3 articles
• via BBC News
TfL's £10m-£11m yearly spend on Tube graffiti reveals failed prevention, diverting funds from services as vandalism spikes unchecked by police partnerships. This drains commuter-funded budgets in a pattern of public disorder.
• via The Standard
TfL removes one graffiti tag every three minutes from Underground trains, yet Central line vandalism surges without arrests or deterrence. This exposes institutional reliance on cleanup over enforcement, deepening public transport decay.
• via The Guardian
While millions of Londoners face another week of transport chaos, tube drivers earning £71,000 are demanding shorter working weeks. The capital's entire underground network will grind to a halt for four days because 57% of RMT members voted to strike over their 35-hour week being too long.