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The beginning of the end for the bendy bus

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Transport for London (TfL) announced that, in line with Mayor Boris Johnson’s key manifesto pledge to phase out bendy buses, three bus routes – 38, 507 and 521 – will no longer use bendy buses when their contracts expire next year.
20:16, 06 Dec 2008 by Matthew Rees

Full speed ahead for Crossrail

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A deal worth up to £350m that will help deliver Crossrail on time and on budget has been finalised with the City of London Corporation. The agreement was announced by Andrew Adonis, Transport Minister, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and Sir Michael Snyder of the City of London Corporation.
20:15, 06 Dec 2008 by Matthew Rees

Dial-A-Ride service needs urgent review, says Assembly

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The Mayor must urgently review the poor standard of service given to elderly and disabled Londoners who use Dial-A-Ride.

The London Assembly agreed a motion calling for both a review of the Dial-A-Ride service and the way the Taxicard scheme is funded.  The motion is a response to a continuing volume of complaints about door-to-door transport schemes from vulnerable people in the capital who have suffered lengthy waits or been left stranded in unsafe locations.
20:14, 06 Dec 2008 by Matthew Rees