Passenger numbers for the Thames Cable Car have fallen below official forecasts, Transport Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy has admitted. Without the support of last year’s Olympic games, the scheme has struggled to attract the large numbers of passengers needed to deliver on early claims that it was a fully integrated part of the capital’s transport […]
US Govt refuses to deny investigation into TfL’s anti-Israeli contract
The US Government has declined to say whether it intends to investigate Transport for London’s contractors after TfL agreed to a trade embargo against the state of Israel. As previously reported, TfL’s cable car sponsorship agreement with Emirates airline restricted the involvement of any Israeli national or bank in the operation or funding of the […]
If TfL bosses aren’t sorry or accountable, why are they paid so much?
With today’s publication of the revised clauses, we’re slowing inching towards a resolution of the anti-Israeli cable contract. But we’re not there yet and the biggest obstacle to closure is the ongoing refusal of Transport for London bosses to apologise for the cock-up. For some reason TfL clings to its line of merely rewriting the […]
Revised cable car contract drops anti-Israeli language
Transport for London has just released the revised wording of controversial clauses in its Cable Car sponsorship contract with Emirates. This follows last month’s revelations that the original agreement included a clause allowing the airline to withdraw from the deal should TfL sell or assign the cable car to a “conflicting person”. It also included […]
TfL continues to defend Emirates contract even as Boris labels it “plainly inappropriate”
Transport for London has continued to defend an anti-Israeli clause in its contract with Emirates despite Mayor Boris Johnson labelling it “plainly inappropriate” and saying it “was completely wrongly drawn up”. Earlier today a number of outlets ran a story based on a City Hall press release in which Andrew Dismore claims the clause could […]
