On Wednesday the Mayor and Transport for London announced a consultation into plans to impose a 20mph limit on all TfL controlled roads within the Congestion Charge Zone in a bid to cut the 4,000 annual deaths and serious injuries on London’s streets.
Fitbit Pay comes to London’s transport network
The fitness brand has added the ability pay for journeys using Fitbit Pay to its Fitbit Charge 3 Special Edition, Versa and Ionic models and says customers will be able to use the new feature in seven major cities around the world, including London.
TfL names preferred Silvertown Tunnel construction partner
The agency has chosen a consortium comprising of Aberdeen Standard Investments, BAM PPP PGGM, Cintra, Macquarie Capital and SK E+C to build the twin-bore tunnel connecting the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks.
City Hall calls in Deloitte to boost BAME progression and close ethnicity pay gap
According to the GLA’s most recent audit, BAME staff earn an average of 11.4 per cent less than their white counterparts. Although this figure fell from 16 per cent in 2017, Mayor Sadiq Khan has previously acknowledged that “there is more work to be done” to eliminate the gap.
Sadiq Khan calls on more councils to support protected cycle routes
The Mayor will use a speech to the London Walking and Cycling Conference to praise councils for putting him on course to deliver an election pledge to treble the amount of protected space over the course of his first term.