A herd of 3D zebras 11 August 2020
Last year we reported on an experimental "3D" zebra crossing. It turns out they're multiplying... if you know where to look!
London
London's missing northern motorways 13 March 2020
The next set of pages in our Ringways series are now online, documenting motorways in and out of London to the north and east.
The life and death of Ringway 3 25 July 2019
The next pages in our series on London's unbuilt motorways are now online, charting the strange story of Ringway 3.
Routes
The ULEZ has landed 8 April 2019
The Ultra Low Emission Zone is now in force across Central London. What does it mean for you? And what's next?
The 3D zebra 4 March 2019
Some 3D paint tricks mean one London zebra crossing is no longer taking its job lying down.
The return of Ringway 2 20 December 2018
The next set of pages exploring London's unbuilt motorways are back online, this time looking at the reviled Ringway 2.
The trouble with the Thames 26 July 2018
The capital's planned new river crossing faces opposition at every turn. Why has it always been so hard to find new ways across the Thames in East London?
Routes
The zero-emission street 31 January 2018
Three London Boroughs are rushing to implement the first Ultra Low Emission Zones ahead of the Mayor's London-wide plan.
Routes
Alley by gaslight 8 January 2018
Some of Central London's quieter streets are still, surprisingly, lit by old and rather beautiful gas lanterns. Here are a few, by day and by night.
Time for T 23 October 2017
A new Toxicity Charge applies to vehicles in Central London from today, and this is only the start.
Rainbow Signals 1 July 2016
The annual London Pride event was accompanied, in 2016, by some quite unusual changes to traffic lights around Trafalgar Square. The green men went missing — and seven new symbols took their place.
Low Emission Zone 4 November 2014
A first step towards emissions-based road pricing, a pointless measure to enforce something that's happening anyway, or another leap forward in traffic planning from the people who created the Congestion Charge? It's hard to say.
Guides
London Congestion Charge 25 October 2014
One of the world's biggest and most controversial schemes to manage traffic by charging for roadspace. You can drive in to London if you like, guv, but it'll cost you.
Guides
Exhibition Road 25 February 2012
The UK's biggest "shared space" is a phenomenally expensive experiment in West London. How does it work?
Croydon Ring Road 7 February 2009
Hogarth Flyover 3 February 2007
Underways 11 November 2006
Proposed at the same time as the Ringways, but ten times as ambitious - and to think the government considered building them both!
Histories