Archive for transport for london
Nearly £30m: the cost to TfL of Jubilee Line closures
Lib Dem London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has been digging out figures from Transport for London (TfL) again, this time about the huge costs run up by the regular weekend closures of the Jubilee Line which has been beset by over-running engineering works. Each closure costs TfL money in lost fares and in costs for [...]
2,771 people overcharged for use of hire bikes in London
Some good digging by London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has revealed that in the first five months of the London bike hire scheme 2,771 have been wrongly charged, with a total of £23,895 taken from them in error. As the Evening Standard reports: Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat group leader on the London Assembly, who unearthed [...]
210 bus route diversion: it's because the roads are too dangerous
The mystery over the long running diversion on the 210 bus route – with the stops on Beaumount Rise closed for several weeks – has been solved. It turns out that the awful road surface along Beaumont Rise is now so bad that Transport for London decided it was no longer safe for the 210′s [...]
The mysterious 210 bus route diversion
For a few weeks now, the 210 bus route through north London has been on diversion. It is missing out Sunnyside Road and Beaumont Rise, where the bus stop is closed, and instead taking a detour around Hazellville Road. The diversion has been puzzling me because there is no sign of why it is in [...]
Why do you walk on the wrong side of the corridor in Tube stations?
A typographer would say it’s because the “Please walk on the right” signs don’t use a clear enough font. An ad man would say it’s because there aren’t enough adverts in the station reminding you. A sociologist would say it’s because you just follow the person in front. An architect would say it’s because the [...]
Welcome news as London transport data opened up
As Wired reports: Transport for London has announced that it’s lifting all restrictions on the commercial use of its data. The move could fuel an explosion in mobile apps that need access to the datasets, making them more attractive to developers who want to charge for their apps. Currently, TfL offers up a selection of [...]
London congestion charge: 2 August deadline for consultation
Transport for London is running a consultation on Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s plans to axe the western extension to the congestion charge zone, increase the daily charge, change the exemptions and introduce a discount for automated payments.
At heart this is the sort of consultation which gives the word a bad name: the big political [...]
Glenda Jackson: Labour’s worst ever transport minister?
Current Secretary of Sate for Transport, Lord Adonis rightly gets praise from across the political spectrum. Although there’s by no means cross-party agreement on some transport issues (think Heathrow for a start), Adonis is generally respected even when he is disagreed with. Whilst he has an extremely strong claim to have been the best Labour [...]
W3: do you use this bus route?
If you’re a W3 bus user, then Councillor Richard Wilson (Stroud Green ward) wants to know your views as Transport for London (TfL) are reviewing the route.
The inside story of the new signs appearing on London's streets
Excellent piece in Slate about the new street maps which are sprouting up around London (mostly central London at the moment, though also a strong showing in Islington), including this snippet: People often overestimate the difficulty of walking to nearby locations, taking the familiar tube instead. In recent years, as the tube has become more [...]
