Sadiq Khan is cracking down on “unhealthy” body image adverts across TfL properties June 13, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan will ban adverts featuring unrealistic, or unhealthy, body shapes from next month. Following up on a pledge from his mayoral campaign, Khan has issued a new advertising policy for all ads submitted to TfL in tube and bus stations. He has also asked TfL to establish a steering group featuring the firms [...]
Business traveller? Check out this retro advert for City Airport from the 90s May 5, 2016 As Londoners head to the polling stations to choose their next mayor, the fate of City Airport hangs in the balance. While planners and politicians to and fro over London airport expansion, Green party candidate Sian Berry has other ideas, and pledges to demolish the whole thing if she wins the race for City Hall. [...]
London’s growth is moving East – but more must be done to unlock the potential of the Royal Docks and London City Airport April 15, 2016 Connectivity is one of the key challenges facing London’s businesses and communities. The ability of visitors to access the city from overseas, the ability to access other countries from London, and the ability to move around within the capital are all key to growth. London is moving east: more housing is being built and more businesses [...]
Advertising company Exterion Media wins £1.1bn Transport for London contract March 17, 2016 Advertising company Exterion Media has won a Transport for London (TfL) contract worth more than £1bn. The partnership will begin on 1 October 2016 and was described by TfL as the largest outdoor advertising contract in the world. As part of the agreement, Exterion will oversee advertising on trains and at more than 400 stations across [...]
As east London’s population explodes, we must build more tunnels and bridges to connect north and south communities across the Thames February 8, 2016 London’s population is booming and nowhere more so than in east London, which is expected to see its population increase by 600,000 in the next 15 years. It is a region ripe with opportunity – hundreds of thousands of new homes and jobs can be created in the area. But with just three road crossings [...]
RMT confirms 17 days of DLR strikes in 2016 December 4, 2015 Rail Union RMT announced today that there will be a series of strikes on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) next year, as part of an ongoing dispute over working practices. The strikes, which will run between January and March, are over a number of issues, including DLR operator Keolis Amey's use of agency staff. Last month, DLR workers went [...]
Open letter to the chancellor: Don’t cut London transport November 23, 2015 This week’s Spending Review will require the chancellor to make difficult decisions. Cutting investment in transport in London would be a very false economy. With a population growing by 100,000 a year, continued investment is needed to keep not just Londoners but the Treasury’s tax take from the capital moving. Parts of the Underground need [...]
DLR strike 2015 dates confirmed by RMT: Staff will walk out for 48 hours from 3 November October 28, 2015 RMT has confirmed a 48-hour strike will take place next week on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), as the union fights a series of issues affecting staff. Staff will walk out from 4am 3 November until the same time on 5 November. The action comes after 92 per cent of RMT members voted to strike last week. Read [...]
DLR workers have voted in favour of a strike October 22, 2015 Contract workers on the DLR have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike, as the dispute over "a range of serious unresolved issues" rumbles on. More than 92 per cent of staff across all grades on the Keolis Amey Docklands Light Railway voted in favour of industrial action, RMT said today. No date has been set [...]
A 48-hour DLR strike will go ahead this Thursday October 12, 2015 The DLR will be hit by a 48-hour strike on Thursday after members of the RMT union voted in favour of industrial action over pay and working conditions. The strike will begin at 5.30am on Thursday (15 October) and end at the same time on Saturday (17 October). Security and cleaning staff are striking over a [...]