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Posts Tagged ‘TfL’

TfL projects set to become cheaper thanks to planning and financing reforms

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 December 2025 at 11:18
TfL

The capital has seen a number of projects greenlighted in recent years, such as the Elizabeth Line, the Northern Line tube extension and the recent DLR extension

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Christmas plans in turmoil as 13 East London bus routes impacted by strikes

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 28 November 2025 at 15:49
236 bus on Mare Street

More than 350 bus drivers are expected to walk out in two 48-hour strikes over the festive period, impacting several routes through Hackney

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TfL ‘not on track’ for zero road deaths by 2041 as thousands died on London streets last year

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 28 November 2025 at 09:56
Busy London road

The Mayor of London has pledged to eliminate all deaths and serious casualties outright by 2041 as part of his Vision Zero Action Plan

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Sadiq Khan speaks out over calls to ban ‘fossil fuel ads’ on TfL network

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 24 November 2025 at 10:46
Sadiq Khan at People's Question Time, 17 September 2025

The mayor was challenged to take action on marketing that encourages car use and other behaviour that contradicts his goal of making London a net zero city.

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Disabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’

By Claudia Lee | Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 13:42
Zac sat in the train doors at Homerton Overground Station

‘Nobody else’s journey takes half an hour longer because they’re with four other people’

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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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Locals restart campaign to ban ‘intimidating’ HGVs from Victoria Park Road

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 April 2025 at 11:30
Penny Wrout, Christine Jackson and Claudia Turbet-Delof

Residents warn of lorries gridlocking congestion zones and point to recent fatalities

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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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Passengers waiting five years for lift at Hackney Downs Overground station

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 22 August 2024 at 16:32
Sem Moema AM

‘They just need to get on with it’ says London Assembly Member and Hackney Downs councillor Sem Moema

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Over 200 fossil fuel ad campaigns shown on TfL network since Sadiq Khan set out ‘zero carbon’ goal

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 3 July 2024 at 14:44
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

The figures come after UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged every country to ban such advertising

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‘From dangerous to extremely safe’: Hackney cyclist praises Clapton roundabout makeover

By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 12 February 2024 at 17:55

New layout gets a thumbs-up from Kate Corden, owner of a bike-fitting firm, and her family

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Campaigners press for action on accident blackspot

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 November 2023 at 10:17
Pembury Circus junction, cyclists crossing Dalston Lane

Two collisions have occurred near busy junction

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‘Concerning’: More than 500 injuries caused by e-scooter collisions in London last year

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 11:45

London Assembly transport spokesperson says new figures reinforce need for ‘robust regulation’

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Parents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 14 May 2022 at 08:08
Community Speed Watch

Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’

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Huge rise in e-scooter collisions in London ‘likely to be the tip of the iceberg’, warns Assembly Member

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 10 January 2022 at 11:12

Unmesh Desai hits out at illegal e-scooters as figures show nearly as many collisions in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020

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Getting home safely in Hackney – what options are available?

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 29 October 2021 at 15:28

With only one Tube station and recent problems with taxi apps, travelling at night has become ‘scarily hard’

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Covid-19 adds to risks of Crossrail delay warns new London Assembly report

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 February 2021 at 11:45
Crossrail 2 eastern phase

Project is not expected to be completed until 2022

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Town Hall working with Transport for London to address ‘extensive congestion’ at Dalston Junction

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 December 2020 at 11:43

Council says traffic light modernisation has caused ‘significant disruption’ and warns residents about upcoming gas works

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Give us a handle: Public invited to vote on names for London’s major cycleways

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 November 2020 at 13:39

Moniker inspired by Hackney’s Giro d’Italia champion among options shortlisted for the CS1 route

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Plan to scrap free travel for under-18s is an ‘attack on our children’, says Jennette Arnold

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 June 2020 at 17:01

Hackney’s City Hall representative condemns government’s proposal in the conditions for Transport for London’s £1.6bn bailout

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