From the Shard to Crossrail: Five female engineers shaping the future of London June 23, 2015 Women make up only six per cent of UK engineers – but that hasn’t stopped these London engineers from joining a male-dominated workforce, building everything from the Shard to Crossrail. Today marked the second-ever National Women in Engineering Day, to highlight the lack of female engineers. This is bad news for business, according to a [...]
Double rainbow on City commute June 22, 2015 It may have been overcast, but Monday morning was far from dull after commuters were greeted by rainbow brights from Canary Wharf to London Bridge. Barclays and TfL have teamed up to wrap a DLR train in rainbows for Pride in London, which takes place this week. The train, which runs from Canary Wharf to [...]
London 24 hour Night Tube: Seven ways London travel’s going to get even better June 22, 2015 The Night Tube has nearly arrived. After years of Londoners dreaming of being able to hop on the tube after a night out, it will finally become reality this autumn. Transport for London's new map shows exactly where travellers can hop on and hop off in this first phase of the Night Tube rollout, but [...]
TfL publishes new Night Tube map amid union threats to strike June 21, 2015 (Source: TfL) With 24-hour tube services set to go into effect in the autumn, Transport for London (TfL) has published a new Night Tube map. The new map shows Londoners which underground lines will operate through the night on Fridays and Saturdays when the extended services launch on 12 September. The Central, [...]
A booming West End will be fatally undermined unless we pedestrianise Oxford Street June 21, 2015 Oxford Street needs to be pedestrianised. There is a growing consensus about this among traders, transport operators, and local councils. The question is when and how. The “when” is easiest to answer. The new east-west Crossrail line starts operating through Central London in four years’ time. It will generate a new surge of people coming [...]
London’s black cabs could be made to offer contactless payments June 19, 2015 Black cabs could be legally obliged to accept contactless credit cards, as a new set of proposals are opened up to consultation. Transport for London has put forward the idea – that contactless payments be accepted in all London taxis – as part of a move to modernise the industry and make it easier [...]
London mayor Boris Johnson told black cab driver to “f*** off and die” June 17, 2015 London mayor Boris Johnson has been filmed telling a London black cab driver to "f*** off and die" before adding "and not in that order". The Tory MP was cycling home when he became involved with the cabbie who appears to gesticulate at him and say "you're one of them mate" in footage obtained by [...]
London commuters owed £56m in rail refunds June 17, 2015 London commuters are owed around £56m in rail refunds for delayed journeys that they are yet to claim. Read more: Rail fares could rise by the second-lowest level in 20 years Figures discovered by London Assembly Tory transport spokesman Richard Tracey show around 25.8m journeys are delayed each year – but 85 per cent of potential refunds [...]
Sainsbury’s and Tesco ditch Transport for London’s Tube station Click & Collect scheme June 17, 2015 It seems the retail revolution is still a little way off, after supermarket giants Sainsbury's and Tesco ditched a scheme introduced by Transport for London (TfL) to let shoppers collect their groceries at Tube stations. Read more: TfL given the green light to turn its HQ into flats The scheme, introduced amid much pomp and [...]
Transport for London given the green light to turn its art deco headquarters into flats June 17, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has been given the green light by planning officers to turn its Grade I-listed headquarters into flats. Under the new plans, 55 Broadway – once London's tallest office block – will be converted into 89 flats, just under a quarter of which will be classed as affordable housing, plus 1,300 sq [...]