On some routes, bendy buses are a good idea. Despite it being relatively quiet because of the school holidays, people want the bendies back on the 507. But we did. Repeatedly. I rather doubt this will have much electoral impact as lots of the people on the 507 are coming from outside the Greater London [...]

TfL have released more information on the replacements to the 507. As of Saturday, 25th July (edited – had August originally!) 2009. The note, which is available here as a PDF, says: Brand new two door single deck buses will replace the current bendy buses on route 507. Passengers will still need a valid ticket [...]

There is a slightly uneasy relationship between Red Ken and the little gnomes in the City & Canary Wharf. There is an implicit acknowledgement of the benefits to the London region in his piece in yesterday’s thelondonpaper. Sarkozy has overturned the tall buildings ban in Paris and has proposed making the Mayor of Paris leader [...]

Figures for satisfaction with London Transport are out (see p30/31 of this PDF), I see from the inimitable Tory Troll. Method Satisfaction (%) London Buses 80 London Overground 79 London Underground 79 Croydon Trams 86 Dial-a-Ride 88 London River Services 87 PCO – Taxis 85 PCO – Minicabs 81 Victoria Coach Station 78 As a [...]

Evidently, the UK has come to a halt because of the snow. As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m in Oslo. Suffice to say that ten or fifteen centimetres of snow isn’t a problem for Norway. Looking at Facebook, lots of people are complaining that the snow brings London to a halt. Ten centimetres [...]

Yesterday saw the Progressive London Conference at Congress House in London. All in all, I thought it was pretty good. There seemed to be very few nutty lefties there and I was pleased that there were a few people there I knew and recognised from my CLP, from blogging, from uni and around and about [...]

My friend, Ewan Watt, has tagged me for ten predictions for 2009. Luke Akehurst, who Ewan also tagged, has some interesting predictions. Mine are: There will be an attempt to ‘test’ Obama militarily within his first year of office There will not be a General Election in the UK There will not be a go-ahead [...]

TfL have responded to my Freedom of Information requests about bendy buses, specifically the 507 and 521 routes. The questions and their responses follow below the fold, but the key points are: The proposed replacements for 18m bendy buses are 12m single deckers. Operators have been asked to submit bids for 12m single deckers and [...]

I would urge any Labour party members connected with the City of London to heed this appeal from City of London BLP secretary (and NEC member) Peter Kenyon: This is a call to all Labour Party members and supporters working in the City of London. City of London Labour Party would like to hear from [...]

Building Oyster technology into mobile phones seems like a good idea. Just about everyone is permanently wedded to their phone. However, I have a couple of slight issues with it. Just about everyone also always carries their wallet or purse and an Oyster card – the size of a normal credit card – is hardly [...]