Ross Lydall is City Hall Editor and Transport Editor at Evening Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, cycling, planes, trains and automobiles. In more than 20 years at Evening Standard, he has covered it all: Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, 7/7, the London Olympics, the covid pandemic and royal weddings. He was shortlisted as 2023 multimedia journalist of the year.
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Ross Lydall is City Hall Editor and Transport Editor at Evening Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, cycling, planes, trains and automobiles. In more than 20 years at Evening Standard, he has covered it all: Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, 7/7, the London Olympics, the covid pandemic and royal weddings. He was shortlisted as 2023 multimedia journalist of the year.
Driverless trains given red signal but Tube strike still on next week
Andy Lord says there is ‘no business case’ to axe Tube drivers - as RMT prepares for four-day walkout
'Confusing' ballot paper to be redesigned for 2028 mayoral elections
More than 114,000 first-preference votes for London mayor could not be counted in 2021
Revealed: how foreign groups are spreading lies online about London
Poisonous narratives about ‘London in decline’ have increased by 150-200 per cent in two years, according to City Hall research
Sadiq Khan: £30m for late-night youth clubs after Clapham disorder
Initiative launched in wake of fatal shooting of 14-year-old in Woolwich and knife killing of 21-year old on Primrose Hill
Two new central London routes for cyclists banned from Oxford Street
The removal of traffic – buses, taxis and bikes – is a central part of London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s vision for transforming the famous street
World Cup 'fan zone' on Clapham Common at risk of being abandoned
Residents have raised multiple concerns, including late-night noise and the difficulty of getting up to 25,000 fans home after 11pm
Revealed: 40 London bus routes have been cut back in last two years
Inner London boroughs such as Camden, Islington, Hackney and Westminster have borne the brunt of the changes
£4.6m Notting Hill Carnival bailout 'could have saved police stations'
Mayor’s emergency funding to prevent overcrowding ensures carnival can celebrate 60th anniversary in August
Tube staff get pay rise - keeping drivers on course for £80,000 salary
Three-year deal could increase pay of all 16,500 London Underground staff by 10 per cent
Five Tube station are back on the list for step-free upgrades
TfL to carry out feasibility studies for stations on Northern, Jubilee, Central and Metropolitan lines
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Albert Bridge to reopen and 'won't be a cycling and walking crossing'
Kensington and Chelsea council says the west London bridge will be closed to vehicles for a year
London bus routes cut as Sadiq Khan hit by backlash from Labour MPs
Full list of London bus timetable changes as TfL tries to save cash and respond to gridlock on the roads
Council to pay millions to drivers fined for driving in unlawful LTNs
Croydon mayor Jason Perry vows to ‘make it as easy as possible for residents to get their money back’
Comedian almost derails train safety campaign with money joke
Diana Morgan, aka Philomena Cunk, says: ‘I’m a big fan of rail safety. It had absolutely nothing to do with the money’
Passengers reminded Tube strike that was due to start this week is off
‘Significant disruption’ averted from Tuesday March 24 - but RMT says dispute is not over and announces two new strike dates in June
DLR station to close again - five days after reopening after 10 months
The station had been branded a national disgrace and not fit for purpose but four new escalators have brought it back to life
'Best cycling borough in outer London' pledges to lift ban on e-bikes
Lime, Forest and Voi all keen to launch in Waltham Forest - but Tories accuse Labour of pre-election ploy to prevent loss of votes to the Greens
Transformation of South Kensington Tube station will start this year
30million passengers a year use the station - the busiest on the London Underground without step-free access
Lime launches smaller e-bike to get more women cycling in London
About 1,500 of the new e-bikes are due to be rolled out in the capital from next month
London bus workers could strike same days as Tube drivers, union warns
London’s transport network could be seriously disrupted if both strikes go ahead in the coming months
Cyclist critically hurt in east London bus crash dies from injuries
The 43-year-old rider was one of three people killed in London bus crashes reported to the TfL board on Wednesday