Mayor Sadiq Khan has commissioned a review of the severance pay across the Greater London Authority after pay-offs at Transport for London exceeded £50m for the second year running.
Taxicard users could soon gain full control over their journey budget after London Assembly investigation
Operated by London Councils with funding from Transport for London, the scheme sees disabled and mobility impaired users allocated an annual quota of subsidised taxi trips, allowing them to make journeys many would otherwise struggle to carry out by public transport.
Will Norman’s ‘Cyclists are too male and white’ comments merely repeat a long-established ambition to open London’s streets to all bike users
Instead of getting whipped up into a frenzy over the restatement of a decade-old ambition and twice inherited policy, critics might better spend their time asking what Team Khan have done in the previous two years to realise their ambitions.
Transport for London tells board it lacks the cash to deliver Sadiq’s transport vision
TfL bosses have warned that the costs of realising Sadiq Khan’s ambition for 80 percent of all journeys to be taken via sustainable modes of transport by 2041 will outstrip the agency’s spending power.
London’s Taxi and Private Hire compliance officers gain extra powers to stop and inspect cabs
Transport for London’s Taxi and Private Hire compliance officers have been granted powers to carry out road stops without a police presence and check whether drivers have valid insurance, verify their licence and inspect the vehicle for any defects.
