• Fare dodgers get a seven week 'holiday'

  By RachelEngland at 19:20 on 12/01/12

  

  Despite hiking up fares at the beginning of 2012, the Mayor of London has delayed his plans to get tough on fare evaders, says Caroline Pidgeon, the leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group. In August 2011 Transport for London (TfL) started a consultation proposing to increase the penalty fare on all TfL services to £80, with the view to implementing this from 2nd January 2012. This was signed and confirmed by the...

• Startling road death data released by BBC

  By RachelEngland at 14:48 on 05/12/11

  

  The BBC has released an interactive map and infographic detailing every death on every road in Great Britain from 1999 to 2010. Over 36,000 people died on UK roads during this period, and there were 373,000 reports of serious injuries and 2.8 million instances of 'light injuries'. In addition to specific statistics on variables like rush hour, motorways, pedestrians and cyclists, users can enter their postcode to reveal specific data...

• Kingston commuters face eight percent transport price hike

  By RachelEngland at 14:09 on 19/09/11

  

  Mayor of London Boris Johnson has revealed that transport fares in and around the capital will rise by up to eight percent in 2012. Johnson admitted that the rise would be "difficult" for commuters, but said the extra cash is needed for transport improvements in the run-up to the Olympics. Kingston residents regularly commuting into central London will face a 7.9 percent increase on a 7-Day ticket, which will rise from...

• Fix Kingston's transport!

  By RachelEngland at 17:20 on 08/09/11

  

  Great new website FixMyTransport.com is encouraging public transport users around the country to make their voices heard when it comes to late buses, shonky train timetables, vandalism and whatever else needs attention to make public transport better for everyone. Users can report problems with their stop or station, or with a route or journey, and FixMyTransport will help get it sorted. Once a problem has been posted, the site will...

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