Kingston Area Travellers' Association

A Kingston bus driver was floored by a punch to his face after he refused a passenger entry for not having correct change.

Kingston College student Matthew Powell admitted beating 213 bus driver Dexter Damalie, after the two were seen on CCTV rolling around the grounds of Fairfield Road bus terminus as the result of an argument.

Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor Liz West said: “At 8.32am, Mr Powell tried to get on the bus with a £10 note, but the victim told him he couldn’t change it.

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Bus drivers have been given special cycle awareness training as part of an innovative new scheme run by Lambeth Council to cut road deaths and injuries involving cyclists.

The council, and its cycle training provider, Cycle Training (UK), has been leading the way in promoting cycling safety to drivers of HGVs, and was the first council in London to train all its refuse vehicle and school bus drivers in cycle awareness.

Transport chiefs have not yet justified a potential seven per cent rise in Tube and bus fares next year, a new report from the London Assembly says today.

The Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee says demand for public transport during the economic downturn has been higher than expected and so Transport for London (TfL) has collected more money from fares than it forecast. TfL also recently said that it does not intend to use fares to pay for the reduction in its government grant this year or its takeover of Tube Lines.

The Committee’s report ‘Balancing Act’ therefore calls on TfL to publicly justify why it plans to recommend to the Mayor that fares should rise by two per cent above inflation in 2011.