Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 35

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
(Issue 35 - September 2011)
August 2011 | October 2011

Five years as a project this month! Yay!

In September, WP:LT was interviewed by Signpost

London Transport News

September

Transformation of Green Park station nears completion
Transport for London secures further improvements to coach parking
No more bendy buses on route 73
New Oyster system to help customers pay the correct fare
'Plan for Paralympics too' businesses urged

August

Consultation begins on lane rental scheme to tackle roadworks
New artwork for pocket tube by Michael Landy
New Stratford International branch od DLR opens
Businesses kept on track with free London 2012 support package
Consultation begins on proposed changes to South Kensington station
Circle & District lines reopen after four week closure for upgrades.
Young people of Hackney create album of songs as a gift for Central line passengers
New online facility to report illegal taxi touting
Consultation begins on lane rental scheme to tackle roadworks
New competition gives BikeSafe-London riders chance to win their dream motorcycle or scooter
Enhanced voice recognition technology and text service on TfL information line
Tramlink to aid regeneration of Croydon
Transport for London unveils innovative measures to tackle pollution
Brief closure of taxi rank and bus station at London Bridge for Thameslink upgrade
Groom and bride in wedding clothes went back to South Woodford Tube station where he had proposed, to tell staff they had got married and thank them.
Woolwich Ferry service briefly suspended for tribute day
Plans set out to help transform central London into major 2012 Games venue
Person drowns overboard from Woolwich Ferry
Traffic around Hyde Park Corner on diversion as world's best triathletes race for one weekend

July

Full fleet of Victoria Line trains now in service
Fruit and veg sprout up all over the Tube
Barclays Cycle Hire celebrates one year with £25 million investment from Barclays
Woman gives birth on a bus on route 145 in Dagenham
Improvement work begins on Stratford bus station in time for Olympics
Firms race to get 2012 Games travel plans in place
New Oysters can now be bought from ticket machines
TfL annoyed with Thames Water over 'pointless' disruption trying to locate leak near Baker Street
Temporary changes to bus stopping arrangements around Putney Bridge Bus Station due ti improvement works to both bus and tube stations until September
Coach parking facilities increase by 25% in London
Work is set to start on an essential new road layout on Blackfriars Bridge to handle 40,00 passengers from upgraded station
London Cycle Challenge circles the globe 69 times
After one year, the Mayor's Cycle Task Force celebrates safety and security successes
Dial-a-Ride completes record number of trips
Two further Barclay's Cycles superhighways now open
TfL responds to Coroner's recommendations following 7/7 Inquest
Congestion at Henly's Corner on A406 to be cut as part of Mayor's clampdown on roadworks
New art at Hampstead Heath station
New programmes launched to help businesses of all sizes keep on running during 2012 Games
Consultation sought on changes to bus routes 206, 224 and PR2 in the Wembley and Park Royal area
High Street Kensington to Edgware Road on the Circle and District lines close for four weeks for essential upgrade works
Final weekend closures cancelled on Blackwall Tunnel refurbishment
TfL publishes draft accessibilty action plan for comments
Construction begins on Thames cable car
New guide released showing passengers where to avoid stairs on London Underground
Six moths until next Low Emission Zone limits launched
Transport for London employee wins National Apprentice of the Year

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times) Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

Project News

Articles

Frank Pick was promoted to Good Article status in May
Charles Holden and RAF Northolt were promoted to Featured Article staus in May
London Necropolis Railway and London Necropolis railway station were promoted to Good Article status in June
The Featured Article 1910 London to Manchester air race was added to the project.
List of works by Charles Holden was promoted to Featured List status in August
London Necropolis Company was promoted to Featured Article status in July
London Buses route 394 was proposed for deletion but kept, whilst London Buses route 153 was redirected.
There are currently 2,804 project pages; all have been assessed for quality and importance. If you see a new article on a project topic which is not rated, please add the banner to the talk page and assess it.
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was put on a peer review.

Portal

The portal has now been automated by DavidCane (talk · contribs)
It was also promoted to featured portal status in July

Requests

Haynestre (talk · contribs) has requested comment on London General Omnibus Company
WhisperToMe (talk · contribs) has requested photos of various companies across London including airlines.
Tyw7 has requested help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock
MRSC has requested help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital
Lifelike (talk · contribs) has requested more info be added to rail line infoboxes
Usage data has been published on National Rail stations by the DfT. The recent 2009/10 includes Oyster usage.
File:Thames tunnels.svg (below) requires updating (leave a note here explaining what needs doing)

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Good article nominations : Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Other

Discussions within the project were errors in TV dramas, The A1 road going through a Good article review, the Signpost Interview, out-of-station interchanges and categorisation of stations.
Other project related discussions included train and station identification, use of symbols in infoboxes and RDT symbols.

Members

Newest members: Fabregas0414 (talk · contribs) and Davemnt (talk · contribs) joined in August. Welcome to them. Tyw7 (talk · contribs) retired in June.
Number of participants is 79

Editorial

Editor: Simply south (talk)
Many, many apologies for not having an April edition but here is the May edition. Does anyone fancy doing June?
It is sad to see that Kbthompson (talk · contribs) passed away in mid-December 2010. Condolences to his many family and friends.
All suggestions to improve the newsletter are welcome at feedback page or User talk:Simply south

Best Articles

Featured

Good

Featured topic

Wikipedia:Featured topics/Brill Tramway

Featured portal

Portal:London Transport

Recently promoted to Featured Article or Featured List

Recently assessed as Good Articles

Featured Article candidates (FAC or FLC here)

None at present

Good Article candidates (here)

None at present

Most visited pages

For a list of the Project's most visited pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages

Gallery

This month's gallery of images (selected by Portal:London Transport)

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