London motorists have long felt under fire. And that’s no surprise: driving around the capital under Mayor Sadiq Khan is an increasingly expensive and stressful endeavour. The Congestion Charge, introduced in 2003, was... Read more »
Mr Vine, a daytime television presenter and passionate cycling campaigner, has praised the lane which he says he can use now more “confidently”, particularly by the Hammersmith gyratory. It meant a two-lane... Read more »
George Monbiot overplays the delights of the community effect of low-traffic neighbourhoods in Oxford and underplays their disadvantages (Ignore the culture warriors – low traffic neighbourhoods don’t close streets, they liberate them,... Read more »
A driver was left furious after being hit with a hefty fine for entering her number plate incorrectly while paying the Congestion Charge online. Naomi Bennett made a one digit typo while... Read more »
In June 2020, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan had extended weekday C-charge hours to 10pm, and increased the charge from £11.50 to £15, to encourage walking and cycling. But in order to... Read more »
Mayor Sadiq Khan has decided to return the charge to its pre-pandemic weekday hours of 7am-6pm, having extended it until 10pm as a temporary measure in June 2020 to encourage walking and... Read more »
H opes of avoiding a car-led recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in London have been dashed as new data shows car usage returned almost to pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Figures revealed by... Read more »
The Mayor also announced that the daily levy – which will remain at £15 – will not apply between Christmas day and January 3, its longest ever festive break. His aim is... Read more »
A new railway tunnel in Peterborough has opened today (December 9), reducing congestion on the East Coast Main Line by carrying freight trains underneath the line. The latest step in the £1.2... Read more »
Even though Britain’s first motorway, the M1, was built before what we now know as London’s orbital motorway, the M25, it was built with provisions for the M25 to eventually slot in... Read more »
