TfL to impose fines for driving on cycling lanes June 22, 2022 Londoners will need to brace themselves as Transport for London (TfL) has announced it will begin fining motorists for driving in cycle lanes. From 27 June the public body will have powers over lanes and tracks across its wider road network, in the same way it legislates over bus lanes and yellow box junctions. Introduced [...]
Welcome aboard, this is a driverless train: unions begin their own demise June 22, 2022 As the summer sun makes the UK feel like a Mediterranean resort, we are also about to see the perils of the labour problems that Southern Europe was so often bedeviled by. Trains have ground to a halt, the London Underground has stopped, and buses are stuck in their depots. Millions of pounds will be [...]
Transport for London’s haphazard funding model must now be made fit for the future June 22, 2022 SINCE the pandemic wiped out much of Transport for London’s fares income, London’s transport network has faced an existential crisis. The Elizabeth Line’s opening was a rare upbeat moment in a miserable couple of years of uncertainty for the city.
Train strikes: Disruption set to cost hospitality £540m and have ‘catastrophic’ impact on night economy June 20, 2022 This week’s rail and tube strikes are set to cost the hospitality sector £540m, as the nighttime economy will suffer a “catastrophic impact”. Trade union action on the transport network this week will “set back the recovery of our high streets and deter people from going out in the evening”, leading to hundreds of million [...]
Rail unions plot six months of strikes ahead of transport chaos this week June 20, 2022 Rail strikes could continue for the next six months if a pay row fails to be resolved, which may strikes all the way up until Christmas if the pay row isn’t resolved. It comes amid the largest bout of industrial action in nearly 30 years, as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union rail [...]
Failed resolution talks: Rail and tube strikes will go ahead next week June 18, 2022 Rail and tube strikes have been confirmed for next week after a resolution failed to be reached over pay and working conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) confirmed the news this afternoon, stating that discussions with Network Rail, train operators and London Underground had been fruitless. The Department for Transport told the BBC [...]
Government ‘inciting’ strikes by not agreeing to TfL funding, says Sadiq Khan June 17, 2022 London mayor Sadiq Khan has accused the government of “inciting” next week’s strikes by failing to reach an agreement over Transport for London’s (TfL) long-term funding. 10,000 members of the RMT and Unite unions working for London Underground are set to strike on Tuesday, on the same day 40,000 railway workers will walk out in [...]
Railway industry calls on Shapps and Khan to agree on long-term TfL funding June 17, 2022 The railway industry has called on transport secretary Grant Shapps and London mayor Sadiq Khan to put politics aside and agree on a long-term funding for Transport for London (TfL) just as the latest round of government bailout expires next Friday. Trade body the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has written an open letter arguing that [...]
The AA calls on Khan to drop ULEZ during next week’s strikes June 16, 2022 The AA today called on the London Mayor to suspend the £12.50 daily ULEZ charge to benefit low income workers impacted by next week’s planned strikes. ULEZ was introduced to charge a fee of £12.50 for driving the most polluting vehicles, and is undergoing a consultation to be expanded to the whole of greater London [...]
Union warns of potential strike on bus network following TfL proposed cuts June 16, 2022 The union Unite has warned of potential strike action across the capital’s bus network after Transport for London (TfL) proposed to cut or change 78 of the current 620 routes. Unite has called on TfL to guarantee that no jobs will be lost and that take home pay will not be cut, as London bus [...]