Train strikes: First Great Western bank holiday weekend action will go ahead as RMT union talks fail August 26, 2015 Strikes on First Great Western trains will go ahead over the busy August bank holiday weekend after talks between unions and the train company failed to come to an agreement. RMT union members working for First Great Western, including guards and attendants, will walk out on Saturday 29 August for 72 hours in a dispute [...]
TfL Tube strikes 2015: Picket line travel disruption is hurting London Underground – Brand Index August 26, 2015 This year has not been a good one so far for commuters in the capital with a succession of strikes seeing London Underground staff manning picket lines instead of running railway lines. With the cancellation of this week’s strikes suggesting there is now some light at the end of the organisation’s tunnels, I have [...]
Bocca di Lupo restaurateur says he would charge any striking Tube driver double the price August 25, 2015 The Tory crackdown on union strike action has been pretty hardcore in recent months, but it looks like a ceasefire is on the horizon after London Underground protests were called off earlier this week. City chef Jacob Kennedy hit back at Tube staff this week, saying that he would charge any striking workers double [...]
Transport for London introduces junction specially designed to keep cyclists safe at Cambridge Heath August 25, 2015 London cyclists, rejoice. Cambridge Heath just got a junction designed specifically to keep cyclists from being hit by left-turning traffic, the first of several similar junctions planned for the busiest roads across the capital. At the junction, the first of its kind in the UK, cyclists and cars will turn separately. Cars planning to make [...]
Bank Station reopened after Jubilee line signal failure causes major overcrowding; as TfL offices evacuated August 25, 2015 Bank is only being used for exit and interchange due to overcrowding after parts of the Jubilee line was out of action for over an hour this morning. The Jubilee line went down at 7:45am because of signal failures in the Stratford area, and only returned at 9am. Initially the line was suspended [...]
TfL Tube strike 26 and 28 August 2015: Unions call off Tube strikes – but RMT sets new date August 24, 2015 Unions planning to launch 48 hours of strikes this week have suspended their action, it was confirmed this evening Read more: Driverless tubes would break the militant unions forever Members of the TSSA, RMT and Unite were due to walk out for 24 hours from 6.30pm tomorrow, and then again from 6.30pm on Thursday, after they [...]
TfL Tube strike 26 and 28 August 2015: Tube strikes cost London nearly £60m in lost man hours August 24, 2015 Talks are going to the wire, but unless something miraculous happens, London is staring down the barrel of a double-whammy of strike action this week. As it stands Tube staff members of RMT, TSSA and Unite are planning to walk out from 6:30pm on Tuesday and for the whole of the following day (25 [...]
Transport for London offers £10,000 grant for cycling safety programmes August 24, 2015 Cycling enthusiasts can apply for up to £10,000 in funding from Transport for London (TfL), under a new scheme announced today. TfL said it will give community groups and not-for-profit organisations money for cycle safety training, bike maintenance and guided rides throughout the capital. Applications for grants will close on 21 September. Ben Plowden, TfL’s director [...]
Taxi drivers launch legal challenge against Embankment cycle superhighway August 24, 2015 London’s taxi drivers have launched a legal challenge against the Embankment cycling superhighway, protesting the traffic congestion caused by its construction. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) lodged an application for judicial review today, arguing that Transport for London should have sought planning permission before construction of the new cycle road through central London began. [...]
Worst traffic jams in Europe: London beats Brussels and Cologne to top of table for most congested city August 23, 2015 London is the most-congested city in Europe, while the UK is Europe’s fifth most congested country, according to a survey commissioned by traffic data company Inrix. Drivers in the capital spent an average of 96 hours stuck in their cars in 2014 – the equivalent of four days a year – up 14 hours [...]