Boris Watch

Christian Wolmar, on Boris, in the Guardian today:
He genuinely supports cycling, but does not realise that in order to make London a cycle-friendly city, cars and other motorised vehicles have to be made to run more slowly and at times be inconvenienced. There is a deeper ideological root to these difficulties. Tories have traditionally favoured [...]

Couldn’t resist this one - Red Boris continues to go native and revert to Livingstone policies:
TfL Press Release 2007
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, said: “These cleaner, greener hybrid buses are at the forefront of environmentally-friendly technology and will help cut pollutant emissions in London.
“This contributes to our drive to tackle climate change and improve the [...]

Via the Fact Compiler:
Much excitement late this evening as a DafT press release hurtles into The Fact Compiler’s inbox.
It is an early morning invitation to a “Photocall with Transport Minister Andrew Adonis to illustrate a major announcement regarding Crossrail“
The Fact Compiler will stay in bed. He doesn’t want to be lynched when an increase in [...]