TfL’s future in Khan’s hands November 19, 2021 [Re: “Managed decline”, yesterday] Great front page headline City A.M. “Managed Decline” (18th November). The reality on Transport for London is London’s future is in the Mayor of London’s hands. He can reform the pre 1980’s era style union working practices and pay and conditions which are so generous other public sector workers are envious. [...]
Whitehall should not be able to escape TfL’s case for funding November 18, 2021 There is a brilliant, if possibly apocryphal, anecdote that emerged from the 2000 US election. Karl Rove, George W. Bush’s election strategist, was finally accosted by the journalists who had been following Bush on the campaign trail for weeks, reciting the same speech, city by city, state by state. The hacks begged Rove to change [...]
Lib Dems call for bank tax hike to plug TfL funding gap November 18, 2021 The Liberal Democrats have called for taxes on banks to be hiked to help fill Transport for London’s (TfL) £6.6bn funding gap. The party called the long-running TfL funding saga between the government and mayor of London Sadiq Khan a “a ridiculous macho battle”, while urging them to “sort this mess out”. Khan last night [...]
TfL: Network planning for “managed decline” and return to 1970s without Whitehall funding November 18, 2021 LONDON’S transport network is headed for “managed decline” that will echo the 1970s if central government refuses to fill a growing funding black hole. Late on Wednesday evening, TfL’s finance committee published the bleakest assessment yet of the future of London’s public transport network, outlining an 18 per cent reduction in bus services and a [...]
Lower than forecast ULEZ receipts hit transport network’s coffers November 18, 2021 The expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has been so successful in driving down the use of heavily-polluting cars that it has blown a £600m hole in TfL’s forecasted budgets. The ULEZ was expanded out to the north and south circular in October as part of the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s push [...]
Sadiq Khan warns for ‘severe tube and bus disruption’ if govt does not cough up £1.9bn for London transport funding November 18, 2021 Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, warned this morning that without urgent Government investment London’s bus and tube services could be severely disrupted because of a £1.9 billion funding gap. Sadiq Khan says bus services could be reduced by a fifth and tube services by almost 10% unless the Government steps in with an injection [...]
UK advertising watchdog probes crypto meme coin Floki’s marketing ‘assault’ on London transport November 17, 2021 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has bowed to calls for an investigation into an ad campaign for a digital token named after Elon Musk’s new dog, Floki, after hundreds of adverts for the cryptocurrency appeared across the capital’s transport network. A spokesperson for the ASA told City AM that the watchdog is currently investigating the [...]
Children injured after ceiling collapses at school in Dulwich November 15, 2021 A number of children have been taken to hospital and others were treated at the scene after a ceiling collapsed at a school in Dulwich this morning, the London fire brigade said. A ceiling collapsed on the second floor of a school on Thurlow Park Road in Dulwich this morning, and a number of people [...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: London switches on world’s largest lights November 13, 2021 More than one million LED lights will deck London’s most well-known Christmas hotspots, including Leicester Square, Mayfair and Piccadilly Circus. A total of 20 streets across the city’s West End all had their lights switched on at the same time by the Lord Mayor of Westminster to mark the beginning of the festive season. Shoppers [...]
Mayor of London tells COP26 leaders to be ‘doers’, not ‘delayers’ November 11, 2021 Sadiq Khan is expected to call out COP26’s national governments today for being “delayers” rather than “doers” when it comes to the climate crisis.