Transport - London SE1 (Page 5)

Police & crime

Police launch crackdown on ‘organised begging’ at London Bridge

British Transport Police are carrying out a two-month operation to combat "organised begging" around London Bridge Station and people selling packets of tissues on board trains.

Police & crime

Man jailed for nine years for causing death by dangerous driving

A local man has been jailed after he caused the death of a woman when a car he was driving collided with a pedicab outside Tesco Express in New Kent Road.

Transport

Druid Street cycle lanes - council asks for comments

Six months on from the creation of a segregated cycle lane on part of Druid Street, Southwark Council is inviting local residents and businesses to comment on how well the scheme is working.

Transport

Fears that E&C's new tube station could become 'white elephant'

A TfL meeting has heard fears that the rebuilt Elephant & Castle tube station could become a 'white elephant' that is partially constructed but not able to be used by passengers.

Transport

Borough Market: plan to make Stoney Street traffic ban permanent

The pedestrianisation of the southern end of Stoney Street in Borough Market - a temporary measure since the 2017 London Bridge terrorist attack - could be made permanent under plans proposed by Southwark Council.

Transport

Routemaster buses return to South Bank on new daily service

A new daily bus route linking Waterloo with Piccadilly Circus via Westminster Bridge using classic 1950s and 1960s Routemaster buses is due to launch this month.

Transport

TfL tests new real-time bus information screens on 63 route

New e-ink information screens showing real-time bus departure information are being trialled on the 63 route between King's Cross and Honor Oak via Blackfriars Bridge and Elephant & Castle.

Transport

Tooley Street temporary cycle lanes to be made permanent

Transport for London has announced that the temporary cycle lanes on Duke Street Hill and Tooley Street - introduced as part of the response to COVID-19 - will become a permanent feature.

River Thames

London Assembly to debate anti-terror barriers on Thames bridges

This week the London Assembly will debate a motion calling for an urgent resolution to the current impasse on the installation of permanent anti-terrorism measures on Thames bridges, five years on from the London Bridge attack.

Transport

Buses could be barred from crossing Tower Bridge, City warns

The City of London Corporation has warned that buses may have to be banned from using Tower Bridge in response to concerns that traffic restrictions on London Bridge have led more heavy vehicles to cross the adjacent Victorian landmark bridge.

Transport

Elephant & Castle buses could be cut by more than a quarter

The number of buses serving Elephant & Castle each day could soon have been cut by more than a quarter whilst Sadiq Khan has been Mayor of London, if Transport for London's latest proposals are implemented.

Planning & Development

Digital billboard on Blackfriars Road rail bridge vetoed

Plans by Network Rail to install a digital advertising billboard on the railway bridge above Blackfriars Road have been turned down by Southwark Council after Transport for London raised road safety concerns