TfL’s Tube plans could lead to “millions more” lost in fare evasion, claims Labour’s London Assembly transport spokesperson Val Shawcross October 13, 2015 Transport for London has been accused of "making life easy for fare dodgers" by Labour's London Assembly transport spokesperson Val Shawcross. Using TfL's own data, Shawcross estimates that fare evasion costs the network £61m each year because of ticket barriers being left open. The data compiled from TfL's regular mystery shopper exercises shows that barriers were left open 6.9 [...]
Camden Tube refurbishment: Transport for London proposes “substantial” upgrade of north London station October 12, 2015 Transport for London has set out its plan for a major overhaul of Camden Town Tube station to make it fit for the volume of traffic the north London stop receives each day. TfL said the station, which is used by more than 80,000 people a day, would "completely transformed" under the plans, which have been [...]
10 crazy ideas for the future of London housing which just came a step closer to reality October 12, 2015 Floating houses and homes on top of hospitals: these are just two radical ideas which are a step closer to becoming reality in London. They are just two of 10 concepts which have been chosen as winners in a search to find ideas for the future of housing in the capital and that help solve [...]
Power outage and signal failures cause disruption on Victoria, Piccadilly and Metropolitan Lines October 12, 2015 A signal failure at Finchley Road was causing severe delays on the Metropolitan Line this morning, while a power outage was preventing Victoria Line trains from stopping at Blackhorse Road station. Transport for London has been reporting delays on the Metropolitan Line since around 5am this morning, but by 7am was advising commuters to use the [...]
London house prices: Why Canary Wharf is experiencing a residential property boom October 12, 2015 Estate agents are reporting a small “property boom” in east London, with prices rising by nearly 15 per cent in some areas during the first half of this year. In a new report out this week, Chestertons, an estate agent, points to the success of London’s technology, creative and financial sectors to explain the jump [...]
Companies can buy letters to protest TfL’s Uber crackdowns October 11, 2015 Are you team TfL or team Uber? Things have been hotting up between the two transport forces this month. After TfL proposed restrictions on the rival car hire service such as a minimum waiting period, Uber have hit back with their own petition. Now, Propeller PR chief Martin Loat is giving Londoners the chance to have [...]
Why Andrew Adonis’s new Infrastructure Commission is an economic masterstroke October 11, 2015 George Osborne’s appointment of Andrew Adonis, a former Labour transport secretary, to head up a new National Infrastructure Commission last week was highlighted by many as a political masterstroke. To some commentators, this is a reinforcement of the idea that it is the Conservatives who are on the vaguely-defined centre ground. But the economic argument [...]
Boris Johnson is heading on a trade trip to Japan to promote fintech and life science investment… and the Rugby World Cup October 11, 2015 The London mayor Boris Johnson is heading east to promote investment in the capital's fintech and life sciences sectors on a new trade trip to Japan. The out-going mayor is seeking to tie up new deals between the countries in tech innovation and life sciences, as well as retail, in a bid to increase the £950m pumped into the capital [...]
Longest Tube interchange: 10 Tube stations where changing lines takes longest October 9, 2015 It’s not just your imagination: You really are spending hours of your life wandering around the labyrinthine tunnels that connect the different Tube lines at Bank and Monument. But as far as long Tube interchanges go, it’s not actually London’s worst. That dubious honour goes to Paddington, where the connection between the Bakerloo and Hammersmith [...]
Tax competition and transport investment: Why business rate reform is a big boon for London October 8, 2015 Local government finance is at the best of times unlikely to set the pulse of a City A.M. reader racing. The way in which our councils collect business rates, and how this is dished out by Whitehall, is a convoluted process to say the least, and hardly the most exciting corner of public policy. All [...]