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Thursday, May 30

17

TfL announces new 'leisurely' cycle routes in bid to get more Londoners on their bikes

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The cycle routes stretching up to 10 miles are thought to help increase the use of active transport on weekends

Wednesday, May 29

16

TfL's Friday off-peak Tube and bus fares trial ends this week

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The three-month trial was aimed at bolstering London’s economy by encouraging Londoners back into offices and onto public transport on Friday

Wednesday, May 22

15

Central London piers earmarked for 'state-of-the-art' redevelopment under TfL plans

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TfL hopes ‘dated’ piers close to major tourist attractions could become money-makers inspired by Hamburg’s famous riverside

Tuesday, May 21

20

TfL 'names and shames' London embassies over unpaid congestion charges

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Transport for London is planning to go to court to try and get the more-than-£14 million it says the US embassy owes for unpaid congestion charges.

17

Sadiq Khan's TfL considers legal action at International Court of Justice against foreign embassies over their refusal to pay back £150million in congestion charges

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Transport for London has revealed diplomats from foreign countries owe £145.5million in payments for the congestion charge since it was introduced by former mayor Ken Livingstone in 2003.

11

US Embassy hits back at Sadiq Khan's TfL as it refuses to pay £14.6m London congestion charge bill because it has 'diplomatic exemption'

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Diplomats claim they should be exempt because they view London's congestion charge as a tax, which would therefore mean they would not have to pay under the Vienna Convention.

Five embassies with biggest TfL debt after congestion bill passes £143,000,000

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The US Embassy has racked up the largest bill at £14.6 million.

09

Diplomats owe TfL more than £143million in unpaid London congestion charges

www.standard.co.uk

US embassy racks up £14.6million in fees as it claims exemption from ‘tax’

Monday, May 20

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What special relationship? America's London Embassy owes TfL £14.6million in congestion charges over the past 20 years - with India and China among worst offenders while Togo owes just £40

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Transport for London (TfL) said diplomats across all embassies owe £145.5million in congestion charge payments since the scheme was introduced just over two decades ago in 2003.

Saturday, May 18

22

Ulez drivers face new camera crackdown as TfL says 'we legally can'

Vandals vandalising low emission cameras in the capital have been warned over a clampdown on the practice, as TfL chiefs get tough.

21

ULEZ vigilantes warned over new scheme to block cameras as TfL cracks down

www.express.co.uk

The vandals had been using the boxes to slow down the repair of cameras and obscure their lenses after they wrongly thought they could not be removed.

Thursday, May 9

03

TfL staff criticised over inaction during viral Northern Line smoke panic last year as report says they failed to learn lesson from similar incident a decade earlier

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Builders with hammers smashed a tube carriage's windows on Friday, May 5, last year, after the train filled with smoke and passengers were left trapped after the 'doors wouldn't open'.

Wednesday, May 8

18

Car smashes through barrier and teeters on the edge of tube tracks after driver 'suffered medical episode': TfL suspends services on London Underground line as police and fire crews rush to the scene

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Police and fire crews rushed to the scene of the smash in Southfields, south-west London, where services have been suspended on the underground's District Line.

16

TfL extends Woolwich ferry operating hours to every 15 minutes

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The Woolwich Ferry is running every 15 minutes between 9am and 5pm

Thursday, May 2

15

Bank Station Tube services suspended as TFL confirms 'fire alert'

www.mirror.co.uk

Bank Tube Station in central London has been evacuated with all Waterloo and City lines suspended and DLR services heavily disrupted due to a fire alert, TfL has confirmed

11

Black cab class action of over 10,000 drivers in High Court this morning suing Uber over claims it misled TfL over how its booking system worked

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The cabbies claim that Uber allowed its drivers to accept bookings directly from customers, therefore breaching private hire licensing rules.

Friday, Apr 26

London mayor election: Sadiq Khan wants TfL to run more commuter trains

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Bid to seize control of Southeastern metro services and Great Northern trains

Thursday, Apr 25

13

London commuter belt to benefit from TfL-style 'best-price guarantee' fares under Labour rail plan

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‘Bold reforms’ would see most passenger services renationalised within five years under Labour’s ‘Great British Railways’ plan

Tuesday, Apr 23

Taxi drivers demand TfL scrap 'bonkers' black cab rule and 'it's too far'

Taxi drivers in London are calling on the transport authority to allow motorists to display flags on St George's Day to show their patriotism.