The London bike hire bicycles are arriving on the streets of London after some well publicised delays. The London scheme is much smaller than the Paris public bicyle hire scheme on which the idea is based, but at least it’s a start.

“Barclays Cycle Superhighways” compared with the Paris scheme.

London Cycle Hire

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London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive

Oystercard On Mainline Rail at last

Originally uploaded by AndyRob

At last, since 3rd January 2010 we now have the Oystercard Pay As You Go machines installed and working on all main line railway stations in London. This means it’s no longer necessary to make the advance guessing calculation as to whether it’s better to buy a return rail ticket into Liverpool Street station plus a possible two bus or tube journeys, or buy the one day off peak travelcard. Single journeys are taken off the Oystercard at £2.30 a go, and then the whole days journeys are capped at the rate of a travelcard if you do make that many journeys in total. It’s nice because the range of Transport for London extends right out to Romford as well. The only disadvantage is that the Oystercard now needs topping up more often, but the railway station near where I live has no facilities to do this yet! So it’s a walk across the road to a local newsagents or else remember to top up when I’m out somewhere at a tube station, London Overground, or where the newsagent is right next to the bus stop.

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Oystercard PAYG On Main Line Rail in London

by Kate (@radiokate on twitter) via Steve Lawson

Arriving at my home tube station late last night I was greeted by this fantastic/unexpected sight!

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Urban Fox Takes The Tube

No trains or buses in London Area

As news comes in of casualties from coordinated bomb blasts on tubes and buses, everything is now shut down.

I’ve no idea how I’ll get home tonight, or even whether I should try.

The Met Police Commissioner Ian Blair has just been on the television to give three messages:

1. Stay where you are

2. Do not contact the emergency services unless there you have a life-threatening situation

3. He will return with information as soon as possible

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“No trains and buses in London Area”

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