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  • How poor public transport policy is putting the brake on cities | Letters

    Mobility · The Guardian

    How poor public transport policy is putting the brake on cities | Letters

    David Andrews suggests a tram network could be the answer to London’s clogged streets, while V Narayanan says unused cycle lanes are a waste of valuable road space Your analysis of slowing buses in global cities sets out the mechanism exactly, and the remedy follows from it ( London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised, 23 September ). Transport for London’s own calculation that a 10% fall in speed costs 6% of demand and Imperial College London’s finding of the same decline across 15 cities show what happens to buses as the traffic thickens around them. Retiming the lights will not reverse it, and London is already trying. The phrase to n

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  • TfL’s bailiffs are chasing me for a stranger’s unpaid Ulez fines

    Mobility · The Guardian

    TfL’s bailiffs are chasing me for a stranger’s unpaid Ulez fines

    Now TFL is threatening to seize goods for four penalties for a car I’ve never owned Bailiffs turned up at my home to seize goods over four unpaid Ulez fines issued by Transport for London (TfL) that have nothing to do with me. The saga began two months ago when I received four enforcement notices from CDER Group relating to a vehicle I have never owned.

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  • ‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London

    Mobility · The Guardian

    ‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London

    Buses for London aims for ‘greener, safer and better-value’ service but private operators say move will not fix problems London buses in decline? Why public transport is slowing to a crawl – visualised A publicly owned company, Buses for London, will start running services in the capital next year, Transport for London has announced. TfL said the launch was a “major milestone” in its plans to improve buses for drivers and passengers.

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  • London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised

    Mobility · The Guardian

    London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised

    As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for the poorest in society Experts warn that slower buses risk driving passengers away: research cited by Transport for London (TfL) suggests a 10% fall in speed leads to a 6% drop in demand. Passenger journeys in London have already fallen by more than 300m a year, or 16%, since 2013, despite the city’s population growing by almost a million people.

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  • Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution | Agustin Guilisasti

    Mobility · The Guardian

    Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution | Agustin Guilisasti

    Paris converted tens of thousands of on-street parking spaces into docking stations, fundamentally changing its approach to public space Agustin Guilisasti is founder and CEO of the London ebike operator Forest Shared ebikes have become a key part of London’s transport network. From Hounslow to Greenwich, it’s rare to step on to the street without seeing one, and they now facilitate millions of journeys every month. Forest recorded 3m rides this July alone, a new high. Demand keeps rising, and operators are logging ever-higher ride-per-bike ratios, a key measure of how intensively fleets are being used. This is good news for London, which gains a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable way t

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  • ‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations

    Mobility · The Guardian

    ‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations

    Jack Klein takes heat readings, gives fans to overheated passengers and lugs big jugs of water into the stations On a recent August day in the subterranean furnace of New York City ’s subway, one bearded, curly-haired man was studying his phone for different reasons than the other wilting passengers – to track the soaring temperatures and ponder how underground train stations can cool down in an era of climate crisis . Jack Klein, a 31-year-old construction site manager, has in the past two years taken it upon himself to become a sort of guerrilla subway heat operative, sticking teardrop-shaped thermometers to steel beams in seven of the hottest Manhattan stations and posting social media vi

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