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HISTORICAL FACTS: The department for transport - The Untold Story

Sadiq Khan announces London-wide crackdown on e-bikes 'Wild West'

Mayor of London lays out plans for a licensing scheme for e-bike operators in the capital amid anger at badly parked or abandoned bikes

Evening Standard · Sep 29

Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay

Airport chiefs say 2035 deadline unachievable with 2039 more likely as critics say delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership

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The Independent UK · Sep 21

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Burnham confirms West Midlands to take public control of local bus network – as it happened

The prime minister says the ‘absolutely massive’ move would protect thousands of jobs

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18

Disability campaigners call on mayor to scrap floating bus stops

The stops, first introduced in 2013, involve a cycle lane running between a bus stop and the pavement

Evening Standard · Aug 7

Ministers urged to give TfL final say on driverless taxis as London rollout looms

Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee says the government has ‘stepped in on London’s devolved powers’

Evening Standard · Jul 27

Ministers urged to give TfL final say on driverless taxis as London rollout looms

Several firms, including Uber and Wayve, are seeking approval to transport passengers in automated vehicles in London as soon as this year

Evening Standard · Jul 25

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Masts from Second World War shipwreck packed with explosives to be removed

Experts believe reducing the masts’ height to below sea level will ease pressure on the wreck’s structure

The Independent UK · Jul 14

Hammersmith Bridge will not reopen to vehicles as there is no funding available, council report suggests

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is recommending a ‘phased repair’ of the bridge, prioritising access for cyclists and pedestrians

Evening Standard · Jun 30

High Court dismisses challenge to £2.2bn Gatwick Airport expansion

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved the Northern Runway Project in September

Evening Standard · Jun 23

Heathrow third runway likely to harm health of millions nearby, official report warns

Expansion could also hit access to housing, education, healthcare, open spaces and transport, analysis says

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18

England’s worst roads revealed as pothole repair bill reaches record £18.6bn

Official data from the Department for Transport reveals the areas at the top and bottom of the list

The Independent UK · Jun 12

Nearly 500 people seriously injured in e-scooter collisions last year, official data reveals

There were also an estimated 1,484 casualties in crashes involving electric scooters in 2025

The Independent UK · May 29

Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain last year

Ten people, all of whom were e-scooter riders, were killed in collisions compared with six in 2024

The Guardian - UK · May 28

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Evening Standard · May 28

Nearly 500 people seriously injured in e-scooter crashes in just one year

The data also showed that 77% of fatalities in 2025 were male

The Guardian - UK · May 18

HS2: Heidi Alexander to set out true cost of rail project – and when trains will begin to run

Transport secretary to give budget details of troubled high-speed line, which backers hope will stay well below £100bn

International Business Times UK · Apr 22

Jet Fuel Has Nearly Doubled Since Trump Attacked Iran; Summer Flights Are Already 18% More Expensive

European airlines are cutting flights ahead of the busy summer travel season as fuel prices continue to soar and the question of whether the Strait of Hormuz is open remains in flux.

Evening Standard · Apr 12

Troubled waters: Will Hammersmith Bridge ever reopen?

London’s ‘disgrace’ has been closed since 2019 and at £250m to fix, it’s a political football no one is taking ownership of, reports Sarah Haque

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Evening Standard · Feb 28

Millions of O2 users tracked in £600,000 government electric car study

O2 analysed customers' web browsing history to identify electronic vehicle users

Evening Standard · Feb 12

Heathrow passengers to be hit with 'eye watering' costs of third runway, Parliament told

Bosses at the west London airport say expansion is needed to boost UK economic growth

Evening Standard · Jan 23

Military-style Thames crossing should be built so Hammersmith Bridge can be repaired, say Tories

Conservative councillors are proposing a temporary structure across the river just north of the existing bridge

The Independent UK · Jan 22

‘Anxious and unsafe’: Half of blind people fear being stranded at train stations

Blind and partially sighted people say they are constantly let down by rail staff not showing up to help them

The Independent UK · Jan 21

How motorists can claim money back if wrongly caught speeding

The National Highways has identified around 2,650 incorrect camera activations since 2021, attributing them to a technical fault

Evening Standard · Jan 14

Euston HS2 station to be 'future-proofed' for expansion after six-platform proposal sparked row

Tunnelling work due to start in Spring - but HS2 trains unlikely to reach central London for two decades

Evening Standard · Jan 11

Pothole repairs row breaks out as Government names and shames 'worst' London boroughs

Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Waltham Forest each given a “red” rating by the Department for Transport

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