2012 Olympics may see Tube mobile coverage
News Back in March, ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com, revealed that Transport for London (TfL) had quietly dropped plans for a six-month mobile Tube trial. However, in the government's Digital Britain report, unveiled on Tuesday, Lord Carter said...
[June 18, 2009, 9:17]
Oyster e-money shelved amid cost wrangling
News Transport for London (TfL) last year shortlisted seven potential suppliers to transform Oyster from a ticketing system into a means of paying for goods such as coffee and newspapers. We're investigating [contactless payments] and we would still be...
[May 10, 2006, 10:40]
Inside the gadget graveyard
Blog Or the Transport for London lost and found department as its also known. Our colleagues at Silicon.com have an excellentphoto story on the mountains of BlackBerrys, mobile phones, iPods and laptops that get left on Londons tubes, buses, and taxis...
[December 5, 2006, 10:48]
O2 hails success of Oyster-phone trial
News Discussing the trial back in July, Phil Pavitt, chief information officer of Transport for London, told sister site silicon.com: "There are so many questions to answer, around security primarily not just one layer but real, big security here.
[September 3, 2008, 11:39]
TfL to test speed-limiting tech this summer
News Transport for London has confirmed it will road-test speed-limiting technology within the M25 area. The transport organisation is investing £45m in road safety in London in 2008/09, up from £18m in 2000.
[May 12, 2009, 11:19]
Barclays trials 'wave and pay' debit cards
News Barclaycard, Transport for London (TfL) and Visa have teamed up to put contactless payments and Oyster card functionality together on the capital's plastic. In 2005, TfL announced a shortlist of bidders for an e-money project that would allow...
[December 14, 2006, 8:02]
Gov't paves way for smart train and bus tickets
Blog The consultation document is looking for comments on smart tickets, which could be a ticket held on a chip rather than on paper (such as London Transport's Oyster card) or print-at-home tickets. Contactless cards, tap-and-go cards and barcodes on...
[August 21, 2009, 11:45]
Extent of UK tech skills crisis in doubt
News After all the arguments had been put on stage, the panel which also included Transport for London Group chief information officer Phil Pavitt; Dominic Cameron, director of technology at lastminute.com; and Jane Kimberlin, IT director at Domino's...
[October 16, 2007, 9:26]
'Cyber-loafing' signposts motivation problems
News Despite industrial action on the London Underground and a perennially poor public transport network nationwide, only 6.03 percent of respondents pointed the finger of blame at the trains and buses. But while identifying those mainstays of office...
[July 16, 2004, 12:25]
Barclaycard, Orange team up on mobile payments
News The pair said they plan to expand their partnership to incorporate other contactless services such as ticketing and transport. A spokeswoman for Barclaycard told ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com, that they are working on developing both NFC...
[March 10, 2009, 7:39]
Government continues to stonewall over ID card costs
News Central government departments who say they have yet to finalise their estimates of the cost of using ID cards or even what services they will be useful for include the Ministry of Defence; the Department for Transport; the Department for...
[February 20, 2006, 11:30]
TfL undertakes outsourcing overhaul
News Transport for London is undertaking a massive shake-up of its outsourcing deals, in a move that will see some work brought back in-house. Currently Transport for London (TfL) outsources its desktop management to CSC and network management to...
[July 31, 2008, 10:16]
Transport for London seeks £400m IT savings
News Transport for London hopes to save £400m by restructuring its IT systems. The savings drive will help deliver part of the £2.4bn of "efficiencies" demanded by Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Peter Hendy and London mayor Boris Johnson.
[December 18, 2008, 15:53]
Olympics tickets could double as cash, travel cards
News Managing the transport for the London 2012 Games is going to be a bit of a nightmare with the numbers of additional people coming in. While the cost of tickets for the Games will include travel on public transport in London suggesting the...
[June 1, 2009, 8:48]
London Underground shelves mobile plans
News Back in March 2007, Transport for London (TfL) put out a tender for a six-month trial of mobile-phone technology on the Waterloo and City line. An O2 spokesman told silicon.com: "O2 was accepted to take part in a trial on the London Underground in...
[March 16, 2009, 7:19]
Visa unveils credit card with own PIN pad
News Alzetta said the development comes in response to customers who have trialled mobile payments with Visa, such as customers of Transport for London (TfL). Alzetta told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, the transition from contactless payment...
[November 11, 2008, 7:38]
