- London Transport News
August
- Green Park is to be revamped ahead of 2012 Olympics.
- A revamped cyclists section of the TfL website calls on cyclists to share experiences and knowledge.
- A report is released into the ELL bridge incident.
- Initial London LEZ results prove positive with lower emissions for 12-tonne vehicles compared to one year ago.
- Shadwell DLR station upgrade has helped to cut crime.
- Whilst traffic levels are down generally, congestion in some areas of the Congestion Charge Zone is back up to to pre-zone levels after five years, due to infrastructure upgrade work.
- The Underground station at Blackfriars is to close in March 2009 for 2 ½ years as part of the Thameslink Programme's upgrade. The mainline station will remain open during this period.
- British Transport Police launch London Underground Neighbourhood Policing Teams to increase security at stations and cut down on crime. These are deployed over the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway networks.
July
- Taxi fares may rise if fuel prices increase.
- Oyster cards suffer technical difficulties near the end of July.
- Trains on the Bakerloo Line that terminated a Willesden Junction now terminate at Stonebridge Park, increasing services also to four stations including some earlier and later trains.
- The second phase of the London Low Emission Zone has begun, affecting buses and coaches, and lorries over 3.5 tonnes, amongst others. A 28 day warning i given for those who do not comply.
- Twickenham Bridge celebrates its 75th birthday
Please note that events are currently not in date order.
- Member News
Welcome to the new member that joined during the month of July:
Also welcome to the new member who joined us in August (before this issue)
Bringing us up to a total of 67 members!
This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- General
A new feature was introduced to geography articles recently showing the nearest transport links, after discussion.
The portal still sees to be only gaining contributions on the selected article and picture area. It seems there is a general lack of interest in the portal. There seemed to be controversy over whether to use the Suicide Bridge picture as the selected picture or whether the Jacob Ebstein statues should be used. This was in July. The August Image is yet to be decided.
There have been so major changes and conversions with the stations infobox (and possibly others).
Interest in other areas are okay.
- This month's selected image
Day (left) and Night (right) sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein on the London Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway.
- From the main contributor
Sorry for this edition being late as I was on holiday. This is still in its current format. The recent subscriptions and other things show there is still an interest in this. This project would not be here without its many contributors to the project.
Please provide any suggestions for any improvements to this newsletter and any comments or anything else to include in the next issue. Please can ideas be given for a better layout on this newsletter. Feedback is much appreciated.
The other announcements section is for any other important issues, and other things that need to be included. Suggestions are welcome.
This paper may have additional DYKs if any are done before launch. Any other ideas...?
This is a revived edition, partly as this still has had support from many people and the paper's subscribers and would not be here without you all.
- Contributors to this Issue
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- Assessment
GA
- A1 road (London)
- A215 road
- Docklands Light Railway
- Hammerton's Ferry
- High Speed 1
- London Paddington station
GAC
None
FA\FL
- City and South London Railway
- London congestion charge
- List of London Underground stations
FAC\FLC
None
A
None
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- Other assessment notes
- Hammerton's Ferry promoted to GA-Class at the end of June
- London Underground demoted to B-Class in mid-August
- Other announcements
There is a current debate over the naming of St Pancras railway station
Another discussion is currently underway on the notability of bus routes in general.
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