Mr Khan’s decision to continue with the scheme proved unpopular with some local campaigners and Green party members of the London Assembly who claimed there was “no case for the Garden Bridge on transport, horticulture or tourism grounds.”
Tube maintenance workers vote to strike over Night Tube pay and conditions
Union members are unhappy about pay, staffing and pension arrangements for workers employed by Tube Lines, the former PPP contractor bought out by London Underground.
Sadiq Khan announces Val Shawcross as London’s new deputy mayor for transport
First elected to the Assembly at the inaugural City Hall elections in 2000, Mrs Shawcross represented Lambeth and Southwark for 16 years before stepping down at this month’s election.
City Hall confirms night buses won’t be scaled back despite night Tube launch
As part of its plans to introduce the new night Tube, Transport for London proposed cutting the frequency of some night bus routes in expectation that significancy numbers of passengers would transfer from the bus to the Tube.
All-night Tube service to start this August
First announced in 2013 by Mr Johnson and then Tube boss Mike Brown, now TfL Commissioner, the service was due to start last September and is set to make getting home after a night out easier and cheaper for thousands of Londoners.
