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Boris Johnson: ghastly, dehumanised moron

How many times during the campaign did we have to listen to Boris lecturing us on how Ken had once said "only some sort of ghastly, dehumanised moron would get rid of the Routemaster", then done so...

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Greener transport letter-writing campaign

At the Liberal Conspiracy event last week, I had a chat with Siân Berry, the Green party’s Stop Boris blog-reading former candidate for Mayor. She asked me to highlight her new campaign, which she’s...

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Tube Cleaners To Strike

As I predicted after the May elections, RMT leader Bob Crow is directly challenging Boris. More than 700 cleaners employed by four sub-contractors are striking, demanding that hourly rates are raising...

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Unite Mobilise Against Boris

Thousands of London bus drivers are demanding the introduction of an equal pay rate. The Unite union has stated that 28,000 of its members voted by a margin of 99% in support of the motion, which would...

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On Yer Bike (Sorry, I’m So Sorry)

Boris has given another of his sporadic rallying cries, this time in the form of a hearty promotion of bicycling: “I’m challenging all Londoners who have bicycles languishing in the shed or garage to...

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Tories blame Tube Lines PPP for likely Cross-River Tram cancellation

Speaking on the London segment of today’s BBC One Politics Show, Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, today continued the Tories’ talking down of the prospects for the...

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‘Promises’, ‘Promises’…

Seth reminds us of Boris’s promise that motorcyclists would be allowed to use Bus Lanes in London. At the time a “delighted” Brian Coleman declared that the promise “highlight[ed] a key difference...

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Mayoral Questions 25-2-2009: Transport

While we’re waiting for the online answers, here are a couple of choice questions: 1: Val Shawcross with her usual boot-in-groin moment: Question number    0479/2009 Meeting date    25/02/2009 Question...

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Bog Off Boris, Say ‘burbs?

I’ve not seen anything yet that suggests that Outer London Commission chairman William McKee is anything other than competent, which for a Boris appointee is near-miraculous, but today’s news (h/t Tory...

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Boring Bus Stat Storage Post

I’ve been a bit remiss in posting various researches that have appeared on other forums, so I’m going to put them here in a big lump.  First off, Red Arrow bus types and capacities over time: Bus...

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