• Piccadilly Circus and Pall Mall improvements begin

  By SohoLisa at 11:39 on 04/07/11

  

  The first phase of the new £14million revamp of Piccadilly Circus has begun, which will see the face of this iconic, busy junction transformed. In the new layout, traffic will be able to travel in both directions along Pall Mall and St James's Street, in a return to the 1963 format. A central pedestrian island is also being introduced along Piccadilly and Pall Mall, where a pelican crossing is being replaced with a zebra crossing...

• Crossrail meeting fails to address problems faced by Soho businesses and residents

  By SohoLisa at 13:50 on 13/06/11

  

  Crossrail must urgently 'up its game' and do more to help Westminster residents and businesses manage the ongoing disruption caused by the transport scheme, according to an independent scrutiny commission. Soho has been hit hard by the development with many businesses succumbing to the compulsory purchase orders laid upon them to make way for Crossrail. Not only that, but many businesses are feeling the squeeze as inevitable road...

• Successful Golden Fares scheme to continue in New Year

  By SohoLisa at 20:23 on 30/12/10

  

  A new fixed fare taxi service from the West End designed to boost the number of black cabs and help revellers get home safely has proved a resounding success following its first weekend trial – taking on more than 500 trips over two nights. The Golden Fares scheme, which aims to give visitors to central London an accessible, easy to use and safe way of travelling home late at night and into the early hours on Fridays and...

• West End and Soho Golden Fares Launched

  By SohoLisa at 20:20 on 30/12/10

  

  A RADICAL new taxi service is to be launched tonight (fri 17/12/10), one of the busiest party nights of the year, to provide West End revellers with a safe way of getting home. The Golden Fares scheme is designed to give visitors to central London an accessible, easy to use and safe way of travelling home late at night and into the early hours on Fridays and Saturdays, and encourage revellers not to be tempted by touts in the...

• Oyster card police surveillance requests soar in 2010

  By SohoLisa at 01:30 on 13/12/10

  

  I've recently reported on Oyster Cards and the costly problem of over-charging due to faulty machines or unmanned, open barriers, so it may interest you to know that Oyster Card users have been trailed by police a record number of times this year and it's set to increase. I have been completely unaware that my bus journey from Leicester Square to Holborn or my train journey from Charing Cross station to Hastings for a day by the sea...

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