- £50 million is to be ploughed into trying to cut the number of deaths and injuries on London’s roads. – Ken yesterday launched a new voter registration drive ahead of the council elections due to take place in May next year, “What happens in …
With their tube drivers threatening to strike again and doubts being cast on their Olympic preparedness, Transport for London are really in need of a decent ‘good news story’. And it may be that the canals of London could provide them with one. This week …
The BBC reports today that the fine for fare evading could go up from £20 to £50 next year. And, although they resist the use of the word ‘slap’, the Beeb also tells us that repeat offendors could be issued with ABSOs. (Incidentally we did …
- Woman goes to court over £1.20 bus fare. She claims her Oyster Card didn’t work, TfL claim “the Oyster card readers rarely fail”. She needs to hope for a judge who gets the bus a lot. – Tube Lines (who currently control the tracks) …
Getting through Brixton by car has always been a nightmare. In fact, Londonist remembers an apocryphal tale told to us once in the midst of a Brixton Road traffic jam which claimed that the reason there has not been any major developments in decades to …
As you probably know by now, the Northern Line is closed today after the Unions called for the trains to be withdrawn due to safety concerns. The whole thing came to a head last night after a train’s emergency brakes failed (despite the high-tech rope-based …
The London Assembly (yes, the lot who sit around all day twiddling their thumbs if Ken is to be believed) have rejected the motion put forward by the ‘politcial group’ One London to suspend the Congestion Charge in the run up to Christmas. According to …
- Ken’s inernational climate change meeting kicks off today. 300 metric tons of carbon-dioxide permits were bought on the mayor’s behalf so travel to the meeting doesn’t damage the environment further. – Police have spoken to a potential witness in the Sally Anne Bowman murder. …
One news item we sadly didn’t catch early enough today was this release from Transport for London regarding Busk8. If you were around Canary Wharf station today between 10 and 12 you may have seen the mini-festival attended by the likes of “dynamic busking duo” …
It’s like the old proverb says: “The only rich pensioner is a dead pensioner”. Ok, so that’s not a real saying, but it should be, especially now it’s been revealed that Transport for London have been “paying thousands of pounds to dead pensioners“. According to …
The London Underground and the Good Lord aren’t normally to found in the same context, but this story from today’s papers manages to combine the two. This week, Mike Challis, general manager for the Piccadilly Line received an envelope containing £400 in fifty pound notes. …
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