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Mayor finally gets cash out of DoT - £17m snared for electric car charge points 
Posted on  25-02-2010 05:43:34 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Nearly 2,000 electric car charge points will be installed across London in a major boost to the flagging scheme.

Currently there are only 250 points in the capital and 1,700 green vehicles registered - Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged 25,000 by 2015 with 100,000 electric vehicles by 2020.


  
Another day, another Thames crossing closure - Greenwich and Woolwich shutdowns 
Posted on  25-02-2010 02:04:24 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

It has been a bad month for those wanting to transverse the River Thames as another north-south crossing prepares to shutdown for maintenance work.

Four bridges — Albert, Hammersmith, Southwark and Waterloo along with Blackwall tunnel are currently subject to closures, sometimes simultaneously.

And now the Greenwich and ...


  
Legal challenge to Heathrow's third runway 
Posted on  23-02-2010 03:54:42 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

Legal challenges to the proposed third runway have commenced a coalition of thirteen organisations backing the legal challenge. It is made up of local councils, leading green groups and residents’ groups, representing millions of people.

The coalition’s lawyers ...

  
Lord Adonis goads Mayor - "I'll take over TfL" - fund request "not acceptable" 
Posted on  19-02-2010 01:08:57 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis delivered a serious slapdown to Mayor Boris Johnson today in a funding row and threatened to take over Transport for London.

Johnson had demanded that central government step in with the £400m needed to bridge a budget gap in maintenance and upgrades to the ...


  
Rail unions declare National Strike ballot over "jobs massacre" 
Posted on  18-02-2010 01:37:35 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Rail unions are set to parallelise Britain’s transport network after they declared a National Strike ballot.

Thousands of maintenance workers will be asked to vote yes following what Rail, Maritime and Transport Union called a "jobs massacre" that will "threaten the safety of passengers and staff".

The ballot ...


  
M25's hard shoulder to become 'new lane' - not all sections covered - £2bn contracts 
Posted on  18-02-2010 01:18:00 PM (GMT +00:00)

The M25 will abandon it's hard shoulder to increase capacity, the Highways Agency has ruled.

Motorists will be allowed to drive on the section after successful trials and a Department for Transport “road map” report on the future of the network.

Much of the orbital motorway is eight ...


  
London set for Zone SEVEN 
Posted on  18-02-2010 12:40:55 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Londoners could see a zone seven appearing on tube maps soon as the Mayor considers extending Oyster areas.

The plans were floated at a heavy-weight summit of train operating companies at City Hall during an assessment of the smart card roll out on national rail.

Transport adviser Kulveer ...


  
20 feared dead in Belgium train crash 
Posted on  15-02-2010 10:33:39 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk


News Desk

Reports that upto 20 people have been killed in a train crash during rush hour in Brussels.

The cause of the train crash is yet to be confirmed, but the crash is believed to have occured at the station of Buizingen, a town ...

 
24hr Tube strike "solid" - Severe delays on sub-surface lines 
Posted on  05-02-2010 02:37:20 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

A 24 hour strike by Tube maintenance workers has been "solid" according to union reps.

There are severe delays to the sub-surface lines, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City. The Metropolitan was suspended between Baker Street and Aldgate and the District line suspended between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon.

This ...


  
Unions pass no confidence motion on Eurostar after 'safety breaches' 
Posted on  04-02-2010 02:43:12 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Transport unions have passed a vote of no confidence in Eurostar's senior management after serious breakdowns on the service over the winter.

Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union working on the Channel Tunnel line demanded safety assurances and full disclosure on the breakdowns between 18th and ...


  
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