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The new service, which would provide a 'turn up and go' crossing across the Thames, would play a significant role in encouraging more walking and cycling across London, according to TfL.
The electrification of the 94 bus route follows the 43 and 134 routes in 2019, bringing the current total of electric buses in London to 280.
Created in 2017, Transport for the South East is a sub-national transport body bringing together local authorities, business groups and the transport sector to speak with one voice on the region’s strategic transport priorities.
Los Angeles and London hope to expand the ‘Innovator Cities’ network to more cities, allowing more communities around the world to benefit from the transport innovation that the collaborative hopes to develop.
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, 75 new apprenticeships at level two and three have been launched in disciplines ranging from Building Surveying and Transport Planning, to Track and Signals for London Underground (LU).
TfL has relied mainly on manual traffic counts to work out how many people are cycling on any given road, but has been trialling Vivacity Labs' AI sensors as an alternative solution since 2018.
The Mayor and TfL have committed to increase the number of journeys made in London by walking, cycling or public transport from 63 per cent to 80 per cent by 2041.
The decision comes after more than £3.6 million is said to be lost every year from fare evasion on New Routemasters London buses.
TfL launched London's flagship cycle hire scheme on 30 July 2010 across eight London boroughs with 315 docking stations. Now, there are more than 12,000 bikes available from 781 docking stations.
Currently, road danger in the area is considered high, with 215 collisions leading to death or injury recorded along the A206 Woolwich Road in 2017 and 2018, with 18 per cent of all casualties on the road in 2017 being cycling incidents.
The project is said to fall in line with O2’s focus on providing service where customers need it most, with the London Underground a notorious ‘not-spot’ for mobile signal to date.
The implementation comes ahead of mandatory requirement for all new ‘quiet’ running vehicles in 2021.
The online service allows people to use a map to inform TfL about problems related to roads and bus networks within TfL's jurisdiction, which it will then investigate.
Stopping services between London Paddington and Reading are now operated by TfL Rail, which is said to be the next step in the delivery of the Elizabeth line.
Passenger expectations are changing so that their experiences on transport more closely align with comforts they'd expect in their own home. Ian Wright, Head of Innovation and Partnerships at Transport Focus, explains how various technologies can be used as tools to help operators deliver transport's 'brilliant basics', and build trust in…
