Canary Wharf Group contributed £150m to Crossrail for design and building of Isle of Dogs station
Westminster Bridge's heritage 146-year-old lights were switched on for Christmas after the completion of a conservation project
Congestion charge suspended for Christmas and New Year
The Mayor has unveiled the winning designs for the 21st century Routemaster
East Thames Buses could go private to improve services
Campaign against illegal cabs intensifies as Christmas party season begins
Hybrid buses fleet to reach 56 by early 2009
TfL encourage freight operators for more efficient and safer driving through coaching and profiling
Extra funding granted to upgrade part of the London Overground
The London Underground is the setting for an award-winning poem called Green Park
A new policing team is launched on buses targetting pickpockets and violent passengers
November
As over two thirds of those people consulted wanted the London Congestion Charge Western Scheme Scrapped, the legal perocess has begun
New White City bus station opened
London Overground celebrates 1 year
Bloomsbury, Covent Garden and Holborn are to gain a new pedestrian way-finding system called Legible London, as well as other areas
Many schools to feature in safety campaign
Metrobus's Croydon branch won an award for good services, whist Arriva's Beddington Farm bus garage won the bus garage award
Route X26 doubles frequency
In many boroughs local transport is boosted by the mayor
TfL's Lost Property Office donated toys to The Salvation Army to bring joy to hundreds of children
A 19 year old becomes the youngest ever London taxi driver and to learn The Knowledge
LB Wandsworth enforces pavement obstructions (?)
Consultation sought on extension of London Buses route S3
Beckton gets a new bus station
The mayor has outlined a major multi-billion 10 year business and transport plan
Major engineering works begin on part of the London Overground
Hybrid buses were exhibitioned at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre
Woolwich Town Centre gets a major boost in its regeneration
An RMT strike occurs on the London Underground
In many places in London boroughs, there are more places providing oyster cards
Numerous transport schemes scrapped and jobs cut
October
Work of art displayed on tube map and at Gloucester Road
Motorbikes are now allowed to use bus lanes
A new social networking site has launched called Together for London.org with hopes to improve London life
Passengers were able to to question the Victoria Line upgrade
Over 100 taxis transported sick children to Disneyland
Shepherd's Bush station on the Hammersmith & City Line renamed to Shepherd's Bush Market
Wood Lane station opened
The TfL Penalty fare has risen to £50 on most modes of transport
Freight operators awarded for helping shape freight in London
Delay into inquiry in Dagenham Dock extension cancellation
More wide aisle gates at stations.
Shepherd's Bush Central Line station reopened
The 56 TX4 taxi licences were reinstated once remedial work was finished
Over 3 million less school runs now every year
Please note that events are arranged from newest at the top to oldest at the bottom.
Member News
Welcome to the new members that joined during the months of October to January:
Yesnoguy
And a sad goodbye to
Oxyman42
Bringing us to a total of 69 members!
This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
General
On the assessment side, there are still a lot of articles that need to be assessed for their quality and their importance to this project. Interest has remained on a level of a few articles every few weeks in assessment of articles. Of the current 1731 articles, 424 have not ben assessed for quality, also of which 413 have not had their importance to the project assessed either. Please can there be an effort to do this, just like an effort was done to the articles in UK Railways.
Congratulations to all the people involved in getting Edgar Speyer to good article status. Well done for this achievement.
Please can people become more involved with other areas of the portal. The portal still seems to be only gaining contributions on the selected article and picture areas. It seems there is still a general lack of interest in the portal other than these areas.
Sorry for this being a quarter of a year late as i have been busy with work.
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Oh Thanks. Actually my 5000th edit was the reply to the message above this one! BTW, where's my adopter?! I need some references from him! (Only joking- it's no big deal). Thanks again. Oliver Fury, Esq.message • contributions01:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
LOL yes, I missed that. :D Still, I'll be getting to it in that time frame...that bloody FAC is sucking up my time! (I'm so glad that I didn't nom two at the same time) —Ed17(Talk / Contribs)01:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ollie, no worries ref the typo correction,. I'm currently working on re-writing the article on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and after that may have some tweaking to do on the Tube map article. However as someone with an interest in transport in Bucks, I have the page on my watchlist, and will see if there is anything I can contribute, although it seems to be coming along fine so far :o) ColourSarge (talk) 20:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
