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News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. A spokesperson for TfL insisted that the contract has been terminated due to... [11 Aug 2008]
Tech to get walkers back on streets of London
News Transport for London (TfL) says the system will boost public health and reduce stress on buses and the Tube by providing a benchmark to measure the success of schemes to promote walking. London is to use pedestrian counting technology to help turn... [08 Aug 2008]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment For want of a public transport system in the city, companies such as Wipro and Infosys run a fleet of hundreds of private buses to ferry employees to the workplace and back. For the best part of the ride to the airport, commuters have to jostle... [30 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment One of Pavitt's key targets is to streamline and modernise TfL's vast IT infrastructure across the various business units - London Underground, Buses, taxi franchises and rail franchises. That state-of-the art tech vision is evident at the recent... [29 Jul 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
News Around 15,000 mobile phones and PDAs such as the BlackBerry are handed in each year after being left on tube trains and buses around the capital. The latest in our weekly look back through the classic stories of the last decade in the silicon.com... [05 Mar 2008]
London calls time on gas-guzzling vehicles with ANPR
News The zone is designed to reduce the level of harmful diesel emissions produced by lorries and buses by charging to enter the area. The zone currently covers diesel-engine lorries of 12 tonnes or heavier while buses and vehicles of 3.5 tonnes or more... [14 Feb 2008]
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment Dave Lynch, a no-nonsense northerner hailing from the seaside town of Blackpool, has come a long way since starting out on the trams and buses that parade up and down the Golden Mile promenade - although he still holds a season ticket for the town... [30 Jan 2008]
Photos: Tech predicts future of London transport
Photo Here are three London buses through the ages, with the classic Routemaster in the centre. This is part of the London Transport Museum, which reopened to the public this week following a two-year £22.4m refurbishment. [23 Nov 2007]
MI5 wants more techies
News Adverts will appear on buses and on the London Underground as the UK security service seeks to raise its profile as an employer, especially for staff not traditionally associated with the service, such as IT professionals and mechanics, according... [15 May 2007]
India diary, day 8: Pune or bust
Comment My companions cross the road with the confident air of seasoned professionals while I timidly scuttle along trying not to get hit by the bicycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, buses and cars. It comes in the shape of giant hordings advertising... [11 Mar 2007]
Bus-tracking GPS tech trialled in Swindon
News Transport for London is spending £116m installing a similar real-time information and tracking system across 8,000 buses across the capital by 2009 as part of its iBus project. Swindon is spending almost a million pounds on a new real-time... [22 Jan 2007]
Photos: iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
Photo Transport for London's (TfL) lost property office covers two entire floors beneath Baker Street Tube station and stores any items left on the underground, on London's buses, in black cabs and on the Docklands Light Railway. [04 Dec 2006]
Mobile phone use irks public transport passengers
News While mobile phone use is already allowed on buses and overground trains, London Underground is planning to provide mobile connectivity in underground Tube stations by 2008. Of the 345 readers polled over the past week, trains or buses arriving... [21 Jul 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.06.06
Round-Up Has anybody else spotted that Nokia is naming many of its new handsets after London night buses? The press release added that their moral outrage was only compounded by the fact they could also search for sites that contained information on anthrax... [02 Jun 2006]
Speed trial aims to keep London's drivers legal
News Another potential use is to equip buses with the technology. Vehicles in London could soon be fitted with technology that will automatically slow them down if they break the speed limit. Transport for London (TfL) said it is investigating the... [24 May 2006]
