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TfL: ‘You cost us £400 every time you ask a damn fool question’

February 18, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Transport for London complains that answering Freedom of Information requests costs it £400 a time, yet it’s still failing to answer less formal and cheaper requests for information and data.

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: Cycle Hire

MOPAC makes developers pay a hefty price to snap up former police stations

February 6, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Of 12 Met Police properties sold since April, just two went for under £1m while four each brought in between £3.2m and £3.4m. Could MOPAC’s detractors find themselves saying sorry?

Filed Under: Martin Hoscik

TfL’s latest expenses disclosure: Meals, diaries and, of course, more Taxis

February 6, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

This quarter’s disclosure of expenses claims by senior Transport for London staff shows that most found it unnecessary to taxi between locations or eat at taxpayer expense during their oh-so important meetings.

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: TfL expenses

TfL – still treating FOI deadlines like an aspiration and not an obligation

January 31, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

I have to take back some of my pre-Christmas praise for TfL because despite promises of openness and transparency it’s still sodding around with Freedom of Information requests and treating the statutory 20 working day deadline like an aspiration.

Filed Under: Comment

Help increase bike funding – A letter to City Hall Tories from Baroness Jenny Jones

January 30, 2014 - Jenny Jones

Green Party London Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones wants Conservative colleagues to back an amendment to the Mayor’s budget requiring TfL to spend 2% of its budget on cycling.

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