One in five Londoners now lives within 15 minutes’ walk of a London Overground station.Orbital Links are examined by the London Assembly Transport Committee. On the 26th May 2010, the London Assembly Transport Committee chaired …
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Mayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Five: And The Rest
(Editor’s note: selected questions and answers only, and some have been edited for brevity. If any notable questions are missing let me know via the comments and I’ll update.) In this post: Mayoral achievements. TfL …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Four: White Lines
(Editor’s note: selected questions and answers only, and some have been edited for brevity. If any notable questions are missing let me know via the comments and I’ll update.) In this post: Congestion Charge and …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Three: On The Buses
(Editor’s note: selected questions and answers only, and some have been edited for brevity. If any notable questions are missing let me know via the comments and I’ll update.) In this post: Those new buses. …
Continue readingIn The Quest for Rear-Entrance, Is The True Routemaster Legacy Being Lost?
Listen carefully. The sound you can hear is the Whiplash Lawyers Association rubbing their hands together as they drool over TfL keeping them in the manner to which they have become so accustomed. In April …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Safety and Information
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Touting Since 1 August 2008, licensed private hire drivers convicted of taxi touting lose their licence for a minimum of one year. Their fitness …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Electric Cars and the Urban Environment
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Electric Vehicles On 25 February, £9.3m from the DfT’s ‘Plugged-in Places’ fund was announced for London. This funding, coupled with £5.6m from TfL and …
Continue readingBranding London’s Electric Charging Points
One of the hidden gems of e-Government is the Intellectual Property Office website. The IP Office have the responsibilities their name implies – they are the government body responsible for Intellectual Property rights (such as …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: On the Roads
Countdown at crossings. Lane rentals. Road junctions in Lewisham. Five Ways Junction. Taxi drivers and delayed passengers. Red Route parking and conditions. Closing the Rotherhithe Tunnel. The Blackwall Tunnel. Speeding fines in Peckham. A406 road …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: In the Air and on Water
Thames Estuary Airport. Using the canals. The expansion of City Airport. Peruvian Wharf. Subsidising Clippers. Did you commission research into all possible alternatives for airport expansion to serve London, including at Manston Airport, before deciding …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: Crossrail
Crossrail’s Carbon Footprint. Business relocations. The business rate. The Royal Oak works. When will the carbon footprint of the Crossrail project be published? – Darren Johnson The Crossrail carbon footprint was first published in the …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: TfL, Oyster and General Policy
Electric echarging points. Freedom Passes. Linking the Fares Finder and Journey Planner. The lack of a paper fares guide. TfL property in Enfield. Superhubs. The new 0843 number. Safer Transport Teams. TfL and political events. …
Continue readingNational Rail PAYG and Questions About OEPs
With snow dominating much of the transport-related headlines, it is easy to forget that London is now ten days into arguably the largest expansion of the Oyster ticketing system since it first launched. As a …
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