We look at all the recent transport updates from across London.
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00:00Planned strikes by train drivers on London's Elizabeth line on Thursday, the 27th of February
00:07and Saturday the 1st of March have been called off following a new pay offer. Members of
00:13Aslef were due to stage a series of walkouts that would have caused travel disruption in
00:19the capital. Aslef said its executive would consider a revised offer from the line's operations
00:25MTR on Wednesday. Although the strikes planned for Thursday and Saturday have been suspended,
00:31no announcement has been made about further strikes that were due to take place on the 8th
00:36and 10th of March. Proposals to build apartments on a tube station car park in north London
00:42has faced opposition from some residents. The plans by Barrett London could see 300 apartments
00:49on a TfL car park at High Barnet tube station and a site used for self-storage units.
00:56The car park has spaces for 160 cars and local residents have expressed concerns that the
01:02development could lead to commuters parking on residential streets instead. Increased penalty
01:09fines for fare dodging are having a positive impact and the measure is working as an effective
01:15deterrent, the mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said. In March last year penalty fares increased
01:22from £80 to £100 with discounted penalty fares for early payments. Sir Sadiq Khan added the
01:30evasion of London's transport network remains lower than many comparable cities in Europe and
01:36North America according to the local democracy reporting service. However city hall conservatives
01:43have said Sir Sadiq Khan and his team were in denial about the scale of the issue. Now transport
01:51for London is being forced to find more than £20 million in savings over the coming year
01:56due to the government's increase in national insurance contributions. It emerged at a city
02:03hall meeting on Thursday that despite ministers providing significant support to public bodies
02:09to help them cover the national insurance hike, TfL is facing a shortfall of £23 million.
02:18Now it's not just Heathrow's expansion that is causing up a stir, London's second biggest
02:22airport Gatwick Airport could see an expansion too. Gatwick Airport's expansion has received
02:28the backing of the UK's aviation regulator which argued it would bring benefit to consumers
02:34even with the prospect of a third runway at Heathrow. The civil aviation authority announced
02:41its support for the West Sussex's airport proposed new commitments for the next four years saying
02:47they would increase choice for passengers. Heidi Alexander the transport secretary has a deadline
02:54for Thursday for her decision to approve Gatwick's emergency runway routine use.