Not permanently though, just for a week, while “specialist work” is carried out. It is 100 years old after all, and while that’s not quite as ancient as, say, some parts of the District Line, it’s still pretty old. The BBC reports that the bridge …
Have we moaned about the transport system in London enough today? Maybe…but, hey, if the news is there we have to report it right? Today a new study by the RMT union has revealed just how much more expensive travel in London is compared to …
As this post is being written, drivers in west London are holding a go-slow to protest the possible extension of the Congestion Charge to their blessed plot. This is taking place without any obvious sense of irony. A go-slow to protest something that would make …
The Times is warning in a headline that Driving across London and back may soon cost you £15. We have no idea what they’re talking about as it only costs us £1.20 (80p with prepay)… oh hang on… they’re talking about driving in a car. …
Tom Jones has revealed that he thought about throwing himself in front of a tube train just before he hit the big time back in the sixties. Not only would have this delayed the commute for other swinging pop stars like Twiggy, it would also …
Do you regularly cycle around London? If you do then part of your reason for choosing a two-wheeled method of transportation may very well have something to do with the environment. Good for you…but don’t you wish that sometimes your trusty pedal-powered steed had a …
The Chief Executive of the tube maintenance firm Metronet is today looking for a new job. But did he quit or was he sacked? Well it depends which news report you read. For example, go here and you get London Tube maintenance boss quits, and …
George Galloway squared up to Labour’s Oona King in Bethnal Green this week in the first of what is bound to be a bruising series of clashes between the New Labour candidate and George’s Respect Party. When asked about the problem of drugs in the …
Transport for London has just put its £15 million “media planning and buying account” up for grabs, which gives us a good excuse to look at lots of old, fantastic images that TfL have used in the past. Like these for instance: If you fancy …
We can’t really say that A View to a Kill was one of our favourite Bond movies, but it did have its moments. Grace Jones as May Day leaping from the Eiffel Tower leaving a past-his-prime Roger Moore to raise an iconic eyebrow after her …
Lots of stuff in the press today about Alistair Darling’s idea for a carpool lane on the M25. Apparently Darling got the idea after a visit to LA last year where “some drivers have gone to extraordinary lengths to take advantage of faster journey times …
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