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Red Route Parking Fees Criticised By London Shopkeepers
Beleaguered high-street retailers fear that a new proposal from Transport for London to charge motorists for parking in red route loading bays may herald the end for many small businesses. These routes forbid any stopping or parking, except where an exemption – introduced to meet …
Ken Livingstone Falls In Love With Motorists
Photo / Simon-K Following the official announcement of his tilt at the Labour mayoral candidacy, Ken Livingstone has begun the lengthy process of trying to win over one part of the electorate that never really jived with his public transport-loving ways: motorists. The man often …
Harriet Harman Faces Prosecution
Photo / Steve Punter The Deputy Labour party leader Harriet Harman is to be prosecuted for talking on her mobile phone while driving. The incident happened in Dulwich this past July. Ms Harman is alleged to have been involved in a minor prang in her …
Tesla Electric Cars Arrive In London
Image by coneee Got a spare £87,000 burning a hole in your back pocket and a yearn to save the planet? Help is at hand: the Tesla Roadster, the electric car that’s become a hot piece of roadgoing kit among America’s glitterati, will soon be …
Mixed Messages To Motorists
It’s confusing having a car in the capital. On the one hand, there’s Congestion Charging but on the other, there’s really cheap parking bang in centre of town despite London in general having the priciest parking in the world. Then news today says 140,000 more …
Bizarre Bicycle Blogging
Highly regarded cycle store Velorution has posted something bizarrely horrible and horribly bizarre on their widely-read Velorution cycling blog. It’s a hard to follow rant that seems to be slamming immigrant communities for driving badly and not understanding cyclists, also slamming the traffic police for …
20p Per Hour Parking In Central London?
Westminster City Council has announced that it is trialling a budget parking scheme in its Queensway car park. Using a pricing structure based on that of Easyjet, the hourly rate will vary depending on how full the car park is when the driver enters. When …
The Nice Movement
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 44. The driving test Driving in London is a wonderful environment for social interaction studies. Most London drivers, when trying to join a busy line of …
