Editing Transport for London (section)

==Organisation==
[[File:London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line and Docklands Light Railway with Greater London map.svg|thumb|Geographical map showing the route of railway services managed by TfL in the present and in the near future]]
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TfL is controlled by a board whose members are appointed by the Mayor of London,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/boardandchiefofficers/1432.aspx |title = Board members |access-date = 10 August 2013 |year = 2013 |publisher = Transport for London |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130819192701/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/boardandchiefofficers/1432.aspx |archive-date = 19 August 2013 }}</ref> a position held by Sadiq Khan since May 2016. The [[Commissioner of Transport for London]] reports to the Board and leads a management team with individual functional responsibilities.

The body is organised in two main directorates and corporate services, each with responsibility for different aspects and [[modes of transport]]. The two main directorates are:
* [[London Underground]], responsible for running London's underground rail network, commonly known as ''the tube'', and managing the provision of maintenance services by the private sector. This network is sub-divided into different service delivery units:
** London Underground
*** Deep Tube: [[Bakerloo line|Bakerloo]], [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]], [[Victoria line|Victoria]], [[Waterloo & City line|Waterloo & City]], [[Jubilee line|Jubilee]], [[Northern line|Northern]] and [[Piccadilly line|Piccadilly]] lines.
*** SSL (Sub Surface Lines): [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan]], [[District line|District]], [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] and [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] lines.
** [[Elizabeth line]], a high-frequency hybrid [[Urban rail|urban]]–[[suburban rail]] service on dedicated infrastructure in central London (built as part of the [[Crossrail|Crossrail Project)]]; and on [[National Rail]] lines to the east and west of the city. Operation is undertaken by [[MTR Elizabeth line]], a private-sector concessionaire, and maintenance by [[Network Rail]].
* Surface Transport, consisting of:
** [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR): an automatically driven [[light metro]] network in [[East London|East]] and [[South London]], although actual operation and maintenance is undertaken by a private-sector concessionaire (a [[joint venture]] of [[Keolis]] and [[Amey plc|Amey]]).
** [[London Buses]], responsible for managing the red bus network throughout London and branded services including [[East London Transit]], largely by contracting services to various private sector bus operators. Incorporating [[CentreComm]], London Buses Command & Control Centre, a 24-hour Emergency Control Centre based in Southwark.
** [[London Dial-a-Ride]], which provides [[paratransit|community transport]] services throughout London.
** [[London Overground]], which consists of certain suburban [[National Rail]] services within London. Operation is undertaken by [[Arriva Rail London]], a private-sector concessionaire, and maintenance by [[Network Rail]].
** [[London River Services]], responsible for licensing and co-ordinating passenger services on the [[River Thames]] within London.
** [[London Streets]], responsible for the management of London's strategic road network.
** [[London Trams]], responsible for managing London's tram network, by contracting to private sector operators. At present the only tram system is [[Tramlink]] in [[South London]], contracted to [[FirstGroup]], but others are proposed.
** [[London congestion charge]], a fee charged on most cars and motor vehicles being driven within the Congestion Charge Zone in Central London.
** [[Public Carriage Office]], responsible for licensing the famous [[Hackney carriage|black cab]] taxis and private hire vehicles.
** [[Victoria Coach Station]], which owns and operates London's principal terminal for long-distance bus and coach services.
** "Delivery Planning" which promotes [[cycling in London]], including the construction of [[Cycle Superhighway]]s.
** "Special Projects Team" manages the contract with [[Serco]] for the [[Santander Cycles]] bike rental scheme.
** Walking, which promotes better pedestrian access and better access for [[walking in London]].
** London Road Safety Unit, which promotes safer roads through advertising and road safety measure.
** Community Safety, Enforcement and Policing, responsible for tackling [[fare evasion]] on buses, delivering policing services that tackle crime and disorder on public transport in co-operation with the Metropolitan Police Service's [[Transport Operational Command Unit]] (TOCU) and the British Transport Police.
** Traffic Enforcement, responsible for enforcing traffic and parking regulations on the [[red route]]s.
** Freight Unit, which has developed the "London Freight Plan"<ref name="TfLFreight">{{cite web |url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/freight/1280.aspx |title = Freight |access-date = 6 September 2008 |publisher = Transport for London |archive-date = 14 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080914143144/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/freight/1280.aspx |url-status = live}}</ref> and is involved with setting up and supporting a number of [[Freight Quality Partnerships]] covering key areas of London.

===Operations centre===
[[File:The Palaestra building London 2006-01-20.jpg|thumb|The Palestra building, home to TfL's Surface Transport and Traffic Operations Centre (STTOC)]]
TfL's Surface Transport and Traffic Operations Centre (STTOC) was officially opened by [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]], in November 2009.<ref name="DukeTfL">{{cite web |url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/13537.aspx |title = HRH The Duke of York opens state of the art transport control centre |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130628042334/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/13537.aspx |archive-date = 28 June 2013 |access-date = 24 June 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="DukeSE1">{{cite web |url = http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4194 |title = Duke of York opens TfL control centre at Palestra in Blackfriars Road |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130913105551/http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4194 |archive-date = 13 September 2013 |access-date = 24 June 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The centre monitors and coordinates official responses to traffic congestion, incidents and major events in London.<ref name="Evidence">{{cite web |url = https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2012%20transport%20supporting%20evidence.pdf |title = Evidence for Transport Committee's investigation into 2012 transport |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121030194154/http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2012%20transport%20supporting%20evidence.pdf |archive-date = 30 October 2012 |access-date = 24 June 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Network Management Control Centre (manages the bus network) (NMCC), London Streets Traffic Control Centre (LSTCC) and the Metropolitan Police Traffic Operation Control Centre (MetroComm) were brought together under STTOC.<ref name="Evidence" />

STTOC played an important part in the security and smooth running of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Evidence" /> The London Underground Network Operations Centre is now located on the fifth floor of Palestra and not within STTOC.<ref name="TfLAgenda">{{cite web |url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Item05-London-Underground-Operational-Vision.pdf |title = Transport for London Board Agenda Item 5, 2 November 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008091147/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Item05-London-Underground-Operational-Vision.pdf |archive-date = 8 October 2012 |access-date = 24 June 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="RailExprress">{{cite web |url = http://www.railexpress.co.uk/news/southwark-chosen-for-lul-command-and-control-centre |title = Southwark chosen for LUL command and control centre |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150510061451/http://www.railexpress.co.uk/news/southwark-chosen-for-lul-command-and-control-centre |archive-date = 10 May 2015 |access-date = 24 June 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The centre featured in the 2013 [[BBC Two]] documentary series ''[[The Route Masters: Running London's Roads]]''.

===Places for London===
[[Places for London]], is the property-owning arm of Transport for London. Launched in 2015, it was re-branded as Places for London in 2023, as part of a programme of homebuilding.<ref name=":32">{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Kate |date=2015-01-28 |title=TfL turns property developer to help fund capital’s transport |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bf6e3828-a56d-11e4-ad35-00144feab7de |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lydall |first=Ross |date=2023-09-20 |title=TfL property firm rebranded as it looks to deliver thousands of homes a year |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tfl-property-firm-rebrand-places-for-london-affordable-homes-b1108258.html |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Evening Standard]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nerval |first=Ciaran |date=2023-09-21 |title=TfL’s property firm rebrands to Places for London |url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/tfls-property-firm-rebrands-to-places-for-london |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Property Week]] |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, it owns and manages over {{convert|5500|acres|ha}} of land throughout London, making it one of the city's largest landowners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.placesforlondon.co.uk/about-us |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Places for London |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Kollewe |first=Julia |date=2022-08-18 |title=How Transport for London plans to build 20,000 new homes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/18/how-transport-for-london-plans-to-build-20000-new-homes |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2020 |title=TfL Land |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/tfl-land-12 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[London Assembly]]}}</ref> Places for London plans to build 20,000 new homes across London by the 2030s, with around half of them being affordable housing.<ref name=":02" /> TfL plans to reinvest profits made by Places for London back into the transport network, similar to the Rail + Property model used by the [[MTR Corporation]] in [[Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riding |first=James |date=17 April 2023 |title=Inside TfL’s mission to build thousands of affordable homes |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/inside-tfls-mission-to-build-thousands-of-affordable-homes-81132 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Inside Housing |language=En}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farmah |first=Anjna |date=2023-01-30 |title=TfL: accelerating the adoption of transit-oriented developme |url=https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/72859/tfl-accelerating-the-adoption-of-transit-oriented-development-tod-in-the-uk/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.transportxtra.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Connect project===
Transport for London introduced the "Connect" project for radio communications during the 2000s, to improve radio connections for London Underground staff and the emergency services.<ref name="REGISTER">{{cite web |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/06/connect_project_secrecy/ |title = TfL keeps schtum on underground radio plans |work = [[The Register]] |date = 6 June 2006 |access-date = 19 June 2014 |archive-date = 2 April 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095251/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/06/connect_project_secrecy/ |url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="ASCENDA">{{cite web |url = http://www.ascenda-mcl.com/IMG/pdf/tfl-investment-programme-london-underground.pdf |title = TfL investment programme – London Underground |page = 10 |publisher = Transport for London |year = 2010 |access-date = 19 June 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402201046/http://www.ascenda-mcl.com/IMG/pdf/tfl-investment-programme-london-underground.pdf |archive-date = 2 April 2015 |url-status = usurped}}</ref> The system replaced various separate radio systems for each tube line, and was funded under a [[private finance initiative]]. The supply contract was signed in November 1999 with [[Motorola]] as the radio provider alongside Thales. Citylink's shareholders are [[Thales Group]] (33 per cent), [[Fluor Corporation]] (18%), Motorola (10%), Laing Investment (19.5%) and [[HSBC]] (19.5%). The cost of the design, build and maintain contract was £2&nbsp;billion over twenty years. Various subcontractors were used for the installation work, including Brookvex and Fentons.{{CN|date=February 2024}}

A key reasoning for the introduction of the system was in light of the [[King's Cross fire]] disaster, where efforts by the emergency services were hampered by a lack of radio coverage below ground. Work was due to be completed by the end of 2002, although suffered delays due to the necessity of installing the required equipment on an ageing railway infrastructure with no disruption to the operational railway. On 5 June 2006, the [[London Assembly]] published the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|7 July Review Committee]] report, which urged TfL to speed up implementation of the Connect system.<ref name="REGISTER" />

The [[East London line]] was chosen as the first line to receive the TETRA radio in February 2006, as it was the second smallest line and is a mix of surface and sub surface. That same year, it was rolled out to the District, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Victoria lines, with the Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Jubilee, Waterloo & City and Central lines following during 2007.<ref name="OFCOM">{{cite web |url = http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/spec_trad/responses/lu.pdf |title = Response from the Chief Engineers' Directorate of London Underground to the OFCOM Consultative Document "Spectrum Trading Consultation" |page = 10 |publisher = [[Ofcom]] |date = November 2003 |access-date = 19 June 2014 |archive-date = 24 December 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224221751/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/spec_trad/responses/lu.pdf |url-status = live}}</ref> The final line, the Northern, was handed over in November 2008.

The 2010 TfL investment programme included the project "LU-PJ231 LU-managed Connect communications", which provided Connect with a new transmission and radio system comprising 290 cell sites with two to three base stations, 1,400 new train mobiles, 7,500 new telephone links and 180 [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] links.<ref name="ASCENDA" />

=== London Transport Museum ===
TfL also owns and operates the [[London Transport Museum]] in [[Covent Garden]], a museum that conserves, explores and explains London's transport system heritage over the last 200 years. It both explores the past, with a retrospective look at past days since 1800, and the present-day transport developments and upgrades. The museum also has an extensive depot, situated at [[Acton, London|Acton]], that contains material impossible to display at the [[central London]] museum, including many additional road vehicles, trains, collections of signs and advertising materials. The depot has several open weekends each year. There are also occasional heritage train runs on the [[Metropolitan line]].{{CN|date=February 2024}}

===Financing===
The majority of TfL's funding is provided by the GLA and the Mayor of London. Traditionally, the British government via the [[Department for Transport]] (DfT) also used to contribute considerably; however, throughout the 2010s, there was a concerted drive by the Conservative government to reduce central government expenditure on TfL, and that the organisation ought to pursue self-sufficiency and make greater efforts to generate its own revenue to supplement its grants.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ft.com/content/b7392524-8923-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896 |title = TfL faces £700m a year cut in state subsidy by turn of the decade |first1 = Conor |last1 = Sullivan |first2 = Jim |last2 = Pickard |date = 12 November 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/financial-investigation-casts-doubt-over-tfl-pledges |title = Financial investigation casts doubt over TfL pledges |publisher = railtechnologymagazine.com |date = 12 September 2016}}</ref> Accordingly, the operational budget of almost £700 million per year provided by the DfT by 2015 was to be entirely eliminated by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/25/spending-review-transport-deepest-budget-cut |title = Transport suffers deepest cuts after London subsidy axed |work = The Guardian |first = Gwyn |last = Topham |date = 25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34923879 |title = Cuts to the London transport grant to hit from 2018 |publisher = BBC News |first = Tom |last = Edwards |date = 25 November 2015}}</ref>

By February 2018, TfL was projecting a budget deficit of £1 billion, a roughly five-fold increase from 2013, which reportedly threatened its long-term investment plans.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ft.com/content/585f99b6-1887-11e8-9376-4a6390addb44 |title = Transport for London on course for £1bn deficit |publisher = Financial Times |first = Tanya |last = Powley |date = 26 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.onlondon.co.uk/transport-for-london-present-funding-not-enough-to-deliver-mayors-transport-strategy-assembly-members-told/ |title = Transport for London: present funding 'not enough to deliver Mayor's transport strategy', Assembly Members told |date = 21 May 2019 |website = onlondon.co.uk |first = Charles |last = Wright }}</ref> Revenue collected from fares was set to make up a greater proportion of TfL's budget, yet a £240 million downturn in ticket sales by mid-2018 had been recorded.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://theconversation.com/why-fewer-londoners-are-taking-the-tube-a-transport-researcher-explains-94754 |title = Why fewer Londoners are taking the tube – a transport researcher explains |website = theconversation.com |first = Nicole |last = Badstuber |date = 15 May 2018 }}</ref> In September 2019, a TfL application for government funding to upgrade the [[Piccadilly Line]] was rejected by the Treasury.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.cityam.com/treasury-rebuffed-tfl-bid-for-piccadilly-line-funds-in-spending-round/ |title = Treasury rebuffed TfL bid for Piccadilly line funds in spending round |first = Alexandra |last = Rogers |date = 22 September 2019}}</ref> That same month, TfL head Mike Brown publicly criticised the government's decision to impose borrowing limits upon the organisation, and there was little long term certainty in terms of funding, necessitating pauses on multiple upgrade programmes.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.cityam.com/mike-brown-hits-out-at-bonkers-tfl-borrowing-limits/ |title = Mike Brown hits out at 'bonkers' TfL borrowing limits |publisher = cityam.com |date = 16 September 2019}}</ref>

On 22 April 2020, amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] warned that TfL could [[insolvency|run out of money]] to pay staff by the end of the month unless the government stepped in.<ref name="BBC-22Apr2020">{{cite news |title = Coronavirus: London transport 'may run out of money by end of month' |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52379111 |access-date = 24 April 2020 |work = BBC News |date = 22 April 2020 |archive-date = 23 April 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200423222046/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52379111 |url-status = live }}</ref> Two days later, TfL announced it was furloughing around 7,000 employees, about a quarter of its staff, to help mitigate a 90% reduction in fare revenues. Following the implementation of a lockdown in London on 23 March, Tube journeys had reportedly fallen by 95% and bus journeys by 85%, though TfL continued to operate limited services to allow "essential travel" for key workers.<ref name="BBC-24Apr2020">{{cite news |title = Coronavirus: Transport for London furloughs 7,000 staff |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52394657 |access-date = 24 April 2020 |work = BBC News |date = 24 April 2020 |archive-date = 24 April 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200424102519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52394657 |url-status = live }}</ref> Without government financial support for TfL, [[London Assembly]] members warned that [[Crossrail]], the [[Northern line]] extension and other projects such as step-free schemes at tube stations could be delayed.<ref name="Kelly-28Apr2020">{{cite news |last1 = Kelly |first1 = Megan |title = Fears for London projects as TfL seeks support |url = https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/fears-for-london-projects-as-tfl-seeks-support-28-04-2020/ |access-date = 28 April 2020 |work = Construction News |date = 28 April 2020 |archive-date = 3 May 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200503065600/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/fears-for-london-projects-as-tfl-seeks-support-28-04-2020/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

On 7 May, it was reported that TfL had requested £2 billion in state aid to keep services running until September 2020.<ref name="McDonald-07May2020">{{cite news |last1 = McDonald |first1 = Henry |title = London needs £2bn to keep transport system running until autumn |url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/07/london-needs-2bn-to-keep-transport-system-running-until-autumn |access-date = 9 May 2020 |work = The Guardian |date = 7 May 2020 |archive-date = 9 May 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200509010021/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/07/london-needs-2bn-to-keep-transport-system-running-until-autumn |url-status = live }}</ref> On 12 May, TfL documents warned it expected to lose £4 billion due to the pandemic and said it needed £3.2bn to balance a proposed emergency budget for 2021, having lost 90% of its overall income. Without an agreement with the government, deputy mayor for transport [[Heidi Alexander]] said TfL might have to issue a [[Section 114 notice]] - the equivalent of a public body going bust.<ref name="BBC-13May2020">{{cite news |title = Coronavirus: Transport for London expects to lose £4bn |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52630386 |access-date = 13 May 2020 |work = BBC News |date = 13 May 2020 |archive-date = 25 June 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200625021247/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52630386 |url-status = live }}</ref> On 14 May, the UK Government agreed £1.6 billion in emergency funding to keep Tube and bus services running until September<ref name="BBC-14May2020">{{cite news |title = Coronavirus: Transport for London secures emergency £1.6bn bailout |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52670539 |access-date = 15 May 2020 |work = BBC News |date = 14 May 2020 |archive-date = 13 July 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200713092122/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52670539 |url-status = live }}</ref> - a bailout condemned as "a sticking plaster" by Khan who called for agreement on a new longer-term funding model.<ref name="InfraIntel-18May2020">{{cite news |last1 = O'Connor |first1 = Rob |title = London mayor describes TfL's £1.6bn bailout as "sticking plaster" |url = http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/may-2020/tfl-%C2%A316bn-funding-package-described-%E2%80%98sticking-plaster%E2%80%99-mayor-london |access-date = 19 May 2020 |work = Infrastructure Intelligence |date = 18 May 2020 |archive-date = 1 June 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200601024223/http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/may-2020/tfl-%C2%A316bn-funding-package-described-%E2%80%98sticking-plaster%E2%80%99-mayor-london |url-status = live }}</ref>

On 1 June 2020, TfL released details of its emergency budget for 2020–2021; it involved a reduction in capital investment by 39% from £1.3 billion to £808 million along with cuts to maintenance and renewal spending by 38% to £201 million.<ref name="ZGP-01Jun2020">{{cite news |last1 = Garner-Purkis |first1 = Zak |title = TfL to slash spending by £525m |url = https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/tfl-to-slash-spending-by-525m-01-06-2020/ |access-date = 1 June 2020 |work = Construction News |date = 1 June 2020 |archive-date = 10 June 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200610101534/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/tfl-to-slash-spending-by-525m-01-06-2020/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In November 2021, the then Transport Secretary [[Grant Shapps]] criticised reports that senior TfL officials would be offered bonuses potentially in excess of £12 million per year in return for efforts to help [[Break-even (economics)|break-even]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/grant-shapps-responds-sadiq-khan-tfl-funding-crisis-b967144.html |title = Minister accuses Sadiq Khan of 'public lobbying' over TfL funding crisis |publisher = The Standard |first = Rachael |last = Burford |date = 19 November 2021}}</ref> By December 2021, the British government and the Major of London had implemented three consecutive short-term funding agreements cumulatively costing in excess of £4b to avert closures of several bus routes and tube lines.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/extraordinary-funding-for-transport-for-london/ |title = Extraordinary funding for Transport for London |publisher = lordslibrary.parliament.uk |first = Eren |last = Waitzman |date = 6 December 2021}}</ref>

In August 2022, additional British government support was granted to TfL; the organisation was still unable to meet all spending commitments. In response, a new facility was established to balance TfL's budget via the provision of up to £500 million; this facility restricted the GLA's future financial flexibility.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.london.gov.uk/media-centre/mayors-press-releases/mayor-establishes-new-facility-ensure-tfl-can-balance-its-budget |title = Mayor establishes new facility to ensure TfL can balance its budget |publisher = london.gov.uk |date = 21 September 2022}}</ref> During late 2023, TfL issued further urgent calls for long-term funding to support its operations; it claimed that the British government would need to provide one quarter of its capital investment plans for 2024. The Department of Transport's position has been that long term funding for TfL should be provided via the Mayor of London, and that in excess of £6 billion in extraordinary funding has already been provided.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.building.co.uk/news/tfl-renews-calls-for-long-term-funding-as-passenger-numbers-roar-back-to-pre-pandemic-levels/5126642.article |title = TfL renews calls for long-term funding as passenger numbers roar back to pre-pandemic levels |publisher = building.co.uk |first = Tom |last = Lowe |date = 30 November 2023}}</ref>