Category Archives: Transport

The bailout of London’s transport network shows we are not all in this together – John Elledge (The Guardian)

See article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/19/bailout-london-transport-network-tories-tfl-coronavirus-pandemic?CMP=fb_cif Last Thursday evening, Transport for London came within hours of running out of money. What would have happened to the tube, the buses, the Overground and everything else TfL is responsible for if it had is unclear: I don’t think it would have meant bailiffs walking off with DLR carriages, but who can say? Anyway, it didn’t […]

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Letter to editors – TfL funding settlement

Dear editor, We are appalled that the Government are trying to hold the Mayor of London to ransom by refusing to negotiate  fair financial support for TfL, and offering only a bad deal that leaves the poorest and most vulnerable Londoners worst off. Unlike the Conservative government who are busy playing political games with London’s vital public services, Sadiq Khan […]

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