ABSTRACT
Ken Livingstone (nicknamed ‘Red’ Ken because of his leftist leanings) became London’s first directly elected Mayor in 2000. He had made transport a central issue in his campaign. As Mayor, although he may have lost some political capital in transportation circles by decommissioning the beloved double-decker Routemaster buses discussed in Chapter 12, he gained significant political capital (and some monetary capital) through his persistence, and subsequent success, in leading one of the great transportation experiments in one of the great world cities.
