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At last! A reason to use the cable car: Inside The Crystal
Well, there’s a reason to take the cable car from North Greenwich now London 2012’s over – The Crystal was launched this week, right next door to the north terminal at the Royal Docks. It opens to the...
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Mayor Boris proposes slapping tolls on Blackwall Tunnel
Monday’s confirmation that Lewisham Hospital A&E may close made it a very good day to bury news in SE London that some people might not want to hear. So, on Monday, Transport for London launched...
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Enough is enough – sign up, say no to Silvertown Tunnel
So far, Greenwich Council is up to 554 pledges on its campaign to bring more traffic jams and pollution to local streets with a third Blackwall Tunnel. The figure was released last week at a council...
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The leader’s friends: Greenwich Council relaunches Silvertown push
After the media launch of its Bridge The Gap campaign was hijacked two weeks ago, I’d been wondering how Greenwich Council would try to breathe new life into its campaign to see a third Blackwall...
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Emirates Air Line cable car now has NO regular commuters
Spot the commuter: The cable car during Tuesday morning’s rush hour 853 exclusive: It had just four regular commuters last year – now the Emirates Air Line cable car appears to have NO regular users at...
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Elsewhere: ‘How the Emirates Air Line’s fares aren’t paying its way’
This website hasn’t featured the cable car much recently, so here’s a story somebody else has done about it. LondonLovesBusiness has done some digging and found that the Dangleway isn’t paying its...
View ArticleSilvertown Tunnel pollution monitoring undecided despite work having started,...
Levels of air quality monitoring for the Silvertown Tunnel have not been decided – even though work is already well under way on the £2billion new toll road under the Thames. London mayor Sadiq Khan...
View ArticleMore protests threatened as anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan jet-washed onto...
Protesters have jet-washed an anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan onto a Thames embankment facing the Greenwich Peninsula – and are promising more protests as construction steps up. Activists in hi-viz...
View ArticleThink again on Silvertown Tunnel, local MPs urge victorious Sadiq Khan
The Labour MPs representing communities at both ends of the Silvertown Tunnel appealed to Sadiq Khan to think again about the controversial new road, just hours after the mayor pledged that he would...
View ArticleTfL ‘pays £10m’ to settle Silvertown Tunnel dispute as opponents plan new...
Transport for London has paid £10 million to settle a legal dispute over the building of the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, it was reported at the weekend. Two years ago TfL awarded the contract to...
View ArticleRevealed: Labour blocked ’embarrassing’ Silvertown Tunnel questions to Sadiq...
A leaked email has revealed that the London Assembly Labour group blocked questions that could be “deeply embarrassing” to Sadiq Khan about the Silvertown Tunnel before last month’s mayoral election....
View ArticleI won’t cancel the Silvertown Tunnel, mayor Sadiq Khan insists
London mayor Sadiq Khan has insisted he will not cancel the Silvertown Tunnel – and accused opponents of wanting to “do nothing” about persistent queues at the Blackwall Tunnel. Work has begun on the...
View ArticleSadiq Khan accused of ignoring Silvertown Tunnel’s impact on air quality
Sadiq Khan has been accused of “blatantly ignoring his own contribution” to worsening air quality in parts of London by campaigners against his Silvertown Tunnel project. It comes following new...
View ArticleYour name here: TfL wants new sponsor for Greenwich Peninsula’s cable car
Transport for London is looking for a new sponsor for the London Cable Car, after the airline Emirates chose not to renew its 10-year deal to brand the crossing. The much-mocked link between Greenwich...
View ArticleCity Hall’s ‘ridiculous’ move to Royal Docks panned as building work drags on
Doubts have been cast over whether the Greater London Authority will be able to move into The Crystal building in the Royal Docks before Christmas after pictures showed the extent of work still to be...
View ArticleFormula 1 dismisses plan for London Grand Prix in Royal Docks
Formula 1 bosses have shut down proposals for a London Grand Prix in the Royal Docks, which its promoters said would transform the area. The urban design group LDN Collective and Dar, a consultancy,...
View ArticleYour name here: TfL wants new sponsor for Greenwich Peninsula’s cable car
Transport for London is looking for a new sponsor for the London Cable Car, after the airline Emirates chose not to renew its 10-year deal to brand the crossing. The much-mocked link between Greenwich...
View ArticleCity Hall’s ‘ridiculous’ move to Royal Docks panned as building work drags on
Doubts have been cast over whether the Greater London Authority will be able to move into The Crystal building in the Royal Docks before Christmas after pictures showed the extent of work still to be...
View ArticleFormula 1 dismisses plan for London Grand Prix in Royal Docks
Formula 1 bosses have shut down proposals for a London Grand Prix in the Royal Docks, which its promoters said would transform the area. The urban design group LDN Collective and Dar, a consultancy,...
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