‘transport’ Archives
Labour councillors fighting to save South London Line
Your local Labour councillors are continuing to campaign to fight Conservative Mayor Boris Johnsons plan to scrap the valued South London Line. Despite intensive lobbying by your local Labour councillors and GLA representative Val Shawcross and thousands of signatures on a [Read More]
Clapham and Lambeth snow update
A lot of you have been logging on to our snow updates, so here is a further update on how everything is looking out there in Lambeth and Clapham. The council’s website has once again been updated with news on services across the borough – this link outlines [Read More]
Tories hit poorest in fare hike
As many of you may have noticed on your trip into work this week, buses and tubes going through Clapham have got more expensive once again. The mayor hiked up fares for those without season tickets – commonly people from low income backgrounds – late last year, with [Read More]
Clapham snow update
It’s pretty cold and somewhat snowy out there in Clapham Old Town at the moment – yours truly has already been doused in snow after misjudging a couple of steps on Victoria Rise … If you do have to venture out today then the council’s website has a [Read More]
Backwards with Boris
Last week Boris Johnson took time off from lobbying Brussels on behalf of those on the margins of society – bankers and hedge funds – to spend a bit of time at the Tory conference. And what a week he had. Disagreeing with Cameron on Europe, delivering one of those [Read More]
Petition to save the South London Line
South London needs more trains. Even if you haven’t heard of our South London Line (SLL) you may well have used it. It runs between Victoria and London Bridge via Battersea Park, Wandsworth Rd, Clapham High Street, Denmark Hill, Peckham Rye, Queens Rd Peckham and South [Read More]
Car clubs
Following the successful Car Club conference in June 2008, where Lambeth officers met with car club operators, car plus charity, TFL to discuss who Car Clubs in Lambeth could be taken to the next following the trebling of membership in the past year. Several companies [Read More]
