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Next stop HMRC: How TfL CIO will shake up the taxman
Comment From TfL to HMRC, CIO Phil Pavitt talks to silicon.com about the nerves surrounding his new role, cleaning up outsourcing deals, and why he wants to make IT boring Since arriving at TfL two-and-a-half... [26 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News Back in March, silicon.com revealed Transport for London (TfL) had quietly dropped plans for a six-month mobile Tube trial. The pilot, which was to have considered whether it would be technically and commercially viable... [17 Jun 2009]
Phil Pavitt
CIO Profile Until then he remains group CIO for Transport for London (TfL), the role he was appointed to in early 2007. His main task at TfL has been integrating the systems of the 13 individual companies that were... [03 Jun 2009]
Exclusive: HMRC names new CIO
News Transport for London (TfL) CIO Phil Pavitt has been appointed the new CIO of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). At TfL Pavitt has been involved with work to save £400m by restructuring its technology and... [02 Jun 2009]
Photos: Thirty years of technology on the buses
Photo A TfL spokesman told silicon.com: "Previously 40 per cent of the duration of the average call to CentreComm was consumed by identifying the location of the bus. When it opened 30 years ago, staff in London Buses'... [26 May 2009]
Speed-limiter tech trial coming this summer
News Today TfL announced a six-month trial of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) tech will start this summer, with the aim of exploring ways of reducing road deaths. ISA utilises GPS location positioning tech and... [11 May 2009]
Inbox: Underground safe from mobile chatter
Comment Unless Tfl wants to reinvent the wheel. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. A silicon.com exclusive got readers talking this week,... [23 Mar 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.03.09
Round-Up But, as silicon.com exclusively revealed this week, two years has gone by since the original tender and TfL has admitted none of the proposals it received by the deadline were considered commercially "credible", and the... [20 Mar 2009]
Exclusive: High costs kill off London Underground mobile plans
News Back in March 2007, Transport for London (TfL) put out a tender for a six-month trial of mobile phone technology on the Waterloo and City line. A TfL spokeswoman told silicon.com three proposals were... [13 Mar 2009]
Oyster deal lights touchpaper for new tech makeover
News Transport for London's (TfL) decision to switch suppliers for its Oyster smartcard public transport system will smooth the way for the next generation of ticketing, a Tube boss has predicted. Last year... [16 Jan 2009]
Transport for London to slash IT spend by £400m
News Transport for London (TfL) hopes to save £400m by restructuring its IT systems. The savings drive will help deliver part of the £2.4bn of "efficiencies" demanded by TfL commissioner Peter Hendy and... [18 Dec 2008]
Lorry driver monitoring system hits London
News Transport for London (TfL) is offering the in-vehicle driver profiling system to members of its Freight Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS). TfL is working with GreenRoad to provide all FORS members with... [03 Dec 2008]
EDS, Cubic get new run at TfL's Oyster scheme
News Transport for London (TfL) has sealed a new deal with suppliers Cubic Transportation Systems and EDS for the "future management and development of the Oyster card system and other ticketing services". [19 Nov 2008]
Visa demos the credit card with its very own PIN pad
News Alzetta said the development comes in response to customers who have trialled mobile payments with Visa, such as customers of Transport for London (TfL). According to Alzetta, TfL users pleased with the... [10 Nov 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News In the wake of his team's publication of the hack details, Jacobs said, the implication for Oyster card administrators at Transport for London (TfL) was that public confidence in the travelcards could be undermined, and... [08 Oct 2008]
