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Who Gets My Cycling Vote?

Natasha Kuilak Mellersh | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK Politics
Natasha Kuilak Mellersh

I love cycling, yes even in London... I grew up in Germany and I rode my first two-wheeler bike without stabilisers before my third birthday. The main reason I started cycling in London was because I kept running out of money for the bus.

Tube Tunnel Down After Reported 'Obstruction'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK

The Bakerloo Tube line in London has been suspended after a tunnel 'obstruction', initially reported as a collapse. The incident occurred between E...

Social Gaming On The Rise

Jamal Wright | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK Tech
Jamal Wright

When I say Social Gaming I don't actually mean MMOs which are very social games & are indeed on the rise, I'm talking specifically when a company trie...

TfL, What's All the Fuss About!

Ehsan Khodarahmi | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Ehsan Khodarahmi

When it comes to public transport, it is not only the buses and trains that matter; people who work as "customer service" selling us tickets, refund, ...

Schoolboy Handed To Police For Forgetting His Travelcard - While He Was Out Fundraising

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A schoolboy was marched off a bus and handed over to police after forgetting his travelcard as he was dressed in a Red Nose Day outfit for a fundraise...

London Underground Workers Vote To Strike

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK

London Underground workers who maintain and upgrade tube lines have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pensions and benefits, in a move which off...

Religious Group To Fight Banning Of 'Gay Cure' Bus Advert

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK

A religious group behind adverts promoting gay conversion therapy is taking action against the Mayor of London after the posters were banned from goin...

Going Underground: Why the Internet is One Tube Upgrade Too Far

Jade Lane | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Tech
Jade Lane

The Underground to me, is a safe haven from everyday life. It's the period of my day where I get to sit down (okay, sometimes sit down), listen to some music or read a book without the distraction of text messages or phone calls. It's my time. So please - let's leave the Internet at the ticket hall.

London Underground To Get Wi-Fi For The Olympics

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Tech

The London Underground will have Wi-Fi available during the London 2012 Olympics, but questions are already arising of how useful it will be. Virg...

London Trains Will Drive Themselves, Boris Pledges

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK Politics

London Mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled his plans for London transport in “the biggest transformation since the Victorian age”. Speaking to Co...

Tube Workers To Be Paid £850 A Day During Olympics

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK

Thousands of London Underground workers have been offered a payment of £850 each for working during the 2012 London Olympic Games, it has been reveal...

Unions Condemns Driverless Trains After Five-Year-Old Falls Onto Tube Lines

Posted 01.03.2012 | UK

Unions have stepped up their opposition to driverless Tube trains after a quick-witted driver spotted a young child had fallen between a carriage and ...

Tube Staff Targeted By Angry Passengers

PA | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK

Tube staff are being attacked and threatened by angry passengers because of "misinformation" about delays to London Underground services, their union ...

The Tube's Up The Spout But Boris Is At Full Speed

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Politics

Boris Johnson has been accused of failing to manage London's transport system, after five underground lines sufferered severe delays and suspensions a...

Tube Workers Reject London Olympics Pay Deal

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

Leaders of London Underground workers, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, have rejected a pay offer for staff working during the London 201...

Two Great Bits Of Biking News/Bike Insurance - How Does It Work?/Honda CBR600F (2006) Review

Bob Pickett | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Bob Pickett

The first column of 2012 sees two bundles of good news from Those Who Sit In Power Over Us, ongoing bewilderment on How Insurance Works and asks the question "Could Honda have saved a bundle on R&D and just brought back the original CBR600F?"

Woman Accused Of Racist Tram Rant Denied Bail After Pleading Not Guilty

PA | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK

A woman has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over an alleged racist rant on a tram that was captured on video. Emma West appeared ...

Ken Livingstone Promises To Cut Fares - Do You Believe Him?

Charlie Lindlar | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK Politics

Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has announced he will reverse Boris Johnson’s 2012 increase in travel fares if he is elected next May. The incr...

Boris Johnson Battles With 'Clones' Over Public Transport Rises

PA | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK Politics

London mayor Boris Johnson had to compete with noisy demonstrators on Friday as he announced lower-than-planned public transport fare rises in the cap...

MP Praises Role Of Social Media In 'My Tram Experience' Arrest

PA | Posted 01.12.2011 | UK Politics

The arrest of a woman allegedly filmed racially abusing black tram passengers shows the power of social media, MPs have been told. Conservative Gav...

Woman Charged With Racial Harassment After Abusive Tram Rant

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

A woman has been charged with racial harassment after a video emerged in which she is allegedly shouting abuse aboard a Croydon-Wimbledon tram in Sout...

London Underground Hell in a Nutshell: Don't Look at Me, Don't Touch Me and Definitely Don't Push Me

Olivia Rose | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK
Olivia Rose

I commute to work every day, making me officially just one of the approximately 2.95 million people a day who use the Tube. No wonder the entire London Underground is, at all times, covered in a thick layer of skank. 

The 2012 Games: Those who do not Learn From History...

Sarah Marsh | Posted 01.01.2012 | UK
Sarah Marsh

Olympic organisers have said they aim to have 100% of people travelling on public transport, walking or cycling rather than driving - an ambitious figure far above the aims or even the desire of any past Olympic host city.

Why I Swapped A-Levels for an Apprenticeship

Shauni O'Neill | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Shauni O'Neill

If I had gone to college to take my 'A' Levels I wouldn't have these opportunities and I would be looking to get a loan to go to uni or find a job. As it is I already have a permanent job, have been earning rather than getting into debt and I know that if I continue to apply myself I will progress further at London Underground.

London Bus And Tube Fares To Rise By 7 Per Cent

PA | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- London's Mayor has come under attack after announcing that bus and Tube fares in the capital will rise by an above-inflation 7% n...