On London: Independent news, comment and analysis
On London founder and editor Dave Hill has been a freelance writer since 1981 and an award-winning London specialist since 2008. He is an experienced public speaker, panellist and public event chair and is available for hire as a consultant on Londoncentric political, development and creative projects of many kinds. On London is run by Dave ...
Dave Hill: 2024 – the London year ahead
Jan 1, 2024 · Dave Hill: 2024 – the London year ahead. The capital has been recovering from the pandemic, but some of its problems have deepened and urgently need to be addressed with the help of a new national government in the national interest. London’s spectacular New Year fireworks, lights and drones display was seen by millions around the world ...
Friday fares cut may shed light on London's post-Covid recovery
Mar 2, 2024 · Sadiq Khan’s promised trial of reduced fares on London Underground and train services on Fridays will begin next week in an attempt to increase the use of public transport and boost the capital’s economy.
Review of London 2022: Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line …
Dec 27, 2022 · As of October, average daily demand for the Underground for 2022 was put by TfL at “about 82% of the pre-pandemic levels” and DLR and the Overground at about 80%. A report to the TfL board for its meeting on 7 December gave the same figure for the Tube but the Overground at 83% of pre-pandemic levels and the DLR at 78%.
About - OnLondon
This website was launched on 1 February 2017 by me, award-winning former Guardian London commentator Dave Hill. I run and edit the site. Its goal is to provide the best possible news, analysis and commentary about the UK capital’s politics, development and culture. OnLondon carries articles by a wide range of contributors who disagree about […]
Ten years since the Vision for Cycling in London, what has been ...
Apr 9, 2023 · Ten years ago Boris Johnson published his Vision for Cycling in London, a 33-page document whose subtitle echoed the feelgood inclusivity of London 2012 – “An Olympic Legacy for all Londoners”. “Imagine if we could invent something that cut road and rail crowding, cut noise, cut pollution and ill-health,” Johnson, a keen cyclist ...
Poll : Londoners on free school meals, crime, Green Belt, ULEZ
Apr 10, 2024 · The Hall campaign has been claiming that Khan has a secret plan to introduce pay-per-mile, something he has has repeatedly denied. Asked if they had been victims of crime in the past year, 20 per cent of those polled said they had. Of those, 83 per cent said they had reported the offence to the police and 52 per cent of them said they were satisfied with the police’s response.
Tall buildings still on the rise across London - OnLondon
Apr 15, 2021 · The march of the tall building continues, despite the pandemic, with more high-rise schemes in the pipeline than in 2019, according to the latest London Tall Buildings 2021 report published today by New London Architecture.. But the future for high-rise in London remains uncertain, with questions around economic recovery and the return to the office, the continuing impact of Brexit and tighter ...
Mayor and business group blast government plan to cut migration
Dec 4, 2023 · Sadiq Khan and one of the capital’s leading business organisations have reacted strongly against new government measures to reduce legal migration to the UK, saying it will damage the capital’s and the country’s economies at a …
London's relationship with the rest of the UK: An On London …
Mar 19, 2020 · A couple of weeks ago, when coronavirus was still a dot on foreign horizons and no one was expecting the London Mayor and Assembly elections to be postponed (let alone for a year), On London convened a discussion on the theme of the capital’s future relations with the rest of the UK, hosted by Arup at its Fitzroy Street offices.