London Mayor has announced a raft of new deputy mayors, focusing on housing, transport and policing May 24, 2016 NULL
London mayor Sadiq Khan names his deputies for housing, transport and police – but Lord Adonis misses the top job May 24, 2016 The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed his deputy mayors, who will be charged with overseeing the capital's policing, transport and housing. Val Shawcross CBE, who has been a London Assembly member for 16 years, will be made deputy mayor for transport and deputy chair of Transport for London. For the last eight years she [...]
Night Tube is go: Launch date and launch lines for London’s first 24-hour service May 23, 2016 The Night Tube is go. London's new mayor Sadiq Khan has formally announced the 24-hour service will begin on Central and Victoria lines from 19 August, with Piccadilly, Jubilee and Northern lines to follow in the autumn. The launch – almost exactly a year to the date that it was due to go live – means that London [...]
Gibbs’ river taxis take to the Thames May 23, 2016 The days of congested London bridges could be numbered after a technology company showed off its amphibious cars on the Thames this weekend. Gibbs Technologies demoed its range of hybrid cars to potential investors around Canary Wharf. Gibbs claims its vehicles are the first in the world to be able to exceed 30 miles per hour [...]
Contactless card payments are still on the up, but customers aren’t completely sold on them yet May 20, 2016 Contactless payments have more than doubled in the last year from one in 16 transactions to one in seven, but consumers are still not fully sold on them, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults by Defendernote indicated that almost a third (30 per cent) said bank customers should reserve the right to [...]
Transport for London’s contactless drive takes another stride forward May 20, 2016 Londoners are now able to use contactless on the Thames. Transport for London today announced that customers travelling on the MBNA Thames Clippers River Bus will be able to pay using contactless payment cards. Using contactless is the same cost as using an Oyster Card, which TfL says is up to 19 per cent cheaper than [...]
Half of London women fear sexual harassment on the Tube May 19, 2016 It turns out the Tube can be a scary place. More than half of women in London worry about sexual harassment on public, according to new research – and 23 per cent said they had been victims of groping or other unwanted physical contact. Other Londoners said they had been subject to sexually offensive name [...]
Uber’s driverless cars have hit the roads May 19, 2016 Uber is the latest company to get its driverless car plans into gear, with test vehicles hitting the roads of Pittsburgh, the location of its Advanced Technologies Centre. The billion dollar startup is embracing more technology with Ford Fusion cars which drive themselves. The head of the research centre John Bares told the Pittsburgh Tribune [...]
Uber drivers accused of over 30 sex attacks on customers in London last year May 19, 2016 Uber drivers in London were accused of 32 sexual attacks in one year, new data has revealed. The figures show one customer was assaulted once in ever 11 days, Freedom of Information data shows. The Metropolitan Police dealt with 154 allegations of sexual assaults that involved taxi, minicab (legally booked or illegally picked up in [...]
Addison Lee is pouring cash into its luxury car fleet after a jump in demand May 19, 2016 Private hire company Addison Lee has spent £3.2m on 100 new Mercedes Benz E-Class saloons in response to a 15 per cent jump in executive car bookings over the last year. Andy Boland, chief executive at Addison Lee, said: We have made major investments to expand our executive fleet, this has ensured we have the best drivers and the best vehicles [...]