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Privately owned e-scooters will be banned from London public transport, following cases of defective battery fires.  Transport for London (TfL) announced that private-use e-scooters and e-unicycles will be banned from Monday, 13th December, with customers breaking the rules will face a £1,000 fine.  According to TfL, the decision has been …

TfL’s ‘See their Side’ advert campaign has been paused following a backlash that accused it of ‘victim blaming’. The campaign was launched in collaboration with agency VCCP London to mark last month’s Road Safety Week. “I know there has been a lot of concern raised about the ‘see their side’ …

TfL has started work to transform the Hammersmith gyratory for walking and cycling, including a protected two-way cycle track on the north side and new signals for cyclists at junctions. The aim is to reduce danger to vulnerable road users on the junction as part of TfL’s Vision Zero goal …

Santander Cycles is offering a discount of 25% off annual memberships for Black Friday. The discount can be accessed by entering the code ‘CYCLEBF21’ online or via the Santander Cycles app. As the Black Friday weekend and festive shopping season begin, TfL is asking businesses and consumers to consider greener …

TfL, in partnership with London Councils and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has published a progress report that highlights the scale of the Vision Zero challenge in London and commits to new tougher measures to eliminate death and serious injury from London’s roads by 2041. New TfL research, carried out …

TfL will start work next week on new safety measures on Westminster Bridge, with the main work starting on 15th November and lasting until the end of January 2022. The work will see the installation of permanent barriers to protect people walking and cycling on both sides of the bridge, …

RideLondon is set to return on 29th May 2022 with a new format, a new partnership with Essex County Council and a new three-day UCI Women’s World Tour stage race. Established by the Mayor of London in 2013 as an Olympic legacy event from the 2012 London Games, over seven …

TfL is starting work tomorrow, Thursday 21st October, to make crossing Battersea Bridge safer, as part of its work to improve road safety in the area in line with its Vision Zero goal of eliminating death and serious injury on the road network. The work will include a new signalised …

TfL has published new data showing that long-term trends in who cycles have changed, with participation much more representative of Londoners in 2020/21 than previous years. Londoners from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities were not significantly less likely to have cycled over the past 12 months than white Londoners. …

TfL’s flagship cycle hire scheme is continuing to go from strength to strength with its highest September hires in its 11-year history, as increasing numbers of Londoners returned to the office. There were 1,219,804 hires during the month, an average of 40,660 daily hires – well above the 37,917 average …