Parliament Square brought to standstill in climate change protest February 15, 2019 Nearly 50 school strikes took place across the country today as a coalition of youth climate change organisations led walkouts, leaving London's Parliament Square in gridlock. Thousands of young people gathered in Parliament Square between 11am and 2pm, holding signs and chanting messages that called attention to climate change and the environment. The protest brought traffic to a [...]
Revealed: Final cost of ‘botched’ Garden Bridge project comes to £53.5m February 13, 2019 Backers of the failed Garden Bridge project are under fire after the "galling" costs of the scheme were revealed to have spiralled north of £50m. The Garden Bridge Trust, which managed the project since November 2015, was accused of “squandering public money” on the ill-fated venture, after Transport for London admitted that the project racked [...]
Victoria line trains to Brixton suspended as severe delays plague Tube lines February 13, 2019 Commuters were facing rush hour hell this morning after a key Tube line was part suspended and three were hit by severe delays Read more: King's Cross signal failure hits key Tube lines with severe delays The Victoria line was not running to Brixton this morning after engineers were called to fix a signal failure [...]
Sadiq Khan announces shakeup of severance pay for departing TfL staff February 12, 2019 Sadiq Khan has announced a shakeup of Transport for London (TfL) pay agreements after £51m was paid out to departing staff last year. City Hall has said it will reduce notice periods, in which those made redundant can claim pay, from 12 months to six months for future managing directors and from six months to three [...]
Westminster council victorious as court rejects TfL appeal over blocked CS11 cycle superhighway February 7, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) will not be able to build its proposed CS11 cycle superhighway at Swiss Cottage after it lost an appeal against a decision by Westminster council to block its construction last year. The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld an earlier ruling that TfL could not proceed with the CS11 without considering traffic and [...]
Commuters hit with severe morning delays on Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines February 7, 2019 Commuters continue to be severely disrupted by delays to the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines due to signalling problems. The Metropolitan Line was hit with severe delays this morning after a Tube driver went through a red light at Harrow-on-the-Hill forcing following trains to be stopped as a safety procedure. https://twitter.com/metline/status/1093451576574988288 Got held up at #Harrow On [...]
Tube delays: Severe delays hit Circle Line and Hammersmith & City Line with London Overground part suspended February 7, 2019 Severe delays were affecting three London lines this morning as commuters made their way to work. Read more: Watchdog bans Red Bull Tube ad telling workers to clock off early A signal failure at King’s Cross was behind severe delays on both the Circle Line and the Hammersmith & City Line this morning – both [...]
TfL urged to be ‘open’ with Londoners about Northern Line extension delay February 5, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) has been told to be "open" with Londoners about the reasons behind the Northern Line extension delay after boss Mike Brown said a revised opening date would have "no material impact" on its revenues. The extension, which will lengthen the Northern Line to Battersea and create 25,000 new jobs and 20,000 new homes, was scheduled to open next [...]
An end to gridlock? How artificial intelligence could help get London moving again February 4, 2019 London is a truly remarkable city – an economic powerhouse and a cultural destination without equal. It’s a magnet to millions, and rightly so. But it’s a terrible irony that this fast-moving, fast-living, fast-earning metropolis is stuck in traffic so much of the time. We simply cannot move. According to traffic data company INRIX, London [...]
Disruption from snow and ice could continue today with Met Office weather warnings remaining in place February 2, 2019 Disruption from the snowstorm that hit the UK at the end of this week could continue today with a number of Met Office weather warnings still in place. The south of the country is covered by a yellow warning for snow and ice which means some roads and railways are likely to be affected with [...]