They are a familiar sight in the mountains of the French and Swiss Alps, but not in urban terrains - so why does London have a cable car? Some call it the Dangleway (although officially it is now called the London Cable Car) on the day it opened in 2012, by a quirk of fate I was the first journalist on it ahead of the then-mayor Boris Johnson. Somehow, I ended up in a car with the then Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy. Back then, the emphasis was on how the cable car could be a viable commuter route for lots of people and handy resilience if the Jubilee line went down. It was also touted as being a regeneration tool for the whole area. But many at Transport for London (TfL) are now pretty open in their belief that it's basically a tourist attraction. Surprisingly - perhaps - the cable car actually makes a tidy little profit. It is also the only place on TfL services where you are permitted to drink alcohol: £32 per person for the champagne experience, if you're interested. The idea for a cable car between the Royal Docks and the Greenwich Peninsula surfaced in the 1990s ahead of the opening of the Millennium Dome, but it never happened. It was revived by Johnson to give a bit of
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Two 24-hour stoppages by drivers to take place next week as part of action over proposals for four-day week Strikes by drivers on London Underground next week will go ahead, the RMT union has announced, paving the way for more days of…
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Two 24-hour stoppages by drivers to take place next week as part of action over proposals for four-day week Strikes by drivers on London Underground next week will go ahead, the RMT union has announced, paving the way…
Read original at The Guardian →It's a small badge that made a big difference. For the past 20 years, Transport for London's "Baby on Board" scheme has reshaped behaviour on public transport through a simple social signal. But does it still work? I…
Read original at BBC →Seven bus routes in east London will be disrupted as drivers walk out in a long-running dispute over fatigue. Around 300 Stagecoach drivers based at Bow garage will strike from 05:00 BST on Friday until 05:00 on…
Read original at BBC →They are a familiar sight in the mountains of the French and Swiss Alps, but not in urban terrains - so why does London have a cable car? Some call it the Dangleway (although officially it is now called the London Cable…
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Two 24-hour stoppages by drivers to take place next week as part of action over proposals for four-day week Strikes by drivers on London Underground next week will go ahead, the RMT union has announced, paving the way for more days of…
View source →It's a small badge that made a big difference. For the past 20 years, Transport for London's "Baby on Board" scheme has reshaped behaviour on public transport through a simple social signal. But does it still work? I recently observed a…
View source →Seven bus routes in east London will be disrupted as drivers walk out in a long-running dispute over fatigue. Around 300 Stagecoach drivers based at Bow garage will strike from 05:00 BST on Friday until 05:00 on Saturday. The action is…
View source →They are a familiar sight in the mountains of the French and Swiss Alps, but not in urban terrains - so why does London have a cable car? Some call it the Dangleway (although officially it is now called the London Cable Car) on the day it…
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