Safety
Newslinks | 2nd October 2007
Flaming Bendy Buses
The Evening Standard carries a piece about the propensity for bendy buses to burst into flames.
London TravelWatch spokeswoman Jo de Bank said: “We are very lucky that no one was on board this bus as we could have been dealing with very serious injuries and even fatalities.
“In the past we have similarly been [...]
Newslinks | 28th September 2007
Safety Dispute Delays Tube Lines
The Evening Standard carries the full story of the safety dispute which caused severe delays on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and District lines yesterday, and promises to do so again today.
From the article:
“…the unions had acted after a driver reported a fault with the dead man’s handle.
Union officials said that [...]
Projects | MonoMetro Revisited
LondonUnlocked has previously examined MonoMetro’s proposals for a new regional metro. Since publishing that article, we have been in dialogue with Gareth Pearce, Chair of MonoMetro, who wanted to set the record straight with regards to MonoMetro’s history and future plans.
History
In 2000, with both the Underground and National Rail networks suffering under record levels of [...]
Newslinks | 24th August 2007
Metronet
New York based magazine, City Journal, carries an expertly written account of the Metronet debacle:
The failure of the Tube deal highlights the immutable fact that the public sector can never rid itself of the risks that taxpayers assume on infrastructure projects. A private-sector firm is only as resourceful as its shareholders and lenders allow it [...]
Newslinks | 13th August 2007
Re-focusing on trains
Mary Riddell in the Observer writes a thoughtful article on the railway network, reprinted in full below:
Airports are hell. Everyone says so. All are cauldrons of misery and Heathrow is so horrific that Mayor Livingstone, the airline industry, the government and commentators vie to describe a travel experience hardly more pleasant than a [...]
