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Transport For London To Trial 'Oyster' Phone
News According to The Guardian on Monday, trials will involve phone manufacturer Nokia, mobile operator O2 and Transport for London (TfL), the agency that runs London's public transport network. Upcoming trials will see passengers on the London...
[November 26, 2007, 12:18]
Tube Lines Group Takes On The Modernization Of London's Transport Icon
White Papers As London's Tube has developed over the past 140 years it has become inextricably linked to the city's psyche. As the Tube entered its third century, the British government realized it needed to change the way upgrades and maintenance are managed.
[December 7, 2005, 23:00]
Using QoS For High Throughput TCP Transport Over Fat Long Pipes
White Papers A very practical network problem for the effective deployment of a transatlantic computational GRID which is the current under-utilisation of the newly available fat long pipes drives the following work towards the investigation of whether new TCP...
[January 15, 2008, 0:54]
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]
TfL Terminates Oyster Contract
News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. The London transport system has changed dramatically over the past 10 years...
[August 8, 2008, 16:53]
Mystery Surrounds Wiped Oyster Cards
News The travel smartcards were corrupted when swiped at ticket gates in the London Underground, causing major ongoing disruption to the capital's transport system. The authority responsible for the cards, Transport for London (TfL), is working in...
[July 14, 2008, 15:58]
TfL Trials Hi-tech Travel-information System
News Transport for London is testing the potential for near field technology to transmit travel advice to mobile phones. The transfer from one mode of transport to another is the most difficult part of a journey," a Transport for London (TfL...
[August 28, 2007, 13:05]
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]
'Oyster Phone' Trial Goes Live
News On Wednesday a consortium of companies and organisations — including O2, Nokia, Visa and Transport for London — announced a six-month trial of mobile phones with built-in Oyster card functionality. The card has been rolled out across London's...
[November 28, 2007, 14:28]
TfL Explores Options For Oyster Replacement
News Transport for London may replace its Oyster card with with new ticketing systems operated through mobile phones or bank cards. Will Judge, head of future ticketing at Transport for London (TfL), told the London Assembly's Budget and Performance...
[October 23, 2008, 9:28]
Oyster Contract In Limbo After EDS Legal Move
News Cubic, a member of the Transys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the entire Oyster system.
[August 13, 2008, 15:42]
London Midland Rail To Get Mobile Ticketing
News UK public transport giant Go Ahead Group has pledged to have 50 percent of journeys on its London Midland rail franchise bought through smartcard technology by 2014. Transport for London's Oyster card does not comply with Itso, so Lynch will not be...
[August 3, 2007, 9:04]
Two UK Intranets Make Global Top 10
News London Underground and the Department of Transport have won praise for their internal communications networks The Department of Transport was praised for saving £130,000 by relocating its employee newsletter to the intranet.
[June 25, 2004, 11:35]
Smart-card Ticketing Goes Underground
News This month 80,000 of the cards were issued to staff of London Underground and Transport for London under the "Oyster" smart-card programme, a £1.2bn, 17-year project intended to ultimately replace current ticketing systems.
[November 20, 2002, 12:57]
Thursday
Blog Thursday 21/11/2002It's taken a while, but the London Transport smartcard scheme is going public. The last stage of testing before it goes properly live starts today, with 80,000 members of staff in the London Transport system being issued with...
[November 22, 2002, 17:08]
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]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News I suppose, given the state of the London transport subsystem, this isn't surprising, but it is vexing; 3D accelerators are all the rage at the show, and Quake II is being demoed. Lotus Notes, the transport medium for the copy, decides that next...
[September 13, 1997, 8:00]
Tech Foresees Future Of London Travel
News This is part of the London Transport Museum, which reopened to the public this week following a two-year £22.4m refurbishment. This area shows urban transport systems from around the world, including Beijing, London and New York.
[November 23, 2007, 16:14]
Will Congestion Charging Boost Teleworking?
News Transport for London only has broad projections of the number of people who will abandon their cars for public transport. According to Transport for London data, an average of 122,000 cars came into London at peak times in 2001, an 11 percent fall...
[February 11, 2003, 12:10]
Transport Of Not Much Delight
Talkback What is all the hassle with the new Oyster Card on London Transport? München, for example has more stops than London Transport (underground and trams, don't know about buses) and covers a larger area.
[October 6, 2003, 9:03]
