Articles tagged ‘London assembly’
Safety on London Buses
By Chris | January 11th, 2008 |
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The London Assembly has released a new report on crime and passenger safety on London’s buses. The report called Crime and disorder on London’s buses states that crime rates are higher than two years ago, at around 1 crime for every 50,000 passenger journeys, and makes a special metion on the levels of anti-social behaviour [...]
City Hall Open weekend
By Chris | November 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London’s City Hall has one of its regular weekend openings this week where visitors get to look around parts of the Norman Foster designed building that are usually off limits or being used by London’s elected officials.
On the south bank of the Thames close to Tower Bridge, City Hall was opened for use by [...]
Review into travel to London’s sports stadiums
By Chris | August 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The London Assembly has launched an investigation and consultation into the travel arrangements in place for sports fans travelling to events in London. According to the Assembly around 250,000 people go to sports stadiums in London on an average autumn weekend but there’s no one in charge of actually making sure that adequate transport is [...]
Canvassing opinion on London sports events
By Chris | March 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’ve been to a sporting event in London and the journey there or back has a been a bit of a nightmare the London Assembly wants to hear your story and what you think could be done to improve it.
They’re particularly interested if you’ve been to a major event at one of London’s football [...]
Cabwise Taxi Service
By Chris | December 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
With people out enjoying themselves more than usual over the Christmas period, getting home from central London is something you should think about before you get too wasted, especially if your a woman on your own.
The story currently dominating the news over here is of the serial killer in Ipswich who’s killed five prostitutes [...]
Bicycles and public transport in London
By Chris | December 12th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Mayor and the London Assembly are keen for more people to start cycling and leave their cars at home. According to their website less than 2% of trips in London are made by bike compared with European cities like Munich(12%) and Amsterdam(28%).
I’d say London isn’t the safest place to try and ride a [...]
City Hall London
By Chris | November 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
On the south bank of the River Thames, directly across from the Tower of London is an unusual looking building, the recently built City Hall.
Daily Dose 10.16
By Chris | October 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* London Assembly to charge helicopters for using London airspace(BBCNews)
* London cabs to be used in Pakistan(TheTimes)
* Easy way to avoid gettting caught by new speed cameras(Evening Standard)
* Thousands gather in Trafalgar Square to celebrate Diwali(BBCNews)
* Americans coming to the UK seeking asylum(TheTimes)
* Average house price in Kensington and Chelsea £1million(TheGuardian)
* Environment Minister has advice [...]
