Earlier this week I reported that use of an official website providing information about the Thames Cable Car placed Londoners under Dubai law. Transport for London’s press office have yet to reply to my email asking why this arrangement was deemed appropriate. However in the last 24 hours the terms and conditions page has been […]
Martin Hoscik
Cable Car – Boris and TfL’s private hire charges don’t add up
Here’s another example of poor Thames Cable Car value to follow on from yesterday’s three. According to the website emiratesairline.co.uk – which has been registered up by Emirates Airlines* rather than Transport for London – it’s possible to hire a private cabin at non-busy times. The FAQ section advises: “Private hire allows a continuous journey […]
Boris’s poor value cable car
After much waiting and speculation we finally know that Boris’s cable car will open at the end of this month. The decision not to accept Travelcards and Freedon Passes has helped many form the view that this is really a tourist attraction masquerading as a transport service. To which I’d suggest it also implies Transport […]
LOCOG have delivered a games for sponsors, not Londoners
Yesterday I reported that LOCOG is charging the taxpayer £220,000 to enable City Hall to give 67 of the most deserving Londoners tickets to the Olympics. Nothing better illustrates how these games are about money above all else. In a few weeks time Londoners will be forced to change their routines, their routes to work […]
Alan Johnson for London? Why?
Not for the first time there’s speculation that Labour’s Alan Johnson might seek the party’s 2016 nomination for Mayor of London. This time the catalyst is an interview in The House magazine where he says he “thought about” running for the nomination in 2010, decided against it but refuses to rule out standing next time. […]
