London mayor rolls out campaign on people blasting music on public transport

Mayor Sadiq Khan will roll out a campaign encouraging people to use headphones when playing music on London’s public transport.

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00:00People using their phones for loud content has become a hot political issue in recent

00:11months, with both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives urging ministers to take

00:19action on the issue. Now Sadiq Khan has announced his attempt to curb this problem, posters

00:26which will remind travellers not to play music out loud or to have conversations on speaker

00:32mode have made their debut on the Elizabeth Line and will be rolled out on the DLR Overground

00:41and Underground in coming weeks. New campaign posters will also encourage people to look

00:48up from their phones and to be aware that other passengers travelling on public transport

00:54may be in need of a seat. This all forms part of the Travel Kind campaign, which has previously

01:02included posters calling for vigilance about sexual harassment and urging travellers to

01:09move down inside London's tube carriages to ensure others can get on. The campaign launch

01:17comes just days after the Tories called for passengers to be banned from playing loud music on buses.

01:26The Conservatives are also seeking to ensure railway operators enforce rules preventing passengers

01:34from playing disruptive loud music with on-the-spot fines.