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Posts Tagged ‘transport’

Police ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 11:10
Sadiq Khan with met police

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

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TfL ‘lacks depth and nuance’ in efforts to make transport accessible to disabled people

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 17 February 2026 at 09:17
TfL

Elly Baker, chair of the Transport Committee, said TfL was ‘resting on its laurels’ when it came to disability inclusion on its network

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Hackney residents face travel chaos amid planned bus strikes

By Elspeth Rees | Friday 9 January 2026 at 10:17

The strikes come following two days of industrial action in the run-up to Christmas

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London Overground line serving five Hackney stations to close for 11 days over Christmas

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 11:10
Overground train

The Mildmay Line will close for 11 days over Christmas and three weekends in the new year

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Come clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 September 2025 at 14:35
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

The City Hall Conservatives transport spokesman Keith Prince said mayor must reveal whether he was involved

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‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 11:19

Campaigners react as second phase of TfL puts brakes on much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan

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Council to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 31 July 2025 at 09:53

Local restaurateur say current scheme feels ‘a bit of a Wild West’

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East Londoners react to plans for ‘dangerous’ Shoreditch junction

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 28 July 2025 at 10:48

Locals share views on Transport for London’s proposals for revamped roads, cycle lanes and crossings

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Ten Blue Badges for each disabled parking bay in Hackney, data reveals

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 June 2025 at 22:59

UK-wide research by finds 3.2 million permit holders across the nation but only 63,000 ‘accessible’ bays

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Hundreds denied Blue Badges under ‘flawed policy’, council admits

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 18:09
Cllr Chris Kennedy

Local government watchdog said council defied guidelines with scoring system that caused ‘injustice’

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School streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 15:13

More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024

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Stamford Hill campaigners blast Hackney transport policies for ‘upending lives’ of Charedi community 

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 31 January 2025 at 13:47

New task force launched amid ‘growing frustration’ with delays caused by LTNs, street closures and bus lanes

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Hand-woven roundel unveiled at Hackney Downs station to mark new Weaver line

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 20 January 2025 at 22:06
The Weaver line roundel at Hackney Downs station

The Weaver line name ‘celebrates the historical significance of textile industries and communities’ in areas such as Hackney

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Council unveils ‘safer’ Pembury junction – but campaigners accuse it of abandoning its ‘leadership on cycling’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 25 November 2024 at 18:47

Local cyclists, still reeling over decision to press on with controversial redesign, claim Town Hall is being ‘dishonest’

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Council sticks with Pembury Circus design in blow to campaigners

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 November 2024 at 13:22

Decision comes after opposition members called in Town Hall’s planned redesign of the junction

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Cycling campaigners ‘deeply disappointed’ as council rejects alternative Pembury Circus design

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 19:21
Pembury Circus junction, cyclists crossing Dalston Lane

Hackney Cycling Campaign calls on borough’s new transport chief to set up an independent review

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Parents of cyclist killed in Hackney back alternative plans for Pembury Circus

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 October 2024 at 17:16

‘We do not want anybody, whoever they are, to go through anything like this, ever,’ say Pat and Mike Webb

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Campaigners urge council to ramp up progress on LTNs

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 October 2024 at 15:32
Middleton Road LTN

Three new LTNs have been promised, and Mayor Woodley has now committed to publishing a timeline for Dalston’s by 14 October

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Labour councillor Sarah Young announced as Hackney’s new transport chief

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 October 2024 at 15:22

Young will later this month replace Mete Coban as climate, environment and transport lead

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Cyclists speak out against council’s ‘dangerous’ Pembury Circus plans

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 September 2024 at 21:01

Hackney Cycling Campaign call designs ‘weak’, but its own vision has also come in for stick

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