Posts Tagged ‘transport’
Police ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL
There were 4,593 VAWG (violence against women and girls) offences on the Tfl network in 2025, with just 3 per cent resulting in a charge or summons
Read MoreTfL ‘lacks depth and nuance’ in efforts to make transport accessible to disabled people
Elly Baker, chair of the Transport Committee, said TfL was ‘resting on its laurels’ when it came to disability inclusion on its network
Read MoreHackney residents face travel chaos amid planned bus strikes
The strikes come following two days of industrial action in the run-up to Christmas
Read MoreLondon Overground line serving five Hackney stations to close for 11 days over Christmas
The Mildmay Line will close for 11 days over Christmas and three weekends in the new year
Read MoreCome clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told
The City Hall Conservatives transport spokesman Keith Prince said mayor must reveal whether he was involved
Read More‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026
Campaigners react as second phase of TfL puts brakes on much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan
Read MoreCouncil to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles
Local restaurateur say current scheme feels ‘a bit of a Wild West’
Read MoreEast Londoners react to plans for ‘dangerous’ Shoreditch junction
Locals share views on Transport for London’s proposals for revamped roads, cycle lanes and crossings
Read MoreTen Blue Badges for each disabled parking bay in Hackney, data reveals
UK-wide research by finds 3.2 million permit holders across the nation but only 63,000 ‘accessible’ bays
Read MoreHundreds denied Blue Badges under ‘flawed policy’, council admits
Local government watchdog said council defied guidelines with scoring system that caused ‘injustice’
Read MoreSchool streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney
More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024
Read MoreStamford Hill campaigners blast Hackney transport policies for ‘upending lives’ of Charedi community
New task force launched amid ‘growing frustration’ with delays caused by LTNs, street closures and bus lanes
Read MoreHand-woven roundel unveiled at Hackney Downs station to mark new Weaver line
The Weaver line name ‘celebrates the historical significance of textile industries and communities’ in areas such as Hackney
Read MoreCouncil unveils ‘safer’ Pembury junction – but campaigners accuse it of abandoning its ‘leadership on cycling’
Local cyclists, still reeling over decision to press on with controversial redesign, claim Town Hall is being ‘dishonest’
Read MoreCouncil sticks with Pembury Circus design in blow to campaigners
Decision comes after opposition members called in Town Hall’s planned redesign of the junction
Read MoreCycling campaigners ‘deeply disappointed’ as council rejects alternative Pembury Circus design
Hackney Cycling Campaign calls on borough’s new transport chief to set up an independent review
Read MoreParents of cyclist killed in Hackney back alternative plans for Pembury Circus
‘We do not want anybody, whoever they are, to go through anything like this, ever,’ say Pat and Mike Webb
Read MoreCampaigners urge council to ramp up progress on LTNs
Three new LTNs have been promised, and Mayor Woodley has now committed to publishing a timeline for Dalston’s by 14 October
Read MoreLabour councillor Sarah Young announced as Hackney’s new transport chief
Young will later this month replace Mete Coban as climate, environment and transport lead
Read MoreCyclists speak out against council’s ‘dangerous’ Pembury Circus plans
Hackney Cycling Campaign call designs ‘weak’, but its own vision has also come in for stick
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