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London rides out the Tube strike: Elizabeth line saves capital from meltdown as walkout support weakens

More than 200,000 journeys on Elizabeth line helps London to keep moving during Tube strikes

Evening Standard · Jun 4

South London council turns 130 car parking spaces into e-bike bays to put brakes on pavement parking

Lambeth will require all e-bikes to be left in designated parking spaces under crackdown on dumped cycles

Evening Standard · Mar 19

Lime launches smaller e-bike that aims to get more women cycling in London

About 1,500 of the new e-bikes are due to be rolled out in the capital from next month

Evening Standard · Mar 18

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Cutty Sark DLR station reopens after 10-month closure - but will close again this weekend

The station had been branded a national disgrace and not fit for purpose but four new escalators have brought it back to life

Evening Standard · Mar 16

Sadiq Khan takes swing at London golf courses in affordable homes plan

Car parks also on hit list as City Hall draws up plans for 880,000 new homes

Evening Standard · Mar 5

Rising demand for e-scooter rental in London, TfL report finds

The trial has expanded significantly in the last year, with e-scooters now operating in 11 London boroughs

Evening Standard · Mar 4

Safer routes are vital to get more women riding bikes, say London's most inspirational women cyclists

Safety upgrade of Lambeth bridge, where Moira Gemmill was killed cycling more than a decade ago, is due to be completed next month

Evening Standard · Mar 4

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'London needs a citywide e-bike and e-scooter licensing scheme now', ministers told

Transport minister ‘shares the concerns’ about e-bikes being dumped on pavements

Evening Standard · Feb 25

OPINION - Hands off! Free travel is a well deserved perk for London's over 60s

The 60+ Oyster Pass and the Freedom Pass concessions are good for London

Evening Standard · Jan 9

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

Ride on time! New 'green' ferry can transport 100 cyclists across River Thames every 10 minutes

But campaigners say the Orbit Clipper, which will link Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf, is ‘unacceptably expensive’ at £4.10 per crossing

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

Tube graffiti 'off the scale' as vandals return and leave Central line trains covered in tags

TfL says its cleaners are removing a graffiti tag every three minutes from London Underground trains, with problem seemingly on the rise

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025

Inside Britain's biggest-ever trains refurb: £100m project to keep 300 London commuter trains on track for another 15 years

Southern’s entire Electrostar fleet now has phone-charging points and better wifi

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025

Battersea Power Station 'milestone moment': £21 million Tube station entrance opens onto new pedestrianised high street

Debate over station’s name continues as deputy mayor reveals: ‘I do like saying Battersea Power Station station’

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025

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Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Boris bikes fight back against Lime: £40m sponsorship deal keeps TfL scheme on the road until 2032

Number of e-bikes due to rise to 5,000 as Santander agrees to continue investing in London’s original hire bike scheme

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025

Lime bikes chief executive reveals huge expansion vision: 'We want to be in every borough in London'

E-bikes currently available for hire in 17 boroughs - but firm has sights set on all 33 after ridership soars during Tube strike

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

Caught on camera: Red light-jumping cyclists bring danger to pedestrians during Tube strike

Two million trips a day being made by bike as cycling tsar makes safety plea for riders to obey Highway Code

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

Tube strike breakthrough: TfL opens Northern line as RMT chief Eddie Dempsey blasts Sadiq Khan

Union boss demands that London mayor invites him to negotiating table: ‘I don’t give a monkey’s if it’s a pool table, a billiards table or a dinner table’

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Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

Sadiq Khan refuses to intervene in Tube strike as commuters face 'torrid Tuesday' with DLR staff joining walkout

Mayor says he only intervened in previous dispute because of ‘exceptional circumstances’ and calls on RMT to get back round negotiating table

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

London defies the Tube strike: Commuters battle to work on trains, buses and bikes... as RMT threatens more walkouts

‘Make no mistake, more strikes are possible’ says RMT as it calls for ‘material progress’ from TfL to get five-day walkout suspended

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

OPINION - When Mayfair is a cesspit of crime, you have to ask is anywhere in this city safe?

The crime statistics are piling up, and all of them are scary. Knife crime in London, according to this paper’s correspondent, Ross Lydall, is up nearly ten per cent since last year: London now accounts for roughly one in three knife attacks in England and Wales.

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

Vote system change for electing London mayor 'good news for Labour but makes victory harder for Tories and Reform'

Will axing of first past the post encourage Sir Sadiq Khan to seek a fourth term in 2028?

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

Foreign worker who put £1,239 work visa on City Hall expenses rumbled in fraud probe - as £9million agency staff bill revealed

Cost of agency workers at London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s Greater London Authority rises to almost £9million a year

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025

Hellish temperatures predicted for the Tube lines — but which is the hottest one?

The London Underground can be unbearable at the best of times, never mind during a heatwave

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

Thrill-seekers required! Cable car across the Thames gets glass-floor cabins (and sky-high prices)

Adult tickets for a return trip cost up to £35, with half-price tickets for children

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