Assembly to review TravelWatch role

Passenger watchdog London TravelWatch has welcomed the news that the London Assembly is to set up a review of its role. Earlier this week the Assembly unanimously agreed to look at the costs of the Watchdog and its procedures “to ensure that it is best placed to deliver value for money and serve passengers’ needs effectively over the next ten years.”

London Assembly publish report into Oxford Street congestion

Transport for London and Westminster Council should assess the possibility of re-routing buses serving London’s West End to reduce the number that travel through the area according to a new report published today by the London Assembly.

TfL Board agree taxi fare increase

Taxi fares in London are set to rise by 2.3 per cent after Transport for London’s (TfL) Board today agreed the need to ensure drivers were able to meet rising costs. TfL say the increase “aims to find a balance between maintaining income levels for drivers, who face disproportionately higher costs in order to work than average Londoners, while ensuring passengers still get a fair price” and is the lowest increase since 2004.

Passenger watchdog publishes TfL performance report

London TravelWatch, the London Assembly funded passenger watchdog, has published a new report into the performance of TfL controlled transport services in the capital. The report covers second quarter of 2009/2010 (July to September 2009) and rates all transport modes using a ‘traffic-light’ system. The organisation says the aim was to provide “easy to understand information about the performance of TfL from its users’ perspective.”

London TravelWatch calls for Oyster Extension Permits to be scrapped

London’s passenger watchdog has condemned the new Oyster Extension Permits, which allow Oyster Pay As You Go holders to use their cards on national rail services, for being “difficult to understand” and has called for them to be scrapped.

Passenger Watchdog expresses concern over transport funding

As consultations close on Boris Johnson’s Transport Strategy, the capital’s transport watchdog has expressed concern over future investment levels. London TravelWatch, which is funded by the London Assembly and represents passengers in the capital, says it is “not at all clear” that funding for many of the aims set out in the strategy “could ever be realised in the medium- and long-

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