Created by card giant Visa, the new team will support its Visa Global Transit Solutions initiative which seeks to replicate Transport for London’s successful adoption of contactless payments around the world.
Met Police station closures – Sadiq Khan accused of presiding over “the worst consultation of 2017”
The Consultation Institute says City Hall has “ignored best practice” and failed to ensure “transparency” in its analysis of consultation responses.
London Overground celebrates ten years of transforming rail travel in the capital
The Overground launched in 2007 after London’s first Mayor, Ken Livingstone, persuaded ministers to hand control of the failing Silverlink Metro service to Transport for London.
Mayor unveils plans to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street
The proposals would see all east-west traffic stopped from entering Oxford Street between Orchard Street and Oxford Circus, whilst maintaining north-south routes through that section.
Sadiq confirms London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone will start in April 2019
The scheme, which will see owners of polluting vehicles entering central London pay a daily fee, was first developed by former mayor Boris Johnson who’d planned for it to launch in September 2020.
