Transport for London’s proposed five-minute rule for Uber and other taxi apps will cost drivers £19m a year November 3, 2015 Drivers of Uber cabs could stand to lose as much as £19m a year if new proposals by Transport for London (TfL) forcing operators of taxi apps to make their passengers wait five minutes before a pick-up come into effect. Research published by Uber today found its drivers will be out of pocket by an average of [...]
DLR strike tomorrow: Transport union RMT going ahead with 3 and 4 November 2015 strikes after talks fail November 2, 2015 Transport union RMT has said tomorrow's strike on the DLR will go ahead after talks failed to solve workers' grievances. The union has called a 48-hour strike, starting at 3:59am on Tuesday 3 November and running until 3:58am Thursday 5 November to address "abuse of procedures and the adoption of a wholly cavalier attitude to the issues [...]
Heathrow Airport taxi crash: Emergency services attend as minicab driver smashes into Terminal 5 November 2, 2015 Emergency services were in attendance after a car crashed into the departures area of Terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport this morning. It was suggested that the car was a taxi, whose driver had a heart attack, although those reports have not been confirmed. https://twitter.com/airlivenet/status/661124964632936448 A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport confirmed that there had been a "road incident" [...]
District, Circle, Hammersmith Tube Lines part-suspended, causing severe travel delays, because of trespasser on the track at Mile End November 2, 2015 Transport for London had to shut down parts of the District and Circle Line this morning because of a trespasser on the track. There was no service anti-clockwise on the Circle Line during rush hour this morning because of the individual, who was on the track at Mile End. The District Line was closed between Whitechapel and [...]
London weather: Thick fog prompts Heathrow, City Airport to cancel flights, drivers warned to go slowly as Met Office issues severe weather warning for much of UK November 2, 2015 Thick fog was causing travel chaos across London this morning, with flights in and out of London airports cancelled. The Met Office issued a severe weather warning for heavy fog from Sunday night "becoming widespread and dense in places by Monday morning". Yellow warnings were in place for London and the South East, South West, Wales, East Midlands, [...]
Horrifying house prices (and other scare stories) – here’s what got us talking this week October 30, 2015 It was a week in which we discovered that two teenagers were suspects in the TalkTalk hack (but that "significantly" fewer people were affected. We learned that all MPs earn a lot more than their constituents. And we discovered that the UK's population is growing much quicker than previously thought. Here's what got us talking this week [...]
DLR strike passenger advice released by TfL: Jubilee, Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines expected to be much busier as commuters seek alternative routes October 30, 2015 Transport for London has issued passenger advice for commuters affected by the forthcoming 48-hour strike on the DLR, with services "unlikely" to run because of the disruption. The strike has been called by transport union RMT over a dispute with KeolisAmey Docklands, which operates the DLR on behalf of TfL. It is due to start at 3:59am on 3 [...]
Halloween map reveals London’s most haunted Tube stations from King’s Cross and Liverpool Street to Bank and Elephant & Castle October 30, 2015 You might usually worry more about delays and crowded rush hour Tubes on your commute than encountering a ghost. But if you’re the impressionable type, this spooky map might just change all that. On the eve of Halloween, this map created by Brilliantly British reveals the London Underground’s most horrifying ghost stories. The map includes [...]
Public backs London’s black taxis accepting credit or debit card payment after public consultation by TfL October 29, 2015 Londoners just came a step closer to being able to pay for a black cab journey using a credit or debit card. Accepting cashless payments – widespread almost everywhere else – has been suggested by Transport for London in a bid to modernise the industry, and has now gained overwhelming support from the public and cab drivers themselves. [...]
Transport for London just made a chart showing how Tube travel has changed since 1928 October 28, 2015 See any men in bowler hats around on your last Tube journey? What about flappers bustling to get to a jazz concert? Probably not. Sure, there are plenty of obvious ways in which the London Tube has changed since 1928. But what about how our travel habits have changed? London Underground had an advert for [...]