London buses go greener in 2016, as successful bids for Department for Transport fund revealed January 3, 2016 Fifty buses in London will be kitted out with technology designed to cut harmful emissions by up to 90 per cent, after successful bids for a Department for Transport fund were revealed today. The Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015, which local councils were invited to bid for grants from in September of last year, will dish [...]
Night Tube 2016? Transport for London confident an agreement will be reached with driver unions January 3, 2016 A Transport for London boss has expressed confidence that an ongoing disagreement with drivers could finally be resolved, leading to the long-delayed Night Tube finally launching in London in 2016. Some headway is expected to be made, according to director of customer experience Shashi Verma, speaking to ITV News. Talks between TfL and driver unions have so far failed. The [...]
The biggest gaffes of 2015: Boris Johnson Vs child, Jeremy Clarkson’s clanger, fat fingers and s*** trains. December 31, 2015 The business boo boos, fantastic fubars and ghastly gaffes that made us groan and giggle this year were in some cases a little more serious than merely misplaced word or comment. And don't even get us started on VW's emissions cheating. Here are the gaffes that stuck with us in 2015. 1. Security snafus There was [...]
New Year’s Eve London fireworks: Met to deploy huge numbers of armed police amid heightened security fears December 31, 2015 London's streets will see a "heightened police presence" tonight during New Year's Eve celebrations, including what is thought to be a huge number of armed officers. Some 3,000 Met officers will be on duty in central London as hundreds of thousands of the city's residents and tourists make their way to the river to watch the annual [...]
Uber just had its billionth ride.. and it was in London December 30, 2015 Uber has passed another milestone in its short history. Not only is it the most highly valued startup in the world, but its one billionth ride was taken on Christmas Eve – and it happened right here in London. That one billionth ride was a £5 UberX from London Fields to Hoxton and comes just five [...]
New Year’s Eve 2015/16 tickets for London fireworks on sale from midday – here’s where to buy them December 30, 2015 If you're feeling uncomfortable about the fact retailers have already started promoting Christmas (including putting out advent calendars…), look away now. Tickets for New Year's Eve fireworks in the centre of London are going on sale at midday today (2 October). And you might want to get your skates on because the 100,000 available [...]
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 [...]