Tag Archives: Sadiq Khan

Standard practice: tram extension story goes off the rails

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the difference between what is really happening, and what an advertising feature in the rag edited by trainee journalist Gideon Osborne says Transport for London has spent the past 24 hours trying to calmly damp … Continue reading →

Posted in Evening Boris, Merton, Sutton Council, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Police complaints meant Uber could not get an easy ride

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: London taxis have been highly regulated, to protect passengers and other road-users, for centuries. Then Uber came along. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR says that concerns from the Met left TfL with little choice The non-renewal of Uber’s licence is the … Continue reading →

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Cyclists call on Mayor to apply his own policies at Purley Way

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

TfL wants to spend the thick-end of £100m on making one of Croydon’s busiest road junctions even more hostile for pedestrians and cyclists, all to satisfy developers Westfield. AUSTEN COOPER says the road plans are ‘a patchwork of good, poor … Continue reading →

Posted in Commuting, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Brick by Brick building no social rent homes with Mayor money

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on City Hall figures that show Croydon Council’s house-building strategy is letting the housing market take its course New figures from City Hall show that Brick by Brick, the private housing developer owned by Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Trams caught speeding 128 times since Sandilands crash

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

There were 128 speeding incidents recorded on the tram network little more than six months after the Sandilands derailment last November, according to official figures from City Hall. Seven people were killed and 58 injured when a tram, going faster … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon just about ‘average’ for delivering ‘affordable’ homes

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Croydon’s only just about average when it comes to delivering affordable housing. That’s according to figures from the Mayor of London, which shows Croydon outside the top 10 London boroughs for building housing that is “affordable” (which of itself is … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Assembly Member tells Mayor to bin TfL’s Fiveways scheme

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

A London Assembly Member has called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to get Transport for London to go back to the drawing board with its latest proposals for the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way and “come back with a set … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caroline Russell, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Health, Joy Prince, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments