ultra Low Emissions Zone in the borough. After a court ruling on Friday, it’s been confirmed that ULEZ is being extended to neighbouring Havering and means that vehicles that do not meet the emissions […]
Khan wins ULEZ court ruling
A High Court judge has ruled that London Mayor Sadiq Khan can go ahead with plans to extend the Ultra Low Emission Zone to the whole of London from 29 August. Five Conservative-led councils, London Boroughs Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon, and Harrow, along with Surrey County Council, had challenged the plans on the basis of “unfair […]
ULEZ scrappage scheme to begin on 31 July
Transport for London’s Commissioner Andy Lord has confirmed a scrappage scheme for vehicles affected by the expansion of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone will begin on Monday 31 July. In his commissioner’s report published ahead of today’s TfL board meeting (July 25), Mr Lord has given the date when the additional support will be […]
TfL Invites Londoners to have their say on proposals for new sections of the Superloop
Transport for London is inviting people to have their say on proposals for the latest express bus routes that would form part of the proposed Superloop bus network. It says the new SL2 (Walthamstow Central to North Woolwich), SL3 (Thamesmead to Bromley) and SL5 (Bromley to Croydon) services would be a significant addition to the […]
