Latest London transport round up: Best places to walk and cycle revealed

Latest transport news from across the capital.

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00:00Hello and welcome to your latest Transport Roundup.

00:03Transport for London has announced a new partnership opportunity

00:08for a company willing to sponsor the Waterloo and City Line,

00:14one of London's underground lines.

00:16The line, which operates on weekdays between Bank Station in central London

00:21and Waterloo Underground Stations, was opened in 1898

00:26and is informally known as The Drain.

00:31In a post on professional networking site LinkedIn,

00:34TfL explained that the sponsorship offer extended far beyond a typical media opportunity.

00:42Although previous temporary brand takeovers of tube stations had sparked complaints,

00:49a TfL spokesman clarified that no line or stations would be renamed.

00:57Now, instead, brands would be able to incorporate their identity on platforms.

01:03The Waterloo and City Line is a two-stop, three-minute shuttle service,

01:07and it's one of only two tube lines that run entirely underground,

01:12alongside the Victoria Line as well.

01:15Transport for London highlighted that the sponsorship would involve

01:19full-line branding, including Matexi fabric, signage, maps, and experiential spaces

01:28located in the heart of London's Business District 2.

01:32In other news, an East London borough, where there has been a dramatic increase

01:40in the number of 20-mile-an-hour streets,

01:43was named the most improved area in the capital for encouraging people to walk and cycle.

01:51Newham, the former Olympic borough that is now home to London's City Hall,

01:58rose from 13th to 8th place in the Healthy Streets scorecard of all 33 London boroughs.

02:06The City of London took top place, replacing Islington in North London, which came second.

02:13Hackney was third, and then Camden placed in fourth.

02:17Bexley, where car dependency is described as entrenched,

02:23remained the worst borough in London in terms of encouraging active travel.

02:30The borough has no tube stations, and the council has been unsuccessful

02:34in persuading Transport for London to extend the proposed DLR link to Thamesmead

02:42that's just further south into Bexley.

02:45The Healthy Streets scorecard, now in its sixth year,

02:50measures each borough's progress or lack of it against 10 key measures,

02:57including efforts to improve road safety.

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