Government watchdog warns taxpayers stand to lose £22.5m should Garden Bridge project collapse October 11, 2016 The National Audit Office (NAO) has announced the findings of its investigation into the use of public funds to pay for one of Boris Johnson’s projects as London Mayor: the Garden Bridge. And it’s not impressed. Meg Hillier MP, chair of the committee of public accounts, said: “It worries me that whenever the Garden Bridge [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan gears up for charge on London’s most polluting vehicles October 10, 2016 Sadiq Khan has started the formal consultation before an emissions surcharge – “T-charge” – for older polluting vehicles is introduced in October 2017. Cars, vans, minibuses and heavy vehicles that don’t meet the Euro 4/IV emission standard will pay £10 to enter the congestion charge zone. It will predominantly be for those registered in 2005 or [...]
Bike-sharing app Cycle.land is coming to the capital October 10, 2016 Londoners will soon have a wealth of options should they want to get on their bikes. It was recently announced the popular Boris bikes were getting a revamp and now a new bike-sharing company is hoping to win over the capital. Read more: TfL signs £79m deal with Serco to upgrade London's Boris bikes Cycle.land launched in Oxford in [...]
Out of home advertising: Kinetic’s Stuart Taylor talks with City A.M. October 10, 2016 WHILE travelling to Kinetic’s office in Bloomsbury, it hit home just how prevalent out of home advertising is. There are 30 screens as you stroll down the escalator towards the underground at Bank, each beaming a different message. Sat on the train, averting eye contact, your eyes are drawn to the adverts next to the [...]
Focus On Earl’s Court: Around 7,500 new homes and a brand new high street coming to west London by 2033 October 7, 2016 Best known for its (closed) Exhibition Centre, Earl’s Court is not the sort of place you’d expect to attract million-pound investment. But it’s currently undergoing its biggest upheaval in over a century and this west London outpost is set to be a very different place in a couple of decades. The last huge change in [...]
Cycle superhighways are causing traffic jams in the City October 5, 2016 Traffic is building up in the City due to the introduction of new cycle superhighways, according to a report by the City of London Corporation. The superhighways have been put in by Transport for London (TfL) to make sure cyclists can move more safely through the City's busy roads, but the road system is still [...]
Sadiq Khan’s plan for one new East London road crossing just isn’t enough October 4, 2016 After years of lobbying for more fixed river crossings east of Tower Bridge, Sadiq Khan’s announcement yesterday that the Silvertown tunnel, along with a DLR extension from Gallions Reach towards Thamesmead and a cycle bridge between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf, will get the go-ahead is hugely welcome news for London. But he must not stop [...]
Here are Sadiq Khan’s new plans for East London river crossings October 4, 2016 The Mayor of London has unveiled new plans for river crossings to be built over the next five to ten years, across East and South East London. Sadiq Khan said he hopes the crossings will improve travel across the capital, as well as supporting new affordable homes and business opportunities in East London. There are [...]
Businesses and transport experts look to Autumn Statement for Hammond to flesh out infrastructure promises October 3, 2016 Businesses have welcomed Philip Hammond's promises to bolster infrastructure today, but warn they'll be watching him carefully to follow through in the Autumn Statement. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, the new chancellor of the exchequer warned that public infrastructure, including "our roads, railways and flood defences", was in dire condition compared with similarly developed countries, thanks [...]
Travel chaos for commuters as power failures shut down several Tube stations October 3, 2016 Local power failures have meant King's Cross, Regent's Park, Euston and Warren Street stations were shut just as many commuters began to pack up for the day. Transport for London said local issues had caused the stations on several different Tube lines to be shut shortly after 4pm today. https://twitter.com/respros/status/782970566588395520 The two mainline stations – King's Cross and [...]