A trial of free WiFi has begun on two buses operating in London.
Transport for London (TfL) has installed it on a route 12 bus, operating between Dulwich, south London, and Oxford Circus.
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It will also be trialled on a route RV1 bus, between Covent Garden and Tower Hill, in central London.
Two other technologies involve showing seat availability and
also real-time bus arrival information at Vauxhall, Harrow and
Hammersmith bus stations.
Stationary diesel engine vehicles to be fined
Stationary diesel engine vehicles to be fined
A London
council is hitting motorists with on-the-spot fines if they are caught leaving
diesel engines running. Islington council will fine drivers £20 if they leave a
diesel engine running while stationary in the north London borough.
The plan is
revealed just days after Mayor Boris Johnson announced that motorists with
diesel engines would be hit with a £10 increase in the congestion charge from
2020. Islington councillor Claudia Webbe said: "We are committed to
improving air quality, which is why we are clamping down on idling buses,
lorries and diesel cars. "We need Boris Johnson to do his share by
introducing a low-polluting bus fleet, and addressing the high number of
polluting lorries that travel through our streets on a daily basis."
The
move, which the council says is part of efforts to cut pollution, was branded a
"stealth tax" by a minister who warned it risks driving shoppers away
from high streets. Communities minister Brandon Lewis told the Daily Telegraph
the plan was typical of a "clipboard-waving culture in many town halls
where every response to a policy challenger involves a new tax or a fine on
local residents."
