Unbearable: Victoria crowned noisiest tube line after receiving most complaints August 8, 2022 The Victoria Line was crowned the noisiest on the Transport for London (TfL) network after it received the highest number of complaints from passengers, drivers and people that live nearby. Running from Brixton to Walthamstow, the line received 306 complaints since 2016, 108 of which for the section between King’s Cross and Highbury and Islington. [...]
Bus drivers join ‘summer of discontent’ and announce strike for 19 and 20 August August 7, 2022 London bus drivers have joined the UK’s “summer of discontent” and announced a strike for 19 and 20 August following a dispute over salaries. The union Unite said more than 1,600 of its members working for bus operator London United will join the walkout after the company’s parent, RATP Dev Transit, offered a 7.8 pay [...]
Political rivalry will keep Transport for London in eternal financial purgatory August 4, 2022 People who live and work in London know the city would grind to a halt without an efficient public transport network. Almost half of the country’s 22 million public transport journeys undertaken every day are in London. Just a quarter of Londoners use a car to get to work – elsewhere it is 70 per [...]
‘Junk science’: London Conservatives dispute validity of research on TfL food ad restrictions August 3, 2022 GLA Conservatives have disputed the validity of an independent research on junk food ad restrictions implemented since 2019 on the Transport for London (TfL) network. Published yesterday by the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the study argued that the ban has prevented almost 100,000 cases of obesity. It [...]
TfL tells union financial recovery at risk if Tube strikes go ahead August 3, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has called on the union RMT to cancel the Tube strike on 19 August as walking out will only increase the public body’s financial risks. “I need to be really clear with you, that taking further industrial action at this time will do nothing but undermine our negotiations with government and [...]
TfL long-term funding discussions drag on August 3, 2022 Discussions over the long-term funding of Transport for London (TfL) have dragged on, as the latest round of government funding was set to expire today. TfL’s commissioner Andy Byford said the public body was still “in active discussion” with government officials to ensure that the funding proposal made was “fair and deliverable.” “We hope these [...]
Confirmed: Tube and Overground strike to go ahead on 19 August August 2, 2022 The union RMT representing Tube and Overground workers announced the strike planned for 19 August, which was called last week, will go ahead. The announcement comes a day before the latest government funding deadline extension expires. The union confirmed that more than 10,000 workers will walk out as part of two different disputes, with Tube [...]
Junk food ads restrictions on TfL network to save NHS £200m August 2, 2022 The restrictions on junk food ads on the Transport for London (TfL) network are set to save the NHS over £200m. According to a study published today by the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the ban has prevented almost 100,000 obesity cases. In place since February 2019, the [...]
London’s ULEZ must be fair and effective or risk reversal July 29, 2022 THE CLIMATE is changing rapidly. We saw that with the heatwaves that swept the country and the fires raging in Europe. But climate action can’t steamroll over people, or make them poorer as an economic crisis sets in. Well-meaning but unfair policies will, after all, eventually be unwound. No policy is a better example than [...]
TfL granted deadline extension as it looks at Govt proposal July 28, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) was granted a week extension of the current government funding. The public body was given until 3 August while it continues to revise a £3.6bn proposal put on the plate by transport secretary Grant Shapps last Friday. “We are considering whether the proposal from the government meets that need and if [...]