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2012 Olympics budget 'now £12billion'

09.11.09
Campaigners demand 'full transparency' on Olympic finances after it was claimed that the budget for the 2012 Games has risen to £12billion... more

'Driver ordered us off bus in heavy rain'

09.11.09
Mother tells of her disgust after a bus driver ordered her and her toddler to get off and walk in the pouring rain... more

Boris cycle hire station in the City may be blocked

05.11.09
City chiefs are fighting plans to install a docking station for Mayor Boris Johnson's flagship bike hire scheme near St Paul's Cathedral... 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

Quintain back in profit but warns of trouble ahead for the property market

05.11.09
London-focused developer Quintain Estates today swung back into the black, but warned there could be “trouble ahead” for the commercial property market. ... more

Gas masks, false eyes and a samurai sword - all left on public transport

30.09.09
Stuffed fish, samurai sword and a jar of false eyeballs are some of the items the Transport For London lost property office has collected... more

Baking on the Bakerloo Tube's hottest lines

24.08.09
New map of the Underground reveals the hottest spots for commuters... more

TfL cuts funding for speed cameras

09.07.09
Staff at one of Britain’s biggest speed camera units could face job cuts after funding was halved... more

Cheats rack up £200m unpaid C-charge fines

01.07.09
Up to £204million congestion charge fines have gone unpaid since the scheme started six years ago... more

Tube faces stoppages as staff vote over strike for jobs

23.03.09
Up to 10,000 Tube and Transport for London staff are to be balloted over strike action in a dispute over job losses and pay... more

Tube faces stoppages as staff vote on strike

23.03.09
Up to 10,000 Tube and Transport for London staff are to be balloted over strike action in a dispute over job losses and pay... more

Questions over council gritters

02.02.09
London councils were facing questions today over whether they had prepared for the snow on the roads... more

Go-ahead for pedestrianised museum area

16.01.09
A major redevelopment plan to create a pedestrianised museum district is to get under way after Transport for London pledged an additional £10 million ... more

Astoria owners accuse TfL of rushing closure

07.01.09
The owners of the London Astoria, which is being demolished for Crossrail, blamed Transport for London and London Underground for "rushing" its closure... more

Networking rail – the social website that’s hit the buffers

02.12.08
An official website hailed as "Facebook for commuters" has been branded a disaster by experts ... more

Lawyer spared jail for £4,000 Tube con

28.11.08
A crooked solicitor who claimed refunds for more than 1,000 Tube journeys has been spared jail... more

How to get there

20.08.08
A large area of west London will be closed to traffic on Sunday and Monday to allow for the huge number of pedestrians enjoying the carnival... more

TfL: Near-miss was our fault

15.08.08
Tube bosses and their contractors have admitted full responsibility for dropping half a ton of concrete in front of a mainline commuter train... more

Comment: Park and ride

11.08.08
The number of cycle journeys in London has almost doubled to half a million a day since 2000. Yet our survey today suggests there are only 25,000 official cycle spaces in the centre of the capital... more

Comment: C-charge mercy

05.08.08
The dramatic drop in the number of people fined each day for failing to pay the congestion charge, from 6,500 non-payers last year to 5,600 this year, is good news for drivers... more

Serial road fine evaders to have cars towed away

21.07.08
Motorists who have three unpaid parking and traffic fines risk having their cars clamped or towed away... more

Buskers fear TfL will scrap Tube pitches

18.07.08
Buskers could disappear from Tube stations because of a change in management, it was claimed ... more

All go free in Oyster cards fiasco

14.07.08
Thousands of passengers travelled free of charge after their Oyster cards were corrupted by a system failure... more

Party time on the Tube before drink ban begins

30.05.08
Boris Johnson's public transport alcohol ban starts in less than 48 hours - but not before thousands of determined drinkers make a last stand on the Tube... more

Moving walkway and cable cars proposed for Thames

21.05.08
European-style cable cars and a moving walkway are among ideas being considered for a new Thames crossing... more

De minimis

07.05.08
If the Rachel McKenzie case means TfL's officials acknowledge that people can make honest mistakes, that is one good lesson learned... more

Thousands stuck for hours in fuel spill chaos

27.02.08
Thousands of motorists were caught in jams caused by a huge diesel spillage that shut the Blackwall Tunnel... more

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