In 1998 London Transport signed a £1.1bn PFI deal that, by the time of its termination in 2010, would have had a massive impact on the journeys of millions of people across London. It wasn’t …
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Thames Cable Car Plans Put on Hold
Adam Bienkov, writing at the Scoop, has confirmation from the Mayor’s Office that the Thames Cable Car project is now on hold. The Scoop quote a Mayoral spokesman as saying: The Mayor has received letters …
Continue readingThe Status of the Underground Upgrades
The Jubilee Line Those travelling on the Jubilee Line since Christmas will have noticed that its trains have developed a strange habit of repeating themselves. The new habit of doubly announcing stations is one of …
Continue readingDeal to Enable Mobile Phones on Jubilee and Central Lines Reportedly Near
Cellular News are reporting that TfL are nearing an agreement with all four major mobile phone networks to bring mobile coverage to certain areas of the Underground. Reportedly, the deal would see phone coverage brought …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: And Finally…
Motorcycles in Bus Lanes Safety Campaign A new radio advertising campaign was launched on 5 October, aimed at improving drivers’ awareness of motorcyclists in bus lanes. This is part of a package of measures that …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Walking, Cycling, the River and the Urban Environment
Championing electric vehicles, car clubs and moving to hybrid buses Electric Vehicles Negotiations are nearing completion with Siemens for it to deliver the Pan-London Scheme back-office functions in early 2011. Evaluation of bids for the …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Roads and Buses
Traffic Signal Timing Reviews 333 signal timing reviews have been completed so far this financial year, delivering just over a seven per cent reduction in stop-start delays for traffic. This has been achieved alongside an …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Overground and Crossrail
The Overground Customer satisfaction The second quarter Customer Satisfaction Survey was completed at the end of August, and showed an overall satisfaction score of 81. This is an increase of three points from the previous …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Overview and the Underground
Apologies to all our readers for any delay to our service and the inconvenience this may have caused. I have recently had to take a break from writing which meant that I was not able …
Continue readingSomething in the air tonight – Road-spraying trial aims to improve London air quality
Our thanks to Flickrist Steve White 2008 for this picture of a street cleaner/sprayer in Paris. An earlier variant of the plans announced below based on water. George Barrow
Continue readingThe 2011 Fare Tables
This week will bring the TfL Board Meeting, which often leads to a number of interesting documents (and their appendices) becoming available on the TfL website. This month, amongst those appendices, is the letter from …
Continue readingUpdated OSI List
We have updated our version of the current list of valid Out of Station Interchanges (OSI). It is now current, as of October 2010. This can be found here. Thanks to Mike for the spot. …
Continue readingTfL Submit Thames Cable Car Planning Permission Application
TfL have submitted an application for Planning Permission in relation to a cross-Thames Cable Car. The application, which can be found on the Newham Borough Council website, provides some provisional details of the scheme: Erection …
Continue readingBrown-outs at TfL
Transport firm Go Ahead released a trading statement today in which they confirmed that current CEO Keith Ludeman will retire next July and be replaced by David Brown – TfL’s current Head of Surface Transport. …
Continue readingLondon Transport Highlights From The Spending Review
Today has been a busy day at Whitehall, City Hall and the offices of TfL. It seems best to skip the formalities and head straight to the meat. The full report can be downloaded here …
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