Ross Lydall is City Hall Editor and Transport Editor at The Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, cycling, planes, trains and automobiles. In more than 20 years at The Standard, he has covered it all: Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, 7/7, the London Olympics, the covid pandemic and royal weddings. He was shortlisted as 2023 multimedia journalist of the year....
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Ross Lydall is City Hall Editor and Transport Editor at The Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, cycling, planes, trains and automobiles. In more than 20 years at The Standard, he has covered it all: Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, 7/7, the London Olympics, the covid pandemic and royal weddings. He was shortlisted as 2023 multimedia journalist of the year.
National Cycle Network at risk of 'falling into ruin', author says
Laura Laker says it’s ‘outrageous’ how the NCN is largely unfunded as she releases her new book on the 13,000-mile network
High Court battle looms over Lutfur Rahman's bid to axe LTNs
Government orders inspectors into council amid concerns about appointments and spending
Jeremy Corbyn 'unlikely to run for London Mayor' says brother Piers
Piers Corbyn speaks to the Standard after being removed from City Hall by security guards who believed he planned to disrupt Mayor’s Question Time
Justine Simons, the powerhouse shaping London's cultural landscape
City Hall’s deputy mayor for culture talks the Fourth Plinth, East Bank and what it was like to work for Ken, Boris and Sadiq
Susan Hall: 'I'll boost crime fight by cutting Khan’s mayoral staff'
Tory candidate for London mayor vows to crack down on knife crime and introduce specialist units to tackle burglaries, robberies and thefts
London’s black taxi fleet to turn greener with subsidy boost
Department for Transport to retain ‘plug-in taxi grant’ which reduces purchase price of a ‘zero emission capable’ black cab
Bakerloo Line 'in managed decline' and at risk of 'critical failure'
The Bakerloo line clocked up a total of 630,500 ‘lost customer hours’ in 2022/23, up 370 per cent on 2012, due to 589 train cancellations
TfL chief: Sadiq Khan's fares freeze could cost £500m over four years
Commissioner expects £123m a year to plug gap in finances caused by mayor’s decision not to raise Tube and bus fares
Local MP opposes plan to make dangerous roundabout safer for cyclists
TfL says improvements to the roundabout are required after 59 people were hurt in collisions in the three years to last May
London's lowest council tax revealed but more areas face £2,000 bills
Kingston – which shares a border with Wandsworth in Roehampton Vale - is again expected to set the highest bills
Football fans told 'don't sit on the sidelines' in voting campaign
Almost one in five Londoners entitled to vote are not on the electoral register – the biggest proportion in the country
Tube staff set for up to 10% pay rise after strike threat
Sadiq Khan found an ‘extra’ £30million for the salary boost at the 11th hour in early January
London Overground to be given new names in £6million rebrand
Six branches of the network will be rebranded, ending the orange format of all Overground routes on the Tube map
Sadiq Khan tells passengers on crisis-hit Central Line: Get a refund!
Mayor thanks whistleblowers for coming forward and says he’s discussed issues raised in Wednesday’s Standard with TfL commissioner Andy Lord
Central Line commuters face years of chaos, warn whistleblowers
Dire warning from Tube insiders over under-investment
Mayor announces extra £50m for Met 'to keep London safe'
The amount is not enough to provide all of the £76m sought by Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley to fund his ‘New Met for London’ plan
Best train station for London commuters revealed
Thirty London commuter stations outside the M25 have been analysed
Boat crash caused £100,000 of damage to Hammersmith Bridge
MP accuses Government of ‘cover-up’ after secret meetings are held to discuss who pays £250m cost of reopening bridge
'Staggering' 300m journeys on Elizabeth line since opening in May 2022
TfL is investigating whether to retro-fit ‘busyness indicators’ to trains to help people find a seat
