Transport for London, Santander and Blaze team up to make cycling on Boris bikes in London safer December 21, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has introduced a new cycle safety scheme: Blaze Laserlights will be fitted to all Boris bikes, to make them more visible at night and reduce the number of accidents with cyclists in London. After a successful trial in September, all 11,500 Santander Cycles will be fitted with the Blaze lights, starting from early 2016. Cycle sponsor [...]
This London WWII shelter is being brought back to life by Transport for London December 21, 2015 A long-abandoned Tube station bomb shelter used by Londoners during the Second World War will be brought back to life and turned into a new cafe and events space. The grade II listed building connected to Clapham South Tube station and overlooking Clapham Common hides eight deep-level air-raid shelters and connecting tunnels beneath that would have held 8,000 Londoners in the Blitz. The [...]
Customer incident and signal failure causing severe delays on Piccadilly Line December 21, 2015 There was no service on parts of the Piccadilly Line line this morning, with severe delays throughout, because of an earlier customer incident and signal failure. The line between Arnos Grove and King's Cross was shut off early this morning, because of a person on the track. By the start of rush hour, the line was [...]
Treasury says senior civil servant will be chief executive of National Infrastructure Commission December 21, 2015 A senior civil servant has been tapped to lead the government’s efforts to deliver more infrastructure projects. Phil Graham, a longtime civil servant in the department for transport, will be chief executive of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), a new independent body chancellor George Osborne first announced at this year’s Conservative Party Conference. At the [...]
City Moves for 21 December 2015 | Who’s switching jobs December 20, 2015 HAMPSHIRE TRUST BANK Karen Brown and John Pollington have joined Hampshire Trust Bank’s Property Finance team as directors while Daniel Norman has been appointed as Property Finance Lending Manager. Karen, who has 12 years’ property finance experience, is based in Harrogate. Prior to joining Hampshire Trust Bank she ran her own training company and before [...]
A new Centre for Music would be a fantastic addition to the City’s strong cultural offering December 20, 2015 What makes a global city an attractive place in which to work and live? A buoyant economy, quick transport links, good housing, low crime rates, excellent education, and easy access to healthcare are always cited as key factors. But to that we should also add the cultural offer, and last week London upped its game [...]
Bank Tube station gets green light for major upgrade December 18, 2015 Transport for London has been given the green light to "dramatically transform" Bank Tube station, with work beginning in the new year. But before you groan and start planning your alternative route, there is good news: the station will remain open throughout the work, which is expected to be completed in 2021. That's not to [...]
As survey expects 31 million car journeys to be made over Christmas, Transport for London unveils festive roadworks on Embankment, Blackfriars Road and Old Street December 18, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has announced the details of its festive road work programme, which will hit parts of the Embankment, Blackfriars Road and Old Street – on the same day a survey suggested 31 million car journeys will be taken over the Christmas period. TfL said it was taking advantage of a time when roads in [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Sadiq Khan says he wants Tech City to be in the hands of City Hall as he matches Zac Goldsmith pledge for super-fast broadband December 18, 2015 Labour City Hall hopeful Sadiq Khan will today call for Whitehall to devolve certain powers relating to “Tech City” to the mayor of London. “London has made a great fist of carving out a leading position as a centre of tech but there’s much more to do to ensure we build on this success,” Khan [...]
The Bakerloo line extension to Old Kent Road, New Cross Gate and Lewisham just came a step closer December 17, 2015 The Tube's about to go (further) south of the river, after Transport for London (TfL) came a step closer to getting the go-ahead for an extension of the Bakerloo line, which will extend to Old Kent Road and Lewisham. In a statement today, TfL said it will begin "detailed technical work" next year, to "build a case" for the [...]