[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Mayor’s Transport Strategy The public and stakeholder consultation of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS) closed on 12 January. In total, 5,579 responses were received …
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TfL 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: Walking and Cycling
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Making Walking Count On 29 January, TfL unveiled a new West End walking route which has benefited from £2.4m of public realm improvements, funded …
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 readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Crossrail
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Sponsors Crossrail (CRL) has submitted to Sponsors a comprehensive update of the scope, schedule and costs of the project (the Initial Control Baseline or …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: The Road & Buses
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Traffic Signal Timing Reviews Traffic signal timings are reviewed in order to reduce the time vehicles spend idling in queues, the number of stops …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: The DLR & National Rail
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] DLR: Three-Car Capacity Enhancement Project DLR operated its first three-car train in public service on 22 February, with the official launch by Kulveer Ranger …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: The Overground
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] [There are some interesting Surrey Canal Road points in here. Lewisham’s final report/approval paper is due at their next council meeting on the 14th …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Improving the Underground
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Visit by H.M. the Queen On 24 February, Richard Parry, Managing Director of London Underground (LU) hosted a visit by Her Majesty the Queen …
Continue readingThe Number 1 Railway Detective Agency
The curious case of the trains that did not bump at tea time. Taken from the A406 Bridge this picture shows a District Line train on the line from Ealing Broadway to Hanger Lane Junction …
Continue readingCrossrail – Crossed Legs
We have previously drawn attention to Farringdon’s colourful and somewhat smelly history. It would appear that whilst the station’s future should be less colourful it may, alas, not be any less aromatic. Farringdon stands in …
Continue readingA Quick Thameslink Update
West HampsteadUnder the unfinished stub of the new footbridge and lifts at West Hampstead Thameslink life is begining to stir both on the embankment and the former track bed of the up and down Hendon …
Continue readingRoute Recycling – Extending the Docklands Light Railway
Whilst attention has been focussed, not unnaturally, on the now imminent reopening of the East London Railway, it is not the only completely rebuilt railway show in town. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension from …
Continue readingThe Pig in the Python – Battersea High Street
JB’s recent posting concerning the building work for Tesco at Elmers End prompted me to check the position of another Tesco project that we have been keeping our eye on – the proposed development at …
Continue readingMoving Congestion Charge Technologies Proves No Easy Exercise
Inanimate objects have a mind of their own and they are out to get you. You can guarantee that as soon the estate agent puts up his “For Sale” board in your garden that light …
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