Ross Lydall is the City Hall Editor and Transport Editor of the Evening Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, planes, trains and automobiles – and anything else he spots while travelling around the city, normally by bike....
Ross Lydall is the City Hall Editor and Transport Editor of the Evening Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, planes, trains and automobiles – and anything else he spots while travelling around the city, normally by bike.
‘Bring it on’: Sadiq responds to Boris Johnson mayoral race rumours
Boris Johnson has been rumoured to be considering a bid to stand for his old job as London mayor
Gardener: Ulez to cost me £4,500 a year due to scrappage scheme flaws
Sole trader backs clean air but says Greater London expansion will hurt his business
London roars back as businesses renew call to scrap tourist tax
London back from the pandemic with the return to offices, weekend leisure trips and soaring popularity of the Elizabeth line
Limited edition Oyster card marks 20th anniversary
The £7 pass follows other special issues for major events, but Oyster’s popularity has fallen due to smartphone use
Mick Lynch warns more train strikes ‘very likely’
RMT leader reveals he has turned down invitation to appear at Glastonbury to focus on pay battle
Sadiq Khan faces Ulez expansion judgment day
Court showdown looms over Greater London expansion plan
Partygate video: ‘Dancing woman’ works as aide to Tory mayoral hopeful
EXCLUSIVE: Malin Bogue works for Moz Hossain KC, the barrister bidding to secure the Tory nomination to run against Sadiq Khan in next May’s City Hall elections
Cheap ‘Boris bikes’ and more bike lanes to get more Londoners cycling
TfL wants to increase number of daily cycle trips in London by a third by 2030
Who is Dan Korski? Tory mayoral contender reveals key policies
Discusses cycle superhigways, LTNs, Downing Street and beating Sadiq Khan
Tory mayoral contender ‘Mysterious Moz’ reveals key policies
Describes Ulez expansion as ‘very cruel measure’ and vows to turn off cameras ‘on day one’
999 ambulance calls at peak pandemic levels in ‘pollen bomb’ heatwave
Only call 999 in a ‘life-threatening emergency’, plead ambulance chiefs
Staff in line for big payouts from first TfL bonuses since pandemic
Transport for London is reintroducing staff bonus payments, the Standard can reveal
Fresh action to stop rental e-bikes being abandoned on pavements
Camden council has signed contracts with two dockless e-bike firms, Lime and Human Forest, that include requirements for poorly parked bikes to be moved ‘swiftly’
Superloop: Details of North Finchley to Walthamstow section revealed
It would run every 12 minutes from Monday to Saturday in the daytime and every 15 minutes during evenings and Sundays