Santander Cycles hit record figures in 2021, TfL says January 12, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has announced that 2021 was the year with the highest ever use of Santander Cycles, as almost 11 million hires were registered. More than a million people used the scheme last year, with 178,000 members joining the scheme – a 7 per cent increase on 2020. The past year hit a [...]
Controversy after controversy: Sadiq Khan will ‘hold the Met to account’ January 11, 2022 London Mayor Sadiq Khan will “hold the Met to account” after confidence in the capital’s police force plummeted amid a slew of controversies. “The Mayor is determined to continue to hold the Met to account to deliver the changes needed to rebuild and increase the trust and confidence of all Londoners in their police service,” [...]
London needs to slash car use to steer away from ‘filthy air and gridlocked roads’, says Khan January 11, 2022 London needs to slash its car use, otherwise the city faces a crisis of “filthy air and gridlocked roads”, mayor Sadiq Khan has warned. The mayor has urged for “greener means of travel”, after London was crowned the world’s most congested city late year, according to traffic information supplier Inrix. Public transport use in the [...]
TfL finance chief quits post amid financial turmoil for the London transport body January 10, 2022 Transport for London’s (TfL) chief financial officer has resigned amid the transport body’s ongoing financial turmoil. It was announced today that Simon Kilonback will leave his post and join internet provider G.Network, after working at TfL since 2009, in what is another blow to the body as it seeks to secure its financial future. It [...]
Sadiq Khan hits out at rail union over planned six-month Tube strike January 6, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at the UK’s largest rail union for its planned Tube strike tomorrow, saying that the long-term industrial action will “cause further devastation” for London’s economy. London Underground staff from the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) will walk off the job on Friday and Saturday evenings [...]
Sadiq Khan eyes partial drug decriminalisation trial in Lewisham, Bexley and Greenwich January 4, 2022 Sadiq Khan may soon oversee trials of partial drug decriminalisation in three London boroughs to ensure under-25s caught with small amounts of cannabis escape arrest. The trials – in Lewisham, Bexley and Greenwich – would see police told to divert 18-24-year-olds found with small amounts of cannabis into drug courses or counselling instead of arresting [...]
2021 goes down as bloodiest year on record in London after double teen stabbing in Hillingdon and Croydon January 1, 2022 2021 has gone down as the bloodiest year on record for teen homicides in London as two boys were stabbed to death within an hour of each other. A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded at Philpot’s Farm, Yiewsley, in Hillingdon in west London, and was pronounced dead at 8.25pm. It followed the fatal stabbing of [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan pumps additional £50m into fighting crime as knife and gun incidents across capital start to fall December 29, 2021 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced this morning an additional £50m will be reserved to tackle crime across the capital. The investment, which will run over the next three years, will fund grassroots crime prevention projects across the city and promote positive opportunities for Londoners in every borough in the capital through the London Crime Prevention Fund, [...]
TfL drivers on Central and Victoria tube lines to strike EVERY Friday and Saturday until June 2022 December 23, 2021 London Underground drivers plan to strike every weekend for the next six months, until June 2022, as a row over night tube rotas intensifies. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said this evening that its members will stage overnight walkouts on the Central and Victoria lines from 8.30pm every Fridays and Saturdays until June [...]
Khan to hike Londoners council tax bills by £31 in bid to save TfL from ‘collapse’ December 22, 2021 Council tax could be hiked by £31.93 next year under London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans to save the capital’s transport system from collapse. In his budget proposal today, Khan set out that £20 of the council tax increase will be pumped into Transport for London (TfL) after battling with a funding blackhole. The transport network [...]