London City Airport given green light for £200m expansion by Newham council February 4, 2015 London City Airport has been given the go-ahead for a £200m expansion by Newham Council. Airport chief executive Declan Collier welcomed the decision as "great result for the capital". Under the plans, the airport will triple in size by 2023 so as to accommodate larger aircraft with routes extending beyond Western Europe to reach [...]
Delivering people isn’t Uber’s $40bn dream – Bottom Line February 3, 2015 If Uber floated on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow – don’t hold your breath – it would be the thirteenth largest FTSE 100 constituent. Its $40bn (£26.3bn) valuation is larger than that of Twitter ($24.7bn) or Adobe ($35bn). News that Uber is exploring self-driving cars, mapping and vehicle safety shouldn’t surprise those who watch the [...]
More London bus strikes scheduled over driver pay disparity – here are the companies taking part and routes affected February 3, 2015 More bus strikes are scheduled to take place over the next fortnight, as unions fight against pay discrepancies across operators. The first is scheduled for February 5 and will run from around 4am Thursday morning until early Friday morning. Buses should operate as normal on Friday by the morning rush hour. A second 24 hour [...]
Severe delays on the Central Line and Victoria Line, stations closed, after signal failure at Mile End February 3, 2015 There are severe delays on the Central Line and Victoria Line – but according to Transport for London it's not the fault of the snow. There is no service between Liverpool Street and Epping and Woodford via Hainault because of a signal failure at Mile End. The service was expected to resume at [...]
TfL and MySingleFriend.com bring love to London’s cable cars and river buses February 2, 2015 All aboard, singletons! The capital’s river buses and cable cars are set to transport Londoners on a journey to love – and all in time for Valentine’s Day. Transport for London (TfL) and website MySingleFriend.com plan to host a date night on board MBNA Thames Clippers and the Emirates Air Line on Thursday 12 February. [...]
How paving over London’s rail routes could end the miserable commuter squeeze February 2, 2015 London’s population is forecast to hit 10m in 2030 and it’s difficult to see how the transport system will cope. A high proportion of commuters already endure severe overcrowding, standing in jam-packed carriages or even struggling to find enough space to get on trains. The government sees additional rail capacity as the best way to [...]
Roof of London bus ripped off in Holborn, eyewitnesses say it hit a tree February 2, 2015 Two people have been taken to hospital and five treated at the scene after the roof of a bus was ripped off in Holborn, central London. Eyewitness reports suggest the bus, a number 91, was damaged when it hit a tree. The accident appears to have taken place on Kingsway, by the corner of Sardinia [...]
Travel chaos as Waterloo & City line suspended as Thameslink travel woes continue February 2, 2015 The sentence commuters dread to hear on a Monday morning has been tweeted by Waterloo & City today. “No service on the line while we fix a faulty train.” Transport for London has issued scant detail as to what the problem is. However, an announcer on the line itself said service had [...]
TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque talks dog food and London’s penchant for gardening February 1, 2015 While most of us spent good chunks of our childhood playing shops or doctors, Leah Busque was busy heading up Pollution Solutions. “Really, it was just an excuse to boss around my little sister and cousins,” laughs Busque, who is the founder of TaskRabbit, one of the first sharing economy platforms. Pollution Solutions was Busque’s [...]
From Greek elections and Apple’s record-making profits to Thameslink floods and Afren’s misery: Here’s what got us talking this week January 30, 2015 News was dominated by results from the US this week, but it was Apple that really made waves with its history-making profits of $18bn in one quarter. Here are five things that put that into perspective. (Hint: It's huge). Meanwhile as the results of the Greek election began to sink in, investors started reacting. [...]