Notting Hill Carnival: The full list of stations and roads closed this Bank Holiday weekend August 26, 2018 It's that time of year again: London's big summertime bank holiday weekend, and the travelling chaos that often comes with it. Here's a handy list we've compiled of everything you'll need to get around London until Tuesday. Running from Saturday 25 August until late on Monday 27 August, travel during the Bank Holiday in the [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan should park the cap on taxis – it’s actually TfL licensing that is clogging up our roads August 24, 2018 Congestion is snarling up London, and Sadiq Khan is right to be worried. Traffic speeds are now well into horse and cart territory. In the morning peak, passengers on the route 15 bus between Tower Hill and Charing Cross are now down to crawling along at an average of 4.2mph. The number of private hire [...]
Opinion: Young families are moving out of London at an alarming rate but they may regret it in a few years time August 23, 2018 Young families in their 30s moving out of London escaping the rat race in search of better value, more space and good schools is nothing new. However, what is surprising is the rate at which this exodus in increasing. Net migration out of the capital – people moving out minus people moving in – was [...]
Tory MPs hit back over rail fare hike August 14, 2018 The government has come under fire from Tory MPs for hiking train fares amid a growing dispute over the measure used to determine price rises. Transport secretary Chris Grayling said tonight the government will “freeze regulated fares in line with inflation” for the sixth year running, a move that will potentially add hundreds of pounds to [...]
New York City hits the brakes on all new drivers for Uber and Lyft | City A.M. August 9, 2018 New York City’s local council has pressed pause on granting new licences to ride-hailing firms for one year, blaming companies such as Uber and Lyft for the city’s congestion problems. The package of measures outlined by the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio overnight also includes setting a minimum wage for drivers, after the New York [...]
Walnut Unlimited have revealed that the average commuter spends 55 hours in traffic | City A.M. August 8, 2018 A recent study has shown that the average commuter misses out on 55 hours of “free time” a year due to worsening traffic conditions. The findings by polling agency Walnut Unlimited for the Go-Ahead Group,highlighted the inconvenience suffered by road users, with a commuter leaving home on average 13 minutes early to compensate for any [...]
Westminster council derails second Sadiq Khan project with legal challenge against CS11 Cycle Superhighway August 2, 2018 Construction works on a proposed cycle superhighway at a dangerous gyratory in north-west London have come to a grinding halt after Westminster council mounted a successful legal challenge against Transport for London (TfL) – derailing its second project this year. Work on the first section of Cycle Superhighway 11, which is intended to span [...]
DEBATE: Should London’s Congestion Charge exemption for private hire vehicles be removed? | City A.M. August 2, 2018 Should London’s Congestion Charge exemption for private hire vehicles be removed? Jack May, a columnist for Progress, says YES. London’s air is toxic. Just one month into 2018, London breached the year’s legal air pollution limit. Britain is being taken to the European Court of Justice as a result, and could be landed with a [...]
Do you want to breathe in cleaner air? London has the worst air quality of any city in the UK July 25, 2018 Socially-minded community bond offer set to raise over £16 million to green Londoners’ commutes and tackle air quality. Over the past few years, Transport for London’s Overground network has been subject to a city-wide greening mission. All thanks to the Energy Garden project. The partnership initiative with Repowering London, The London Overground and Transport for [...]
How much does it cost to live near Richmond Park? | City A.M. July 23, 2018 It’s little wonder that Richmond continually tops ‘best places to live’ lists. With a Royal Park that’s so big it accounts for nearly half of the total area of all London’s Royal Parks, beautiful Georgian family housing, some of the best river frontage in the capital and a thriving community-led high street, it’s difficult not [...]