Buzzbike completes funding round after e-bike subscription demand soars sevenfold April 23, 2024 Buzzbike has announced the completion of its latest funding round after it saw a sevenfold rise in demand for its e-bike subscription service.
Lime pledges £25m London investment after record growth April 8, 2024 E-scooter start-up Lime has pledged to invest millions more in London, an announcement that could prick the ears of markets amid IPO speculation.
Opinion-in-brief: Stay at home at the slightest inconvenience March 1, 2022 Today there will be the first full tube strike since 2017, as 10,000 RMT workers walk off and all London Underground lines stop running. Instead of directing people to find other ways to get to work, Transport for London told people to stay at home. Part of the problem facing the transport network is a [...]
Tube strikes set to hit the London Underground next week cancelled after last ditch talks April 4, 2024 Two 24 hour strikes by Aslef tube drivers were planned on Monday 8 April and Saturday 4 May.
TfL stops 30,000 commuters not wearing face masks July 22, 2020 Transport for London enforcement officers have so far stopped 33,500 people from getting on public transport unless they put on face masks, according to the latest figures. A further 1,983 people were prevented from boarding services without masks, while 475 people were ejected from modes of transport. From those who were not able to get [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges no changes to ULEZ scheme ahead of election March 24, 2024 Sadiq Khan has ruled out any future expansion of the ULEZ as he bids to win a historic third term in office.
Confirmed: Elizabeth Line to open later this month May 4, 2022 The Elizabeth Line is set to open its doors to the public in just 20 days time, Transport for London today announced.
E-scooter firm Tier to lay off 140 staff before Christmas in losing battle with profits November 29, 2023 Tier said it would be cutting around 22 per cent of its workforce, in a “number of countries”, making it a “difficult day at the end of a difficult year.
Dott ends London e-bike service due to ‘high fees and varied regulations’ September 22, 2023 E-bike firm Dott has ended its London service because it was not possible to “run a financially sustainable” operation in the capital – just as its renewed e-scooter scheme takes off on Monday. The company, which recently won a new contract as part of Transport for London’s e-scooter trial which starts on Monday, insisted it [...]
Bailout shows the need for a TfL rethink May 18, 2020 We will probably never know exactly how close we came to TfL going bust and services across London not running last week. Unless, of course, when today’s bailout agreement expires in September, there isn’t another crunch. The capital’s transport network has had another log thrown on the fire, but central Government remains in control of [...]