Battle brewing over ‘unreformed and generous’ TfL pension scheme August 4, 2021 Sadiq Khan is gearing up for a battle with Transport for London (TfL) staff after a report on the transport operator’s finances found its pension scheme was “expensive, unreformed and generous”. According to the Telegraph, advisers to London’s Mayor have said that the current scheme is more beneficial for workers than models used by Network [...]
Westminster becomes newest borough to join London’s e-scooter trials August 2, 2021 E-scooters will be rolling out across the West End after Westminster Council and TfL agreed to extend a trial of the new transport tech into the hear of the capital. Westminster has now joined Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Richmond, Kensington & Chelsea, Canary Wharf and Southwark in the trial. The use of privately owned e-scooters [...]
Congestion charge to be rolled back to 18:00 on weekdays July 28, 2021 The London congestion charge will stop at 18:00 on weekdays under new proposals from Transport for London (TfL) to encourage punters to return to the capital’s hospitality hotspots in the evenings. However, on weekends it will become operational between 12:00 and 18:00, in order to reduce congestion in central London and get people back on [...]
RMT confirms Tube strike for August July 27, 2021 The RMT union has confirmed for four days of strikes on the Tube in August in protest over plans to abolish the Night Tube train drivers’ grade. Having first called the strike earlier this month, it confirmed it would go ahead after failing to make any progress in talks with the London Underground company. The [...]
TfL still facing £500m funding gap as network unveils slimmer budget July 26, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) today revealed that it is facing a £500m funding gap for this financial year as it continues to try to broker a long-term financial package with the government. In its revised budget, published this afternoon, the transport network revealed that it would need £1.9bn of funding for 2021/22, down from the [...]
London Tories call for Khan to reopen van and lorry scrappage scheme July 23, 2021 London’s Conservatives have today written to Mayor Sadiq Khan urging him put £50m from City Hall’s business rates reserves towards reopening scrappage schemes for vans and heavy vehicles ahead of the expansion of the ULEZ zone. Although Khan has so far provided £61m to drivers looking to trade in non-ULEZ compliant vehicles, the van and [...]
TfL launches campaign to rally confidence in commuters and fill-up tubes July 19, 2021 In its bid to breathe the capital back to life, Transport for London (TfL) has launched its largest campaign since the 2012 Olympics to rally confidence in commuters. Tube and bus networks have been far quieter than they were 16 months ago, so TFL’s ‘Welcome back London’ campaign seeks to highlight what Londoners have missed [...]
Face masks to remain compulsory on London Tube and buses July 14, 2021 Face masks will remain compulsory on London Tube and bus services despite the wider easing of lockdown measures under new plans unveiled by mayor Sadiq Khan. While the legal requirement to wear face masks will end on 19 July, the mayor said he was “not prepared to stand by and put Londoners, and our city’s [...]
Check your hub: All of the Northern Line station closures in 2022 July 13, 2021 The Kennington to Moorgate branch of the Northern Line will be shut for 17 weeks from next January so TfL can finish its redevelopment of Bank station. The £700m upgrade will see the station, one of London’s busiest, made 40 per cent larger. Four of the eight stations on the Bank branch of the service will be [...]
Government scraps TfL bus service review due to extra restrictions July 12, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) will no longer have to carry out a review of bus services levels in July after the government agreed to waive the step after concerns were raised. Under TfL’s latest six-month funding package, the transport operator had to undertake a review of bus passenger numbers in both July and September. But [...]