As far as fare cards go, the tap-in-tap-out system of Oyster is pretty simple and, barring someone nicking it on its way back to your pocket, pretty secure. But that latter thought might be disproven as a pair of German researchers are now claiming they’ve …
A former magistrate with a personality disorder and apparently plenty of time on his hands, scammed the London Underground out of £5,000. Between 2003 and 2006, 33-year-old Terrance Jolley made over 2,000 claims for refunds by saying his trains had been delayed. Not happy about …
Yesterday, Ken announced that London will have a city bike hire scheme, a la Vélib’ in Paris, with up to 6,000 bikes located across docking stations every 300m. Hooray! This major investment in cycling – £500 million over a decade – will transform the way …
That’s right, the DLR has been going for, if you can believe it, 20 years today. This seems like forever for this Londonista’s favourite mode of transport around London. So where did it all start? Well Londonist took a little light rail trip down memory …
Hot on the heels of the pay as you go pups comes brilliant news that Ken Livingstone has ordered a feasibility study into a pay as you go bike scheme for London. We were in Paris the other week and saw the excellent Vélib’ (freedom …
Over the years there have been many attempts to introduce the rather shy, furtive and, let’s face it, constantly tardy London Underground system to the shiny, brash and only occasionally unstable world of modern technology. Keeping track of the Tube’s many ups and downs would …
Transport For London has announced today that’s it’s planning to introduce an ‘e-money’ element to the Oyster card. The idea being that Oyster Card holders will be able to use them to “buy newspapers and milk and pay for car parking”. So far most of …
Ever stood in a queue for a tube ticket and wondered why the person in front of you was taking so damn long? Of course, we at Londonist never get angry or impatient, and we certainly never have thoughts like: “Oh my God, are you …
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