Day by day, Donald Trump is reshaping America. We travel the west coast from Canada to Mexico speaking to people about their hopes and fears, and how their lives are changing July 11, 2018 The Seattle skyline, with the iconic Space Needle against the backdrop of Mt Rainier, may be familiar from TV series including Frasier and Grey’s Anatomy, but it’s the city’s music scene that sent ripples across the world, through Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix. “The music scene helped build Seattle’s liberal values,” says Nick, a [...]
Why did TfL strip Uber of its licence and what did it do to get it back? June 26, 2018 After months of deliberation, Uber was today granted a 15-month licence after persuading Westminster Magistrates' Court that it had changed its ways and was now a "fit and proper" operator in the capital. City A.M. looks back at why TfL took the dramatic decision last year and what Uber did to try and win it [...]
Uber admits TfL was ‘perfectly correct’ to revoke its London licence as company kicks off appeal to win it back June 25, 2018 Uber’s UK general manager Tom Elvidge has said he “absolutely accepts” TfL’s decision to revoke its licence on the grounds it was not a “fit and proper” private licence holder. Giving evidence at a three-day hearing in which the operator is seeking to persuade TfL it has changed and deserves a renewed licence, Elvidge said [...]
Multiple people injured after explosion at Southgate tube station June 19, 2018 Multiple people have been injured after an explosion at Southgate tube station this evening. British Transport Police said a small number of people have been treated at the scene by the London Ambulance Service following a minor explosion. The explosion is not being treated as suspicious with the Metropolitan Police saying that the cause of [...]
Uber to offer drivers medical cover and maternity pay as it gears up for court hearing on its future in London May 23, 2018 Uber is introducing a number of protections for its European drivers including sickness, and maternity and paternity payments, as it gears up for a crunch decision on its future in London. The company lost its licence to operate in the capital last September with Transport for London (TfL) ruling it not fit and proper to [...]
Pro-Brexit group Leave.EU fined £70,000 for electoral law breaches May 11, 2018 Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU has been fined £70,000 by the Electoral Commission for breaching the law during the EU referendum campaign. The group, which was backed by insurance millionaire Arron Banks and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, was fined after an investigation into its funding and spending during the EU referendum. The investigation concluded that [...]
Uber appoints two new non-executive directors in board shakeup April 6, 2018 Uber has appointed former travel head of Acromas Susan Hooper and media entrepreneur Roger Parry as non-executive directors to its UK boards. Hooper, who currently holds a number of non-executive roles on the boards of Wizz Air, the Department for Exiting the European Union, the Rank Group and Affinity Water, was previously the chief executive [...]
Police cars and taxis to move to zero-emissions in £8.8m government boost March 26, 2018 Police cars and taxis are among the next vehicles to be hydrogen-powered in a government bid to switch more vehicles to zero-emission males. The Department for Transport (DfT) has injected £8.8m into the development of hydrogen-powered vehicles, with police cars and taxis among the first to benefit from the boost. The zero-emission programme aims to [...]
TfL pays men a fifth more than women March 19, 2018 Male employees at Transport for London (TfL) are paid a fifth more than their female colleagues, according to gender pay gap data released by the the Greater London Authority (GLA) today. Sadiq Khan said there was still a “significant” pay gap between men and women employed at City Hall, Transport for London (TfL) and the [...]
London weather: Transport for London (TfL) pledges to keep the capital moving as snow threatens travel disruption February 26, 2018 As snow starts falling in the capital today, and warnings sounded for travel disruption, Transport for London (TfL) has pledged to keep the capital moving. It said that in the case of any severe winter weather, TfL will keep “the rail and strategic road networks open and running”. This will include key arterial roads, cycle [...]