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Radical plan proposed to cut London road deaths by reducing number of lanes on main roads

3,802 people were killed or seriously injured in road collisions in 2024/25

Evening Standard

London bus drivers can refuse to get behind wheel if it's too hot, says TfL chief

Video clip of Andy Lord’s advice goes viral - but some drivers say they face suspension if they complain about temperatures of up to 40C

Evening Standard

Plans for giant video ads on Elizabeth line spark backlash over ‘bombardment’ fears

Project could ‘incentivise consumerism at the expense of wellbeing and accessibility’, TfL warned

Evening Standard

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London road crime: specialist Met police unit only investigates one in 10 serious injury crashes

Concern that many victims are treated as lower priority and struggle to secure compensation

Evening Standard

Smooth, speedy and free. But will cyclists be prepared to wait for the Silvertown bike bus?

Shuttle bus will run every 12 minutes through Sir Sadiq Khan’s new road tunnel under the Thames

Evening Standard

‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening, say campaigners

Victoria Rance says the ‘1970s technology’ will cause pollution that will damage health for decades, but London mayor and TfL claim it will reduce congestion

The Guardian - UK

First new road crossing east of Tower Bridge since 1991 opens on Monday

Silvertown Tunnel will connect Silvertown with Greenwich Peninsula, running under the River Thames.

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Sadiq Khan accused of 'backtracking' on promise to ban gambling adverts from the Tube

Mayor says he wants to ‘hear more detail about the Government’s plans in this area’, despite promising to take action himself four years ago

Evening Standard

OPINION - The London Question: Are London's buses getting more dangerous?

London’s transport commissioner, Andy Lord, was not having a good day. Appearing at City Hall for a question-and-answer session recently, he began in chipper mood, saying he was looking forward to a “momentous year” for Transport for London as it celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Evening Standard

Greens urge Sadiq Khan to ban Shein adverts from TfL network

Assembly member Caroline Russell accuses the firm of having ‘a disgraceful record and a complete lack of transparency about its business practices’

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: TfL plans to integrate Railcards with contactless payment

Railcard discounts can currently only be used on the Tube by those who pay for their travel with Oyster cards

Evening Standard

Silvertown tunnel: TfL spends £2m on bike bus that cyclists 'don't want to use'

Concerns emerge about ‘hostile’ location of bus stop and whether cargo bikes will be banned from shuttle bus

Evening Standard

London Assembly urges Sadiq Khan to back plan for 'Road Safety Investigation Branch'

Deaths and serious injuries on London’s roads are not independently investigated like those on the railway network

Evening Standard

'Political football' as local authorities refuse to fund bus service for village on London border

Sadiq Khan has said that extending an existing London bus route to reach the village would not be ‘viable’

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Sadiq Khan allowing Tories to 'dictate' policy on pay-per-mile, Green Party claims

Greens on the London Assembly say it was ‘cowardly’ of the mayor to scrap plans for a more sophisticated road user charging system

Evening Standard

Greens say Sian Berry 'generous and noble' to quit City Hall job straight after re-election

Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting had called Berry’s move ‘very poor’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sadiq Khan plans to put loos on the Tube — but what took so long?

Well done, the Greens. If credit is due anywhere for the inclusion of £3 million in the Mayor’s budget for public lavatories at Tube stations, it should go to Caroline Russell. She’s the leader of the Greens in the London Assembly, and she’s been banging on about this for years.…

Evening Standard

Deal struck between Sadiq Khan and United Airlines for mayor's US trip sparks complaint

Fresh details have emerged of a deal struck between City Hall and the US airline as part of the mayor's trip to three American cities last year

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Met Police criticised after stop and search more than doubled at Notting Hill Carnival

Green Party politician Caroline Russell has accused the Met of using stop and search 'to intimidate festival-goers' in some cases

Evening Standard

Report exposes ‘loo deserts’ across London Tube network

The availability of toilets varies wildly between Tube lines, the report warns

Evening Standard

Study into more Tube and bus station toilets is hit by delays

Sadiq Khan’s office said ‘early work’ has started on the study and confirmed that the mayor remains committed to it

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Met Police’s improvement plan is ‘important step on road to reform’

The £366m, two-year plan on Tuesday won priase from Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat politicians at City Hall

Evening Standard

Met Police data error sparks fresh concerns over strip searches of children

The Met said a ‘data transmission error’ meant they provided City Hall with ‘incorrect’ information on the number of child strip-searches carried out in 2021

The Independent UK

PM backs Met Police amid criticism of ‘bid to disrupt protest’ during coronation

A leading anti-monarchy campaigner who was arrested accused the police of having ‘every intention’ of arresting demonstrators.

The Independent UK

Laws limiting protest must be repealed, campaigner says after coronation arrest

Republic chief executive Graham Smith dismissed suggestions that arrests were needed to limit disruption as ‘disgraceful’.

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