Transport for London (TfL) has recorded a 57% rise in income over five years from fining drivers using major roads in the capital, with a leading motoring organisation saying the transport authority has ensured London’s streets are now “paved with fines”.Figures show it received £89.3m in the 2023-24 financial year for perceived offences on its red route network, up from £56.8m in 2018-19, according to a draft version of its next annual report seen by the PA news agency.The AA attributed the rise to increased use of more sophisticated CCTV cameras, and TfL’s decision in January 2022 to raise penalty charge notices (PCNs) from £130 to £160, reduced to £80 if paid within a fortnight.“Dick Whittington would now say that London’s streets are paved with fines. So massive is the income from road traffic enforcement on London’s red routes that to lose it would leave a huge black hole in TfL finances,” said the AA head of roads policy, Jack Cousens.“It seems TfL may…
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