Boris Bike sponsorship deal: Santander reportedly in line to beat Coca-Cola as Barclays replacement February 5, 2015 Santander UK is reportedly on the cusp of signing a £50m deal which would see it replace Barclays as the main sponsor of London's Boris Bike scheme. The deal would see Santander UK pay up to £7.5m annually for seven years, putting its red-and-white branding in the place of the blue hues currently offered by Barclays. [...]
London bus strike: More than half of all services are running February 5, 2015 Update: Transport for London is now reporting that more than half of its bus services are running as usual, despite the strike over pay. While it still noted there was “disruption” to services, and warned that passengers check before travelling, the impact appeared to be considerably less than last month, when Unite held similar [...]
Bus strikes for next 24 hours February 4, 2015 TUBE and train carriages will be more crammed than usual this morning as many London bus drivers are on strike over pay and conditions today. The strike, involving Unite bus drivers in the dispute, began at 4am and will go until 4am tomorrow. Transport for London (TfL) said customers with a Bus and Tram Pass [...]
Boris Johnson’s Crossrail for Bikes gets green light from Transport for London February 4, 2015 Boris Johnson's ambitious Crossrail for Bikes scheme has been given the green light by Transport for London, after it was updated to reduce knock-on traffic delays. Four new cycle superhighways running throughout London have got the go-ahead and work will begin on the project within the next month. The scheme will cost £160m to [...]
TfL and MySingleFriend.com bring love to London’s cable cars and river buses February 2, 2015 All aboard, singletons! The capital’s river buses and cable cars are set to transport Londoners on a journey to love – and all in time for Valentine’s Day. Transport for London (TfL) and website MySingleFriend.com plan to host a date night on board MBNA Thames Clippers and the Emirates Air Line on Thursday 12 February. [...]
From Greek elections and Apple’s record-making profits to Thameslink floods and Afren’s misery: Here’s what got us talking this week January 30, 2015 News was dominated by results from the US this week, but it was Apple that really made waves with its history-making profits of $18bn in one quarter. Here are five things that put that into perspective. (Hint: It's huge). Meanwhile as the results of the Greek election began to sink in, investors started reacting. [...]
London snow: TfL has stockpiled 110,000 tonnes of salt, got a fleet of road gritters and put an action plan in place to keep the capital moving January 29, 2015 Transport for London and London Councils have stockpiled 110,000 tonnes of salt ahead of the snowy weather as the capital braces itself for the arrival of cold weather. Forecasts predicted that snow and sleet would hit the capital by this afternoon – and it looks like the skies have punctually obliged. A fleet of [...]
TfL has ambitious plans to become London’s largest property developer within decade January 28, 2015 In another sign the London property market is the place to be right now, Transport for London (TfL) has become the latest to get involved, making a serious bid to become one of the capital’s property supremos. More than 500 sites owned by TFL across London, including its former headquarters in a Grade-I listed building [...]
A polar bear on the loose in London – or is it? Animatronic animal promotes new Sky Atlantic series Fortitude January 27, 2015 We know it's cold in London, but we didn't think it was Arctic. Why else would a polar bear be wandering the capital's streets? For a major publicity stunt perhaps? Sky Atlantic has gone all out to promote its new big-budget series Fortitude, sending an eight-foot long semi-animatronic polar bear around the city centre. [...]
Boris Johnson gives revised Crossrail for Bikes the green light – now it’s just up to Transport for London January 27, 2015 A revised version of the heavily anticipated 'Crossrail for Bikes' has been given the green-light by London mayor Boris Johnson, as part of a £913m policy to get more Londoners cycling. The latest version of the plans for Europe's longest “substantially segregated” cycle path, which cut delays by 60 per cent on the route previously [...]