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Mayor told his £1.7bn cuts will mean fewer buses and axed routes

18.11.09
Commuters warned they faced cuts to bus services as Boris Johnson discloses he is slashing £1.7 billion from his transport budget... more

Musicians stage protest over rules that could drive them off the Tube

05.11.09
Tube musicians took part in a mass busk outside City Hall in protest at what they call draconian new measures... more

'Tube's rudest man' may be on paid suspension until Christmas

20.10.09
Tube worker who sparked outrage after his verbal abuse of a passenger was posted online could be suspended on full pay until Christmas... more

Students pay full fare as free Oyster cards are lost in post

01.10.09
Tens of thousands of students face having to pay to travel across London after their free Oyster cards were delayed by the post strike... more

Boris Johnson shelves plan to scrap C-charge

23.09.09
EXCLUSIVE: Plans to scrap the western extension of the congestion charge zone have been shelved because of the recession... more

Boris: Bendy buses are on borrowed time

24.07.09
When the last number 507 of the day slips into the forecourt of Waterloo Station at 32 minutes past midnight, it will mark the beginning of the end of the bendy bus... more

Britain 'facing £300m fine' after Mayor shelves pollution plans

15.04.09
The Mayor's decision to shelve anti- pollution measures and curb the congestion charge could leave Britain facing a £300million EU fine, ministers fear... more

Cripes! Boris suddenly finds £4million in his charity pot

07.04.09
Boris Johnson has launched a scaled-down version of his plans for a new charity to help children living in poverty... more

Axing market 'will rip the guts out of Brixton'

13.03.09
One of London's most famous markets could be demolished and turned into a West End-style shopping precinct, campaigners warned... more

Boris's bike hire scheme looks wobbly amid funding fears

12.03.09
Concerns have been raised over Boris Johnson's cycle hire scheme after it was revealed operators who run similar projects are unlikely to bid for the contract... more

Travel chiefs 'were caught out by snow'

02.03.09
Transport chiefs received a severe rebuke in a report over their lack of preparedness for last month's snow storms which left millions of commuters stranded... more

Anger at rail ticket office cuts

24.02.09
Protests against plans to reduce ticket office opening hours at King's Cross and other stations grew... more

Tubes and buses running but more disruption on the trains

04.02.09
Thousands of London mainline rail commuters suffered a third day of disruption... more

Busiest trains carrying 40 per cent above their capacity

04.02.09
London's overground rail network is struggling to cope with growing passenger numbers and is set to get worse, a report warns... more

Battle lines drawn to keep ticket offices open closure

28.01.09
Politicians and union leaders have urged rail commuters to back the Evening Standard’s campaign for safer stations... more

Commuters hope for cheaper tickets from fare zone review

06.01.09
Thousands of commuters may get cheaper tickets from a new review of the capital's fare zones... more

Boris: We must stop thugs using dogs as weapons

12.11.08
Boris Johnson is to draw up a plan to stop dangerous dogs being used as weapons, he announced... more

Boris scraps £3billion of Ken’s transport projects for London

06.11.08
Plans for £3billion worth of new transport links across London have been scrapped because of a lack of funding, the Evening Standard has learned... more

No jail, even a child jail, is the answer to knife crime

03.11.08
As Boris launches his teenage knife crime strategy today, could there be at least a faint chance that we're already over the worst? ... more

Ignore the bleatings of the bendy bus brigade

27.10.08
Following the brilliant success of its efforts to defend Lee Jasper, LDA croynism and Ian Blair, the London Left has hit on yet another sure-fire electoral winner... more

Assembly urges TfL to press on with Cross River Tram

22.10.08
London Assembly members have called for Transport for London to continue with plans for a Cross River Tram... more

Commuters face losing their direct Thameslink route to City

14.10.08
Thousands of commuters in south London face having their direct rail link to the City severed, campaigners claim... more

Scrapping bendy buses 'will bring misery for passengers'

22.09.08
Mayor Boris Johnson has come under fire over plans to scrap bendy buses on three key routes across the capital... more

Assembly asks train passengers to help banish 'cattle-trucks'

16.09.08
Passengers are being asked to recount details of their commuting experiences to the London Assembly to help an investigation into overcrowding... more

Mayor 'going cold on vital scheme for cross-river tram'

08.09.08
Boris Johnson is under fire after appearing to put plans for the Cross River Tram Link in doubt... more

Boris's £300,000 campaign invested in champagne and a Castro outfit

14.07.08
Boris Johnson spent more than £300,000 in the last few weeks of his election campaign buying 48 bottles of champagne and hiring a Fidel Castro outfit... more

TfL takeover boosts calls for Tramlink extension

02.07.08
Boris Johnson is facing fresh pressure to extend the Croydon Tramlink after it was taken over by Transport for London this week... more

Commuters seconds from bridge disaster

29.05.08
An investigation has begun into how part of a bridge fell on to the main railway line into Liverpool Street station... more

Mayor names Cabinet members ... including his four deputies

06.05.08
Boris Johnson's revolution at City Hall continued apace as he appointed senior Tories to lead the police and fire authorities... more

Mayor's watchdogs face a tough fight for seats

07.04.08
It may be a sideshow to the Ken versus Boris battle, but the elections for the London Assembly will go a long way to determining the effectiveness of the next Mayor of London... more

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