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Boris urged to back one-hour Oyster bus fare

22.10.09

Boris Johnson came under pressure to introduce a one-hour bus ticket for passengers with pay-as-you-go Oyster cards... more

Huge bus and Tube fare rises plus Ł10 C-charge

15.10.09

Latest: Boris Johnson blames the recession as he imposes huge rises in bus and Tube fares and a 25 per cent increase to the congestion charge ... more

Transport shake-up a 'massive kick in the teeth for Londoners'

15.10.09

Boris Johnson's plans for price increases and a Ł10 congestion charge are a "kick in the teeth for Londoners", it was claimed... more

TfL drop River Thames from Tube map

16.09.09

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Mayor warns of further Tube and bus fare increases

09.09.09

Boris Johnson has warned passengers to expect another rise in Tube and bus fares... more

Wife killer is already at work driving a minicab

09.09.09

The wife-killer allowed to take the Knowledge exam to become a black cabbie is already driving passengers on the streets of the capital... more

How those pay packets add up

03.09.09

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Northern line could close from 10pm on weekdays for upgrade

26.08.09

Tube passengers are facing more problems with plans to close sections of the Underground’s busiest line from 10pm... more

Northern line could close from 10pm on weekdays for upgrade

26.08.09

Tube passengers are facing more problems with plans to close sections of the Underground’s busiest line from 10pm, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

TfL chief waives half his bonus due to ‘tough times’

06.08.09

London's transport commissioner Peter Hendy has forgone more than half his annual bonus ... more

Ghost of the lost zoo returns to amaze south Londoners

24.07.09

Lost zoo of Walworth, which was home to the first giraffes seen in Britain, is to be remembered in a Victorian day... more

Boris must have conduct training

05.03.09

Boris Johnson faces the embarrassing prospect of receiving training in official codes of conduct after his role in the Damian Green arrest... more

Boris Johnson urges Obama to make US embassy pay Ł3m C-charge fines

04.03.09

The American embassy owes Transport for London nearly Ł3million in unpaid congestion charges and penalty charge notices, it has been revealed ... more

Don't let travel network go to sleep over the holiday

23.12.08

Transport bosses came under fire for letting London's network "go to sleep" over Christmas as closures threaten to severely disrupt travel... more

Tories disown Thames airport on 'Boris Island'

13.11.08

The Tories have poured cold water over Boris Johnson's plan for a new airport in the Thames Estuary... more

Routemaster with a SatNav (not for the driver ... for passengers)

22.10.08

Another new design for a Routemaster-style bus was unveiled complete with onboard SatNav for passengers to plan their journeys... more

Running London

08.10.08

Running the capital involves many leaders outside City Hall to cater for Londoners' lives, as this list shows...... more

Road junction to be made safer after death of cyclist

04.09.08

A notorious road junction that was the scene of a cyclist's death is to be made safer... more

Boris's first 100 days as Mayor

08.08.08

Boris Johnson said he had built "strong foundations" in his first 100 days as Mayor - but warned there was more work to do... more

Mayor tells rail firm: Keep ticket offices open

25.07.08

Boris Johnson is calling on South West Trains to drop a plan to close ticket offices at weekends... more

Passengers suffer but TfL pays 123 staff over Ł100,000

25.06.08

London's top five transport chiefs earned more than £300,000 each last year despite continued delays and overcrowding on the Tube and bus network... more

How the London Assembly could change

29.04.08

Some key faces are set to join the Assembly - and some of its biggest personalities will leave, according to the London Communications Agency.... more