For more news and videos visit ➡ ‪http://english.ntdtv.com‬<br />Follow us on Twitter ➡ ‪http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision‬<br />Add us on Facebook ➡ ‪http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />London Mayor Boris Johnson urged Olympic dignitaries on Monday to take public transport during this summer's Games rather than chauffeur-driven limousines on specially designated lanes, to help avoid raising the ire of log-jammed Britons.<br /><br />Some athletes failed to arrive for their events in Atlanta 1996.<br /><br />That brought about the Olympic Route Network (ORN) for London.<br /><br />Londoners have also been warned they face delays on the underground rail network at certain "hotspots" during peak times.<br /><br />[Boris Johnson, London's Lord Mayor]:<br />"... most sensible way of getting around London in Games time is to go by public transport and I am certainly going to be doing that myself."<br /><br />Transport officials launched a "Get Ahead of the Games" campaign on Monday including a website and Twitter to help the public plan journeys.<br /><br />Workers on London's Underground rail network, known as the Tube, have just turned down an Olympic bonus offer.<br /><br />But London's Transport Commissioner is confident strike threats will be resolved.<br /><br />[Peter Hendy, London's Transport Commissioner]:<br />"We are expecting a lot of our staff to work longer, differently and harder and those are reasonable things to pay people more money for."<br /><br />Hendy said London will struggle, unlike some other Olympic cities.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />Many taxi drivers are threatening to go on holiday during the Games, fearing gridlock on the streets.<br /><br />[James Budlowther, Taxi Driver]:<br />"I'm going to Spain, get out the way. I can't stand it. It's enough with the traffic now without going when the Olympics start. Can you imagine what it's going to be like? Chaos."<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />Workers at Canary Wharf, where millions use the Jubilee line, are not confident.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />The ORN is shaping up as a major irritant to Londoners who already have to endure long delays on the capital's narrow streets.
