Cyclists on Blackfriars Bridge up 55 per cent since introduction of cycle superhighway December 1, 2016 Since the construction of the North-South cycle superhighway, the number of cyclists on Blackfriars Bridge has increased by 55 per cent during peak periods. They now account for up to 70 per cent of all the traffic on the bridge at the busiest times, according to figures from Transport for London. And on the East-West superhighway, [...]
Ryanair wants to undercut package holiday market with launch of Ryanair Holidays December 1, 2016 Watch out Thomas Cook? Ryanair has launched a package holiday service, called, you guessed it: "Ryanair Holidays". This forms part of its master plan to become the "Amazon of air travel", according to the company. It is offering its 119m customers flights, accommodation and transfer packages, partnering with Spain-based tour operator Logitravel and accommodation provider World2Meet. [...]
Transport for London hits back at Chris Grayling’s dismissal of Heathrow costs December 1, 2016 Transport for London (TfL) has hit back at the transport secretary, after he branded its cost estimates for rail and road improvements around Heathrow expansion "ludicrous". The Airports Commission had estimated that surface infrastructure changes would cost £5bn, but TfL responded by saying the figure underestimated the cost and required changes would cost in the realms of [...]
Chris Grayling promises compensation for Southern passengers and slams “politically motivated” industrial action December 1, 2016 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has described more proposed industrial action on Southern as "politically motivated" and "designed to create maximum disruption". In a letter to Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown received yesterday, Grayling said: "We cannot allow the unions to dictate how or whether the railways should be modernised or not. They are seeking the [...]
Feeling peckish? You can now get a Just Eat takeaway delivered by a robot December 1, 2016 The robots are coming. But wait, only to deliver your takeaway. Just Eat has teamed up with Starships Technologies to deliver its first takeaway meal by a robot. It follows five months of "exhaustive testing" in Greenwich, and the pilot programme will see local customers in the area received automated deliveries So fear not if [...]
Reduce motorway speed limit and ditch speed bumps to tackle air pollution, says UK health body December 1, 2016 Why would a UK health body want the government to ditch speed bumps? According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), it's a great way to cut air pollution. That's not all: a new report from Nice points to evidence from the Netherlands that slashing the speed limit to 50mph on motorways in [...]
British Gas freezes standard energy tariff this winter as it puts pressure on rivals December 1, 2016 The nation's largest energy supplier is freezing its standard tariffs for the winter. It follows action by SSE, which became the first major supplier to promise a price freeze, saying it was capping standard household energy tariffs until April 2017. Renewable power firm Good Energy became the first supplier to guarantee it will not raise gas and electricity [...]
China has hit supercar owners with a 10 per cent tax as it cracks down on luxury December 1, 2016 China's crackdown on luxury just went up a gear. It's imposed an additional 10 per cent tax on super cars, so the likes of Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin and Ferrari are all affected. The tax will be applied to cars costing more than 1.3m yuan (£151,024) and is part of an effort to clamp down [...]
Chris Grayling has called TfL’s Heathrow expansion cost estimates “ludicrous” December 1, 2016 Chris Grayling has called Transport for London's (TfL) predicted costs for improving road and rail links for the Heathrow expansion "ludicrous". Giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on Heathrow's third runway, the transport secretary discussed warnings from TfL that making such improvements could cost up to £20bn. The Airports Commission has estimated surface infrastructure changes [...]
Cherie Blair says there’s a “backlash” against women after Hillary Clinton loses US presidential election December 1, 2016 Cherie Blair has said there's a backlash against women in politics. Speaking on BBC's Newsnight, Blair was asked about the so-called "golden moment" where Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel and Theresa May looked as if they were going to make up three of the G7 leaders at the same time. But Hillary Clinton then lost the US [...]
