Waterloo and City Tube strike will have “no impact”, says TfL September 24, 2015 City commuters can breathe a sigh of relief about a strike on the Waterloo and City Line next week. Transport for London has said there will be "no visible impact" on the line, which connects Bank and Waterloo, as a result of a strike by staff working in its control room. "Due to detailed planning [...]
RMT union finally reveals Night Tube dispute was down to pay rises, telling TfL “where’s our pay increase?” September 23, 2015 The same union that insisted its Night Tube strikes were over staff's work-life balance is now making veiled threats over the one thing it insisted it was never about: a pay rise. In fact, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) workers' union is calling for staff to receive a “decent offer” for pay even [...]
Sadiq Khan: Can a Labour mayor make City Hall pro-business? Labour mayoral candidate on what separates him from Jeremy Corbyn September 23, 2015 Sitting in a cafe around the corner from the Labour party’s headquarters in Westminster, Sadiq Khan says that he and the new Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, are not always in agreement. “Ken Livingstone as the Labour mayor often disagreed with the Labour leadership, Boris Johnson as the Conservative mayor often disagreed with the Conservative [...]
Waterloo and City line Tube strike 2015 dates: RMT staff will stage 48-hour walk out from 28-30 September September 22, 2015 Tube workers will stage a fresh 48-hour Tube strike in a row over pay targetting one of the capital's major commuter routes – the Waterloo and City line. The strike will go ahead following a vote in favour of action by RMT union members. However, London Underground claims just three people voted for it. Control [...]
Uber can help make London’s congestion a thing of the past – if sensible regulation allows innovation September 17, 2015 Every morning, 1m people brave London’s roads at rush hour and drive to work. And 94 per cent of them drive alone. This might be preferable to squeezing onto public transport, but the strain on London’s roads will only worsen as our economy grows. We need change. Yet there is an alternative to [...]
Transport for London secretly make a geographically accurate Tube map and it’s strangely hypnotising September 17, 2015 The London Tube map that's been in use since Harry Beck designed it in 1931 may (rightly) be lauded as a classic feat of design, but with all those 45-degree corners and straight lines, it doesn’t come particularly close to reality. Journeys that appear only a few hundred metres in length on the map sometimes [...]
TfL Tube strikes 2015: Why they were good for commuters and the economy September 14, 2015 The chaos of the Tube strikes may have caused misery and disrupted your commute, but actually they more than likely did you a favour – and the economy too. A summer blighted by strikes forced people to find alternative routes and deviate from their usual commute. Of course, no one likes change, but new research suggests that [...]
Overcrowding and smelly people: These are Londoners’ biggest commuting complaints September 2, 2015 Rush hour traffic. Getting your face crammed into someone’s sweaty pits. Delays (or strikes…). Screaming toddlers. The list of our commuting woes could go on, but let’s stop there for the sake of everyone’s blood pressure. Londoners spend 18 months of their lives commuting. Our daily journey to and from the office is a necessary [...]
Tube workers slam RMT union for poor communication over the Night Tube strikes September 2, 2015 Tube workers have slammed their own union for poor communication over the Night Tube strikes. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union suspended strikes due to be held on 8 and 10 September, which tube workers discovered via rumour and the BBC. The walkout was over pay and work conditions on the all-night Tube service, due [...]
RMT union suspends September Tube strikes September 1, 2015 The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has suspended Tube strikes planned for next week. Read more: Picket line travel disruption is hurting London Underground A walkout was planned between Tuesday 8th September and Thursday 10th September over disputes about pay and working conditions ahead of the planned all-night Tube service. Plans had been in [...]