Mayor Boris Johnson wants to build two new roads under London, from Park Royal to Hackney Wick and Chiswick to Beckton, to ease congestion February 4, 2016 Not content with creating a series of new cycle superhighways, London mayor Boris Johnson has made his next set of proposals to help people get around the capital more easily: two major cross-city tunnels, which he claims will reduce congestion by as much as 20 per cent. Not only will it reduce blood pressure and [...]
Tube strike 6 to 8 February: Transport for London is putting on more buses and cycle hubs to help commuters moving – but warns everything will be busier than usual February 4, 2016 Commuters are being advised to brush up on alternative travel plans ahead of the 48-hour Tube strike scheduled to start this weekend. Transport for London has confirmed that, if the action goes ahead, the Tube will be heavily disrupted – but not closed – between 9pm on Saturday 6 February and for the whole day on [...]
These 13 property developers will help TfL build its property empire – including British Land, Balfour Beatty, Land Securites, Berkeley, Redrow and Canary Wharf Group February 3, 2016 Transport for London has chosen 13 companies to help it build thousands of new homes on its unused land and generate billions of pounds of new revenue. Canary Wharf Group, Land Securities, Balfour Beatty, Barrat Homes and Berkeley Group are among those chosen to develop 50 sites in to homes, offices and retail outlets across London. [...]
Card payment to be accepted in every Black Cab in London February 3, 2016 Welcome to the 21st century, taxi-getters. Every Black Cab in London will be required to accept card payments from October this year, Transport for London has said. TfL has promised that customers will not be forced to pay a surcharge for using a card. TfL has also committed to working with the card industry to link card [...]
Night Tube: RMT union recommends new pay deal from TfL in major breakthrough for 24-hour service February 3, 2016 The RMT union has recommended that Tube drivers accept a pay deal made by Transport for London which would end a long-running dispute between the two and get the Night Tube launch back on track. The deal, tabled last week to avert strike action, will be recommended to its 10,000 members in a vote that begins on [...]
Tube strike February 2016: City firms must adopt an instinctual reaction to ensure it’s business as usual, even if the London Underground stops running February 3, 2016 After a disruption in the summer, where industrial action from RMT derailed commuters and brought the capital to a near stand-still, we are once again bracing ourselves for further Tube strikes. The London Chamber of Commerce (LCC) estimates that the London Underground strikes cost the capital £48m each day; however it’s not just an organisation’s [...]
Tube strike February 2016: Unite rejects latest pay deal from TfL in Night Tube dispute February 3, 2016 Unite the union has rejected the latest pay deal offered by Transport for London in the long-standing dispute over pay and working conditions on the proposed Night Tube. The same deal has been accepted by RMT, however, and will be recommended to members. The union, representing 600 Tube engineers and maintenance staff, will continue talks with TfL in an [...]
Black Cab drivers are planning another Uber protest between Trafalgar Square and TfL’s office on Victoria Street February 2, 2016 Black Cab drivers are planning another protest against Transport for London and its regulation of private hire vehicles (PHV), specifically Uber. The demonstration, organised by United Cabbies Group, is scheduled to take place between Trafalgar Square and TfL's home on Victoria Street, will take place on 10 February from 2:30pm to 4pm. "No retreat. No surrender. [...]
TfL Tube strike February 2016: Transport for London bosses warn staff they will lose £500 bonus if they strike February 2, 2016 Tube workers have been issued an ultimatum by Transport for London bosses over the forthcoming strike this weekend: they will lose their £500 bonus if they go ahead with the action. The walkout, over a long-running jobs dispute as TfL pushes ahead with ticket office closures, is due to start at 9pm this Saturday and [...]
How is London going to pay for all that infrastructure? The future success of our vibrant, world class city depends on it. February 2, 2016 £1.3 trillion is not a number you come across often, but when you do it is a figure that is so incomprehensible, you might as well use the term ‘infinite’. However, £1.3 trillion is the sum devised by City Hall for the funding required to meet London’s infrastructure needs by 2050. That’s £37.1bn a year for [...]