Some form of pay as you go charging could also remain for out of town day visitors.Council Tax.
Some form of pay as you go charging could also remain for out of town day visitors.Council Tax.
If these are the tse officers they are talking about they are charged with enforcing bylaws but not doing revenue operations.They also conduct revenue enforcement and issue PCNs on red routes.
You may be right.If these are the tse officers they are talking about they are charged with enforcing bylaws but not doing revenue operations.
Nope San FranciscoAre you thinking of the heavily modernised PCC streetcars in Philadelphia?
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Or the vintage streetcars in New Orleans (and modern lookalikes)?
Streetcars in New Orleans - Wikipedia
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We must not forget that some (All?) busses were free during the first lockdown as there was middle door boardingHow would temporary reduction in bus services have saved money. TfL don't directly pay the drivers. They specify a contracted frequency which a bus company then provides. TfL cannot unilaterally reduce bus frequencies temporarily as a tool to save money.
Planned changes are often written into the tender documents and temporary frequency increases (eg for rail closures) are paid on a premium fixed price basis.
Permanent contract changes are often negotiated with the bus company where by tfl negotiate a reduction in the contract price for a service frequency reduction. This does not happen overnight and would have been inappropriate for a short term frequency reduction due to covid. Particularly with the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
Crosslinks also mean bus changes are often not simple to just cut. The driver of the night bus . May also drive the early morning school bus, or a non london bus for example with sullivan buses.
Sale of station car parks should be resisted. Khan has created misery as you can't park your car anymore as the station car parks have gone such as Blackhorse Road with well over 560 spaces always full. Waltham Forest Council that is anti car had deliberately run down its adjoining car park to Higham Park station to make it unsafe to park then said it had little use two years later and built flats. What has happended to the intergrated transport policy whereby station car parking was seen as essential in getting people onto public transport as part of a seamless journey. Yes I know Stanmore, Epping and Theydon Bois are very well used car parks and Khan is trying to build loads of flats at Stanmore and Cannons Park which Harrow Council are against.Until such time as the railway needs some land for something like some sidings or whatever, then all of a sudden there's a problem. Getting rid of the car parks, especially those which are well used, is short-termist, and does nothing to encourage people to use TfL. Pre-Covid at least, the likes of High Barnet, Cockfosters, Stanmore and Epping were booming. Obviously Khan wouldn't care as many of these users would be non-Londoners, so back to parochial policymaking again.
It seems fairly apparent the idea of expanding the congestion charge is another example of Khan being forced to do something unpopular, with the hope that this would dent his popularity as mayor. This seems to be completely pathological, as it seems unlikely such petty stuff would make sufficient dent in the vote share to actually make a Conservative mayor likely.
Are people suggesting that stations say for example only Coventry, Crewe, Rugby, Peterborough and York should have all their car parks closed and blocks of flats built on them. This is what is happening in London. You still need to get to the station and its a non starter taking two or three buses to the station and that is why you still need station car parks.
Couldn't agree more.Two or three buses to the station? Exactly where in the built up area of London requires that?
London is an increasingly anti-car city (and rightly so), so I don't think the removal of these car parks is wrong at all. It is simply incomparable with large regional InterCity stations outside London where public transport is poor or non-existent.
If they are providing parking for anything at Tube stations, it should be genuinely secure parking for bicycles and e-bikes, like the Dutch "bewaakte Fietsenstallingen" with staff there to monitor everything, even if at a fee.
TfL crisis latest: entire Tube line may have to close and bankruptcy notice issued
TfL chief says problems are ‘even worse than Crossrail’ as bumper fares hike looms
Closing an entire Tube line is among the options that Transport for London may have to consider as a result of its financial crisis, it has been revealed.
TfL finance chief Simon Kilonback said the failure to secure Government cash for long-term repairs and upgrades would have a disastrous impact on the capital’s transport network.
Last week TfL warned that 18 per cent of bus services and nine per cent of Tube services were facing the axe, which would mean removing 100 of 700 bus routes and reducing services on 200 more.
Mr Kilonback told the TfL finance committee on Wednesday that TfL could be forced into the “full closure of a line or part of a line or smaller reductions across the whole [Underground] network”.
He did not name the line most likely to be closed but the Bakerloo and Jubilee lines are reportedly at risk.
The Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines could also be options due to lower passenger numbers and overlapping rail or Tube services.
DLR and London Overground services are also at risk, Heidi Alexander, the deputy mayor for transport, told the committee.
Mr Kilonback said there was a risk that TfL would have to issue a “section 114 notice” - effectively declaring itself bankrupt and handing responsibility for services back to the Government.
This would mean it would only commit to providing services required by law, such as school buses, taxi licensing, certain road repairs and the Woolwich ferry.
It would also be likely that TfL would seek to run only services where it made a “profit”, he suggested.
Mayor Sadiq Khan has requested an urgent meeting with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, but has yet to receive a reply.
TfL commissioner Andy Byford told the TfL finance committee there was “less than three weeks to save TfL and the London recovery”.
He said: “I never thought I would say this but getting the Elizabeth line across the line seems a darn site easier than trying to sort this one out.”
He has written to the permanent secretary at the Department for Transport requesting the start of negotiations. He said he was desperate to avoid what happened in the last bail-out, when agreement was only reached with “11 minutes to go before the deal expired”.
Passengers are also likely to face a bumper fares hike from the New Year. TfL’s plans expect a rise of the RPI rate of interest plus one per cent.
This is likely to mean an extra five per cent on fares, though Mr Khan has the final decision.
TfL ticketing chief Shashi Verma said: “This is the city with the highest public transport fares in the world to start off with.”
Mr Kilonback said: “I think we unfortunately face the situation we first faced back in May 2020, where we are going to have to consider what is required under statute, and say that under S114 of the local Government Finance Act we cannot see a way to balance the budget.
“That requires us to commute all expenditure other than that which is required for statutory purposes, which are very limited in terms of the transport services we operate, and to continue to run things that contribute to getting out of the problem and to stop anything which makes the problem worse.
“Whereas in the past, certainly the Tube and some of our rail services were covering their operating costs. That isn’t the case today. This is not a threat. It’s the reality of the statutory position we are in, given the lack of certainty over funding.”
A TfL spokeswoman, asked whether London’s fares were the highest in the world, said: “In London, 72 per cent of the operating costs of running the TfL network are covered completely by fares and another 14 per cent by other commercial revenues.
“Other cities cover a much larger proportion of their costs from government subsidies or dedicated taxes.”
That's definitely my feeling alsoThis is just bluster to try to get more money from central Government.
Jusr reported in the Evening Standard, the latest escalation from TFl,
- An entire tube line may have to close (implied Bakerloo or Jubilee most likely)
- A Section 114 notice may have to be issued, effective "bankruptcy"
- 5% fare rise predicted for January (RPI + 1%)
TfL: entire Tube line may have to close and bankruptcy notice issued
TfL commissioner says problems are even more challenging than Crossrail as bumper fares hike loomswww.standard.co.uk
The actual article says “full closure of a line or part of a line or smaller reductions across the whole [Underground] network”.
I'd suggest the latter is much more likely and is posted on a equivalency basis (x% reductions across all lines may well be the same as completly closing one line).
For what it is worth, the loss of the Bakerloo line for a few years probably wouldn't be a disaster as many of the journeys that can be made on it are covered by other lines and passengers changing between routes in different places.
No, just take it out completely. How many stations on the Bakerloo line south of Queens Park don't have another station within a reasonable walking distance? Even from Marylebone, Baker Street isn't very far away. It would be interesting to know how much saving could be made without the Bakerloo line, particularly given that the 72 stock could be withdrawn.If we're talking "what can we lop", you could lop it at Queens Park instead of running to Harrow, which would save a couple of diagrams.
If we're talking "what can we lop", you could lop it at Queens Park instead of running to Harrow, which would save a couple of diagrams.
No, just take it out completely. How many stations on the Bakerloo line south of Queens Park don't have another station within a reasonable walking distance? Even from Marylebone, Baker Street isn't very far away. It would be interesting to know how much saving could be made without the Bakerloo line, particularly given that the 72 stock could be withdrawn.
Yes, utterly absurd notion. What next? Close the Victoria line?!The idea of the Jubilee closing is ridiculous though. South/east from Baker Street it's one of the busiest lines.
A few people on social media are calling for the Hammersmith & City to go instead, which does make sense considering it's duped by the District & Circle line. Isn't the H&C normally the first to go during disruption?
A few people on social media are calling for the Hammersmith & City to go instead, which does make sense considering it's duped by the District & Circle line. Isn't the H&C normally the first to go during disruption?
True, a through journey from Liverpool Street to Tower Hill could be done via a change at Aldgate EastI'd say in places it's busier than the Circle. There's quite heavy demand from the top side of the Circle towards Barking nowadays. If you were going to get rid of one of the C or H, I'd actually get rid of the Circle.
I'd say in places it's busier than the Circle. There's quite heavy demand from the top side of the Circle towards Barking nowadays. If you were going to get rid of one of the C or H, I'd actually get rid of the Circle.
True, a through journey from Liverpool Street to Tower Hill could be done via a change at Aldgate East
Very true.Extend Met to Tower Hill if you did, don't underestimate the number of tourists on that bit.
The station wouldn't cope with the huge amount of tourist traffic doing that. Side platforms with a narrow footbridge etc. You'd have to extend the Met to Tower Hill if you did.
But all of these suggestions won't save any more than an overall percentage reduction as they get rid of neither considerable infrastructure nor rolling stock.
Extend Met to Tower Hill if you did, don't underestimate the number of tourists on that bit.
Tourists don't vote for London mayors, so their needs will be pretty much at the bottom of any list!
It's not about their needs, it's about safety. Removing that part of the Circle would cause dangerous overcrowding at Aldgate East with no means of managing it (because it would come from inside). It would be like closing Cannon St, which would result in dangerous overcrowding at Monument.