Oxford Street businesses are up in arms over the road’s planned pedestrianisation December 19, 2017 Thought that businesses and residents would be happy about the plan to turn Oxford Street into a car-free zone? Apparently not, as groups in the area have launched a protest against the mooted pedestrianisation. Banning cars and buses from the infamous shopping district will lead to more pollution and gridlocked local roads, according to local [...]
Crossrail coming: The new Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line has been revealed with a year to go | City A.M. December 19, 2017 With a year to go until the big start of Elizabeth Line services and opening of 10 new London stations, Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new December 2018 Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line. The Crossrail project is nearing the final stages of construction and the Elizabeth Line, as it will be known [...]
Virgin billionaire Richard Branson is taking up Hyperloop One chairman role December 18, 2017 Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson is taking up a top leadership position at Virgin Hyperloop One, the transportation startup he recently invested in and rebranded under his empire’s name. The billionaire businessman will become chairman at the US company which hopes to build high speed transport based on a technology concept created by Elon Musk around [...]
Uber Cambridge license renewed for five years by local council December 18, 2017 Uber has won approval to operate in the city of Cambridge for another five years the City’s local council said today. It had been reviewing the startup after its licence was not renewed in London and briefly revoked in Sheffield, and with its permission in the university city due for renewal at the end of [...]
David Cameron spearheads $1bn infrastructure fund to help China boost its trading links December 16, 2017 Former PM David Cameron has been charged with leading a $1bn (£750m) government-backed fund to boost transport infrastructure between China and its trading partners. Announced as part of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s two-day visit to China, the new element of the “Belt and Road Initiative” will create jobs and boost trade links, ministers said. The initiative [...]
Focus On Dulwich: Forget the new shiny skyscrapers, this London village attracts well-heeled families with good schools, period houses and bags of charm December 15, 2017 A Tube stop is usually the making of a neighbourhood in London. But in the case of Dulwich in south east London, the absence of a London Underground station may have been an advantage. Left to its own devices and hardly a tourist hotspot, some say this has allowed Dulwich to develop a character all [...]
London Overground Night Tube service arrives today: Here’s what you need to know about the new 24-hour service, including route map and timings | City A.M. December 15, 2017 You may have heard the Night Tube is expanding once more, and branching out to the London Overground this week. From tonight, new 24 hour services will get underway each Friday and Saturday between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate. Here’s what you need to know about the rollout, including whether more Night Tube services [...]
London office bonanza as City deals drive record take-up December 15, 2017 Businesses continued to flock to the capital in last month, leasing a staggering 1m sq ft of new office space, according to new figures – boosted by the highest take-up in the City since 2004. Data by CBRE showed the amount of office space leased in central London rose 36 per cent in November compared [...]
Uber driver licence standards should be made national, say MPs December 13, 2017 A group of more than two dozen cross-party MPs have called on the government to introduce new rules controlling the licensing of drivers for Uber and other minicab services with new national standards. Labour’s Wes Streeting and Jess Philips, and Green Party leader Caroline Lucas are among the 25 MPs to sign a letter to [...]
Tube delays: Disruption on several Underground lines across London – Central, Circle, District and Metropolitan lines December 12, 2017 There are delays on four Tube lines this morning, with commuters facing disruption on the Central, Circle, District, Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines. Central line services between Leytonstone and Epping/Hainault are running with delays due to an earlier faulty train at St Paul’s. https://twitter.com/centralline/status/940478213876273154 On the Piccadilly line, there are delays on eastbound services between Acton [...]