'Last quarter mile' risk to central London bus users
London TravelWatch is the watchdog for London's public transport users. Westminster Living Streets thinks they are not doing enough to protect the safety of public transport users on the pedestrian leg of their journey
Will the UK's NO2 reduction plan satisfy the Supreme Court?
Westminster Living Streets' has criticised the UK government's draft response to the UK Supreme Court judgment on NO2 pollution.
Why Westminster casualties go up while traffic goes down
Pedestrians and cyclists do not benefit from declining motor traffic on Westminster's roads, because the redundant road capacity hasn't been reconfigured for the 'mode shift'
B-roads can save lives in Marylebone
Marylebone must now be the most polluted residential area in Europe, hemmed in by Oxford Street’s stream of diesel buses and bisected by Marylebone Road’s river of traffic avoiding the congestion charge.
EC gaffe leaves carmakers in denial on toxic NO2 pollution
It was only a slip of the pen when the European Commission made the erroneous remark that 'most nitrogen dioxide originates in traffic fumes', but it seems to be having fatal results.
Cut pollution by raising Westminster's diesel parking charges
Westminster has a cashless parking system that can prevent much of the NO2 poisoning that is killing 5900 Londoners a year.
Study finds most of Marylebone illegally polluted
Westminster Council's new Air Quality Assessment shows that illegal and unsafe pollution caused by motor traffic is not limited to main roads.
Tabloid newspaper dictates Westminster's no-20mph policy
Bogus 'evidence' in the Sun tabloid newspaper is being exploited by Westminster Council to justify its refusal to implement 20mph speed limits.
FoI reveals cycling safety deadlock
A turf battle between Westminster Council and TfL stopped a cycle safety scheme at London's fourth most dangerous junction, where a truck later killed a cyclist.
TfL chief admits Oxford Street bus problem, then quits
Sir Peter Hendy, London's Commissioner of Transport, issued on 18 June what sounded like a threat to transfer the entire Red Wall of Metal buses from Oxford Street to residential areas like Wigmore Street because people keep criticising them. He resigned a week later.