Updates on 6 August 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 Friday
Anna O'Neill, BBC London 94.9
The Tube strike has seen thousands of people walking home after work. The pavements and roads are very busy, external as you can see from this vine.
The Guardian
"I feel alienated by a company that treats staff as if they are slaves. In any work place where terms and conditions are changed without consultation there will be uproar. Thankfully we have our unions to back us," one Tube worker told the Guardian newspaper. , external
The paper asks, why can't TfL, the Mayor's Office and the unions agree?
BBC Travel
One lane is closed and there is queuing traffic on A12 Eastern Avenue eastbound in Wanstead at George Green Tunnel, because of an accident involving two lorries and a car.
There's also congestion to Bromley By Bow.
BBC News Magazine
The Tube strikes are prompting many people to cycle to and from work for the first time.
What are the key tips for cyclists who have never braved rush-hour urban traffic?
BBC Travel
Traffic is at a standstill at New Oxford Street heading westbound by Tottenham Court Road station.
Visit the BBC's London's travel page for more updates.
BBC Travel
Some Southern Rail services have been cancelled because of a knock-on effect of a tree that fell on the line earlier at Brockley, external.
It advises passengers to check services with National Rail Enquiries, external.
You can get the latest updates from @BBCTravelAlert, external.
Clive tweeted, external: "Real people hit by the Tube strike are public health workers/patients. Businesses can survive a day, some people cannot."
Elaine Okyere
BBC London News
On foot, four wheels, two wheels, or perhaps a bicycle - how are you planning to get home this evening?
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesGet in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, external, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page, external.
Matt Churchill emailed us to express his support for the London Underground workers who are on strike.
He wrote: "If my employer decided to change my working conditions (I work in an office, 9-5) to make me worse off without consultation, I'd be pretty upset about it too.
Image source, Reuters"Without strikes we'd not be able to defend our working rights. That the unions are generally so weak is a cause of worsening pay and conditions. We need strong unions to support people at work from being taken advantage of by their employers, both in the public and private sector.
"If people are adversely affected by the strikes, it highlights just how reliant we are on that service. We should be supporting those on strike because ultimately a happy workforce will be a productive one, providing users of that service with a better product."
What do you think? Get in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, external, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page, external.
Sitala Peek
BBC News
A bus driver has been suspended for allegedly making racist comments towards a passenger who tried to board a bus outside St Paul's Tube station.
The agency driver is understood to have a clean licence and was working for Travel Masters to help out with increased demand during the strike.
Travel Masters transport supervisor Martin Clark, told BBC News: "I'm obviously very disappointed this has happened. He is not an employee of our company but I rang him up and said you can't drive our buses any more. I said he had to get out and make his own way back to collect his car because he could not use our vehicles."
Victoria Reece
Victoria Reece emailed to say the London Underground workers on strike were "pathetic and greedy to cause such disruption".
Image source, AFPShe said: "I am beginning to find this absolutely ridiculous and in fact this strike does not make me want to listen to the unions.
"If anything this strike is pushing me further and further toward the idea of driverless tubes, although even then you just know they'd find something to strike about as is their unfortunate nature."
Billy Reeves
BBC London Travel
We've seen a lot of congestion on the roads today, but perhaps not quite as bad as the last Tube strike.
250 extra buses are adding to the jams: extra traffic means extra pressure for ongoing roadworks around Whitechapel, Lower Thames Street, Tower Bridge, Victoria Embankment, the Oval, Farringdon Road, Holborn, Elephant & Castle, Shoreditch and the Bounds Green Road
The A501 Marylebone Rd/Euston Rd has been very heavy as it's on the edge of the Congestion Charge zone
Other public transport is not affected, apart from planned engineering works
There are additional cycle hire hubs and river services and these have proved very popular
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesFollow @BBCTravelAlert, external or listen to BBC London 94.9 for the latest updates every 15 minutes.
Sitala Peek
BBC News
With an increased amount of commuters taking to London's roads during the Tube strike, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), external has warned people to take care.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesKevin Clinton, head of road safety for RoSPA, said: "London's roads and pavements will be busier during the Tube strike, and people may be rushing to avoid being late. Everyone should take extra care to look out for each other, and drivers in particular give cyclists and pedestrians space and time, especially at junctions."
What we know so far about the Tube strike:
Tube services stopped running from 18:30 yesterday and will remain closed all day with services resuming tomorrow, Transport for London (TfL) said.
London Overground, DLR, Transport for London Rail and trams are all operating a normal service throughout the strike
The RMT, TSSA, Unite and Aslef unions say the dispute with London Underground (LU) is about workers' pay and conditions associated with the new night Tube working
The unions have rejected a deal including a 2% average pay rise for all Tube employees plus a £500 launch bonus
The unions say they want Tube workers to be fairly compensated for night working, which has been linked to poor health
LU says it put forward an "extremely fair revised offer"
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "In this climate it is just unreasonable for the management to put more money on the table".
Have you ever wondered what 10 things have been brilliant about the Tube strike, the website Shortlist, external has listed them...or maybe not....
Image source, AFP/GettyYou can take a look at the list here, external.
Transport for London tweets, external: If you're cycling today please take care - there will be extra traffic on the roads. See our safety tips here: http://ow.ly/Qxm6l , external
Image source, AFP/GettyJane Campbell
emailed, external us to say: I live in East London and work in West London. It took me 4 hours to get home from work at the last strike and I am not looking forward to travelling back home today. Today's travel to work was a total pain.
One bus decided to terminate at Angel where about 40-50 people were already waiting for buses. I then had to walk it from Euston to Paddington area as the buses were jam packed. By the time I arrived at work my knee and back were in agony (due to health issues).
A London Tube strike is often a prompt for people to cycle to work for the first time. What are the key tips for someone who can cycle but has never braved rush-hour urban traffic?
Image source, PATransport for London advises people who own a bike to ride it to work but what should unfamiliar cyclists do if they choose to commute this way, asks Jon Kelly.
BBC Travel
The Woolwich Ferry has resumed service in both directions after it was closed earlier due to a "mechanical issue".
For the latest travel updates visit the BBC travel website.
@JSavageTweets
Extra cycle hire station near St Paul's. Barely being used.
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