London’s cycle hire scheme “risks collapsing into chaos through a massive under-investment in staff, bikes and docking stations” according to the RMT union. The union is to ballot members employed by Serco, the private sector company which manages the scheme for Transport for London, for both strike action and action short of a strike in […]
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Time to price the cable car like the tourist attraction it is
Two years ago I called on Boris to “be more open about the fact that the cable car is a tourist attraction, not a genuine part of the capital’s public transport network.” In recent weeks he’s done just that – a Mayoral Decision approving a new £1 fare for school groups states that usage patterns […]
Assembly Conservatives call on Boris & TfL to sell station names to fund fares freeze
Conservatives on the London Assembly have called on Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London to consider subsidising fares with new forms of sponsorship. In a new report they suggest TfL and the Mayor consider allowing companies to sponsor tube stations and recommend that partnerships be sought with firms already associated with particular stations, such […]
Emirates cable car sponsorship contract to be published ‘within weeks’
Mayor Boris Johnson has committed to publishing his sponsorship agreement with Emirates for the Thames Cable Car “in the next few weeks”. The deal is one of two high profile sponsorship contracts Transport for London has signed with major brands. In 2010 it signed a deal with Barclays bank to provide up to £50m towards […]
Motorists and cyclists to pay TfL an additional £12m every year
The capital’s motorists and cyclists are expected to pay Transport for London an additional £12m each year as a result of changes to the congestion charge and cycle hire scheme. Mayor Boris Johnson has previously been accused of favouring both groups while pushing up fares for public transport users. In defence of his policy of […]
