This visualisation shows you where London’s busiest spots will be during New Year’s Eve – and where to avoid December 30, 2015 New Year's Eve is all well and good – but as people turn up to celebrate, parts of central London become claustrophobically crowded, while others empty out altogether. If you're looking for the best place to go, data might provide the answer. Big data company Inrix has created this visualisation of the busiest parts of London during [...]
Transport for London and Boris Johnson announce £148m funding to make cycling safer and improve public spaces December 29, 2015 London's cycling infrastructure will be getting a facelift worth £148m next year. Boris Johnson and Transport for London have announced plans to improve transport services and town centres across the capital, with a number projects designed especially to improve cycling safety. The money will be going to London boroughs to pay for local transport projects, and includes [...]
Police investigation launch as dead body found on tracks by East Croydon train station December 24, 2015 Police have launched an investigation after a dead body was found on the tracks near to East Croydon train station this morning. The British Transport Police were called at 9:11am on Christmas Eve, and are still on the scene, a spokesman told City AM. The investigation is still at the "early stages" he added, and it [...]
Eurotunnel has record breaking year for freight – despite Calais migrant crisis December 23, 2015 Despite Operation Stack holding up thousands of lorries in Kent, Groupe Eurotunnel reported a record breaking year for its freight shuttle service. The company said that a week after "Le Shuttle Freight" carried the 23 millionth truck through the Channel Tunnel since commercial services started, Eurotunnel hit a new all-time record. Eurotunnel carried just under 1.5m trucks [...]
Six times London was awesome in 2015: From streets pathed in Rainbows to the Garden Bridge and floating houses on the Thames December 23, 2015 1. Financial centre of the world London was the financial centre of the world in 2015. We would say that, naturally, but researchers made it official, as London knocked New York of the top spot. 2. Most powerful city in the world It's not just finance where the capital trumped the rest of the world. [...]
Christmas comes early for Uber as burdensome regulations look set to be disregarded December 23, 2015 Uber is expected to receive an early Christmas present today as a raft of burdensome regulations that would have effectively shut the firm down in the capital look set to be disregarded after fierce opposition from business groups and consumers. The final responses to a Transport for London (TfL) consultation on how to better regulate [...]
There’s nothing new in the Uber vs Taxi debate December 23, 2015 As the year draws to an end, so too might a raging battle on the capital’s streets inch towards a conclusion with the culmination of a Transport for London consultation on the future of the city’s private hire industry. Elements of the traditional black cab industry have been at war with Uber since the American [...]
Silvertown Tunnel consultation opened by TfL as it seeks public feedback December 22, 2015 Plans for the Silvertown Tunnel, a new river crossing in the east of the London, are being opened up to the public. Transport for London is seeking feedback from locals and other interested parties with a new consultation on the connection between east London's Royal Docks and Greenwich Peninsula. The £750m tunnel, which is expected [...]
Uber UK under threat in London with new “five-minute wait” regulations proposed by Transport for London after black cabbie fury December 22, 2015 Uber users could be forced to wait five minutes for a ride – even if it was immediately available – if new rules proposed by Transport for London get the go ahead. In addition to a minimum wait time, detailed new regulations of taxis and private hire vehicles in the capital could also curb several [...]
Travel nightmare before Christmas as Waterloo & City Line goes down December 22, 2015 The Waterloo & City Line has reopened after being brought down just as rush hour was kicking off. The whole line was suspended at around 7:30am this morning. Transport for London cited "a signalling problem in the Waterloo area", but gave no estimate for when the line would be back up and running. https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/679201130941927424 Commuters coming [...]