The impressive structure, which became a symbol of last year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, will decorate the city's largest railway station - Birmingham New Street. However, it will not be anonymous. In the public vote for her name, the proposal "Ozzy" won by an overwhelming majority.more
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Oyster card on 30 June 2023, TfL has launched a new limited edition Oyster card to celebrate two decades of the iconic smartcard making travel via public transport around London quicker and easier for everyone. more
Commuters in the capital will soon be able to use contactless payments at train stations outside London. Thus, they will no longer be forced to buy tickets every time and show them when passing through the gate.more
Owners of the most polluting cars may soon have to pay more to park as councils across England are expected to roll out new charges based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions.
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For the first time in Italy, regional authorities can reduce the speed limit on highways and roads for environmental reasons, i.e. to reduce the level of smog. This is made possible by one of the provisions of the decree that entered into force.more
Transport for London wants to increase the number of daily trips by bike from about 1.2m to 1.6m by the end of the decade by expanding the appeal of cycling to a more “diverse” range of Londoners and moving away from focusing on cycle commuters.more
Stockholm residents traveling between the islands of Kungsholmen and Soedermalm can already use the world's first autonomous ferry. For now, its operation is supervised by the captain, but ultimately the unit is to be unmanned.more
Data obtained by the BBC has found that roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices (PCNs), with the rest from daily charge payments.
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The entrance to South Kensington station on Exhibition Road may have been extensively remodeled to accommodate Orthodox Jews. The reason why this religious group does not use this entrance is because it is connected to the Science Museum - a facility where human remains are kept.more
Parts of London are set for bus “chaos” later this month when the capital is hit by a fresh wave of strikes by drivers locked in an ongoing dispute over pay.more
Pickpocket thefts on the London Underground have more than doubled in the space of a year, new figures show.
The crime reached reached a record high of 7,899 thefts last year, British Transport Police data shows - more than twice the 3,380 seen in 2021, when overall Tube usage levels were lower. more
Camden Town Tube station has become the latest stop on the Underground network to receive 4G and 5G mobile coverage.
The upgrade means that around 10 per cent of Tube stations with platforms that are below ground, and therefore usually unable to get a mobile signal, are now connected.more
Last year, air traffic control recorded a record 94,000 private flights taking off in Germany. The Greens in the Bundestag are calling for higher costs for flights on private jets, which bring "health, climate and environmental damage".more
TfL has revealed it wants to buy more Elizabeth line trains to cope with demand from HS2.
Under the plans, confirmed in TfL board papers, the Department for Transport is being lobbied to provide funding for more trains on the Elizabeth line to support HS2’s terminus at Old Oak Common.more
The UK rail strikes, which have dragged on for almost a year, are costing the economy more than £5.5 billion, estimates the London-based think tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). Another protest, the third this week, took place yesterday.more
More than 20,000 rail workers in England have begun a 24-hour strike that will cancel half of the services on affected lines as part of a long-running dispute with train operators over jobs, pay and conditions.more
It's going to be a busy weekend on public transport coming up! A perfect storm of a good weather forecast and huge road closures due to the RideLondon event this weekend mean services much busier than usual this weekend. more
The French government is tightening the rules, banning domestic flights for alternatives shorter than 2.5 hours by train. The regulations came into force on Tuesday, but we will go further, Transport Minister Clement Beaune announced.more
London Underground workers have voted in favour of extending their mandate to continue taking strike action for another six months, the RMT union has announced.more
Air pollution in the Paris metro with fine particles is five times higher than the standards recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a report by France Televisions station 'Vert de rage'.more