Boris Johnson has abandoned a central tenet of his 2015 election campaign by abstaining on the vote on Heathrow airport expansion.
Commuters have expressed their frustration after it was announced that train fares would rise by an average of 3.4% from 2 January, the biggest rise in five years.
Plans for the third runway at Heathrow Airport may include planes taking off from a runway “ramp” over the M25 motorway, the transport secretary says.
Two further strikes will disrupt the London Underground in August, two unions have announced.
Commuters and other passengers around the country have faced travel misery amid strikes bringing down the entire London Underground networks and many train routes.