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Why We Need to Grow London

Colin Stanbridge | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Politics
Colin Stanbridge

London's tubes, buses, trams and some roads are run by Transport for London and a large chunk of the funding comes from central Government. We want to see that funding maintained if not enhanced in the spending review in June.

Unused Oyster Cards Have £53m On Them, Says TfL

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK

Around £53m of passengers' money is wasted on unused Oyster cards, rising by £3m in the last year, latest figures show. Transport for London (TfL...

Train Punctuality: Are We Measuring the Wrong Thing?

Karan Chadda | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Politics
Karan Chadda

Here's a question that's not often asked: what if train punctuality is a false measure? Perhaps commuter punctuality is what we should really care about? Instead of the number of trains getting to stations on time, perhaps we would get more useful information if we tracked the number of people being delivered to stations on time.

Fares Fair: Flexible Ticketing and Rebates for Commuters Working from Home

Roger Evans | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Politics
Roger Evans

Commuters should have the option of, for example, buying a three-day per week Travelcard. This would make part-time working more affordable for commuters and should encourage those who are able to work from home to do so more often.

Jessica Elgot

'It's My Right To Be An Ex-Gay'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 28.02.2013 | UK

A Christian campaigner for gay “conversion” therapy who is taking Boris Johnson to the High Court for the right to advertise on London buses, has ...

Audrey Hepburn's Shocking TFL Commercial

Gemma Hurley | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Gemma Hurley

Audrey Hepburn's reanimated corpse stars in the latest Galaxy Chocolate commercial.

Letter to Rio: London 2012 Lessons for Transport Gold

Caroline Pidgeon | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Politics
Caroline Pidgeon

Lessons from London, I hope, will provide valuable information to the organisers of the next Olympiad, Rio 2016, and other cities hosting major events.

A Three-Month Flirtation With a Stranger on a Train

The Guyliner | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
The Guyliner

Commuting is a dull, necessary evil only a few of us can avoid. Usually, I work from home, the full journey from bed to office via bathroom taking around 90 seconds. But, on landing myself a new contract in a suburb of London, I am to rejoin the rat race I'd so fondly missed.

150 Years Of The Tube Leaves Its Stamp

PA | Posted 11.03.2013 | Home

A set of special stamps is being issued to mark the 150th anniversary of London Underground, showing scenes of a steam locomotive, construction worker...

Access All Areas

Emily Davison | Posted 28.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Emily Davison

Events like this within the UK are rare, but this does not mean to say that they do not occur. There is a strong need for a drastic change in the world of the disabled. A set of rules and regulations firmly enforced by the law in order to defend disability minority groups from a confrontation like this and the humiliation of it.

A Good Day To Bury Bad News, Boris?

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK

Boris Johnson has chosen a good day to bury bad news. As news organisations were saturated with Barack Obama's re-election win, the Mayor of London...

Stage Your Own Derren Brown's Apocalypse

Toby Earle | Posted 02.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Toby Earle

Commuting; it's disgusting. Aboard a morning rush hour train you become more acquainted with a neighbour's elbow than its owner, are forced to listen to shrill one-sided perspectives of personal crises, and are forced into positions yogis only achieve after years of spine-worrying atop a mountain.

TFL's Message To Apple Maps Users

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.11.2012 | UK Tech

Talk about kicking someone when they're down. Apple has received yet more criticism of its iOS 6 Maps app - this time from Transport For London. ...

Public Transport Games?

Shaun McCarthy | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK Sport
Shaun McCarthy

The doom-mongers gleefully predicted "gridlock", "transport meltdown" and "commuter hell". Monday 30 July was the day it was all supposed to go pear-shaped. To find out what it was actually like I took a tour round some of London's venues by a range of different transport options.

Fire Alert Halts Main Olympic Tube Line

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.07.2012 | UK

Services on a key transport route to the Olympic Park were suspended on Tuesday after a fire alert. The problem meant no trains were running on a s...

Meet The Spectators Who Would Welcome A Few Empty Seats

PA | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK

Passengers faced crowded and uncomfortable journeys today after a service taking hundreds of fans to the Olympic football was so busy they could not g...

One Of London's Busiest Stations Closed To Departing Passengers On Monday

PA | Posted 28.07.2012 | UK

One of the busiest railway stations in London will be closed to many departing passengers on Monday evening due to the Olympics. A potential clash ...

Why Do Brits Hate the London Olympic Games?

Mark Hillary | Posted 16.09.2012 | UK Sport
Mark Hillary

What is it about being British? We go and invent all the best sports in the world and then give great sportsmen like Andy Murray a hard time about whether he is more Scottish or more British - or ever going to win at Wimbledon.

Three-Day Olympic Train Strike Planned

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK

Train drivers from the Aslef union have planned to stage a three-day stretch of industrial action during the Olympics in protest over their pensions. ...

The Olympic Road to Nowhere

Hanna Flint | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK Sport
Hanna Flint

TFL have made it clear that only official Games vehicles carrying athletes, staff and delegates will be allowed to use the roads. But with just 10 days until the opening ceremony, many of the roads affected by the Olympic routes have been left with unclear and confusing signposting for the public to decipher.

PHOTOS: London Police Trick Con Men With Double Decker Bus

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

Police in London staged a cunning operation on Thursday, using a London bus to sneak up on Westminster Bridge con artists unawares. Undercover offi...

PICTURED: Two Million Litres Of Water Floods London Tube Tracks

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.06.2012 | UK

One of London's busiest tube lines has been partially closed after a burst water pipe flooded train tracks with more than two million litres of fluid,...

80 London Tube Stations To Get Free WiFi By July

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK Tech

The first 80 Tube stations to receive free WiFi access have been announced. Virgin Media will enable the free wireless access by the end of July. ...

Tracey Emin Designs New Olympic Tube Map

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | Posted 16.07.2012 | Home

Londoners are already contemplating using the Tube during the Olympics with the all the trepidation of gymnast attempting a quadruple backwards ...

Why TFL Would Like Commuters To 'Walk To Work'

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Commuters are being asked to practise ‘walking to work’ this week, ahead of the Olympic Games. This morning, commuters between London Bridge a...