London
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'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.
The ULEZ has landed 08 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 04 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?
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.
Alley by gaslight
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
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.
London's Forgotten Arterial Roads
The 1920s and 30s saw a huge roadbuilding boom in London's suburbs. Some of those roads are incredibly well known, but here are five Arterial Roads that have been almost completely forgotten.
Low Emission Zone
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.
London Congestion Charge
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.
Exhibition Road
The UK's biggest "shared space" is a phenomenally expensive experiment in West London. How does it work?
Croydon Ring Road
Common sense suggests that you shouldn't be able to spend so much money on heavy engineering and end up with such a terrible road system.
Hogarth Flyover
It makes the traffic situation in one part of West London much more bearable but it should have been removed more than quarter of a century ago. It's amazing what you can do with a big Meccano kit.