Two years ago, this website reported on vague Transport for London plans to revive Ringway 1, a controversial 1960s road scheme that would have demolished great chunks of inner London. Here’s a video about the Ringways. The Blackwall Tunnel approaches are among the few parts of Ringway 1 that were built. The rest of it […]
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The Dear Leader returns: Greenwich councillors to consider honour for Chris Roberts
Greenwich councillors are to consider awarding the rarely-awarded freedom of the borough to former leader Chris Roberts next week – despite the politician-turned-developers’ consultant being embroiled in a series of bullying accusations before he stood down 18 months ago. Roberts ran the council for 14 years but stepped down as a councillor at May 2014’s […]
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Time’s up: Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper to cease this summer
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has agreed to stop publishing its weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, by June, the government has announced. Council leader Denise Hyland had planned to go to court to defend the paper, which is distributed to the vast majority of homes in the borough each week. It is the only council weekly left […]
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How did Sadiq Khan get caught by the cable car’s finances?
Happy new year. Sorry, back to the cable car again. If you use public transport in London, 2016 opened with a fare rise – and that included the Emirates Air Line, which slapped 10p on an adult single trip. The annual round of fare rises also kicked off campaigning for May’s mayoral election, with the […]
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What next for the cable car? It still has no Oyster card commuters…
Last year, this website told you there were no Oyster card commuters. Guess what? There still aren’t any. There’s more in this story I’ve written for Londonist: Cable car still has no regular users. It’s the fourth year I’ve surveyed cable car usage in a typical October week. In 2012 and 2013 I did it […]
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Bakerloo brush-off for Catford: Tube to Lewisham ‘set for 2030’
This has been kicking around for a few days, but as this website’s gong through a bit of an infrastructure phase, it’d be daft to ignore it – Transport for London’s commissioner has said the Bakerloo Line could be extended to Lewisham by 2030, running via the Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate. (See […]
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Greenwich Council set to plug Thames Path’s ‘missing link’
It’s been a very long time in coming, but walkers and cyclists could soon be able to use the Thames Path uninterrupted between Charlton and Woolwich – with plans to build a new path over the riverfront. Currently, the Thames Path from central London stops dead at the Thames Barrier, with anyone wanting to continue […]
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Cuts are coming – Greenwich Council holds public Q&A
Greenwich has been pretty much alone among London boroughs in playing down the impact of Government cuts. It’s something that showed sharply last summer – while Greenwich was shouting and spending on tall ships, Lewisham was running The Big Budget Challenge, inviting people to play with the council’s budget and explaining the troubles ahead. Last […]
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