Earl Aelfheah

A lot of closures on the Lane recently

The bottom line is that we have to start providing people with better alternatives to the car. Even if it's a bit painful in the short term. It's simply not sustainable to have so much public space given over to motor vehicles. We need to encourage more walking, cycling and invest in public transport (I do worry that this last bit is not getting enough attention).

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The thing I find most annoying about Dulwich Park is that it's permanently waterlogged since Thames Water dug it all up and turned it into a paddling pool.

^this ... edtied to say, not that, the one above it ;-)

Were you parked in a way that someone might have been annoyed with? Near a traffic island for example?

The council has doubled up on streetlights outside my house. Light pollution not a concern apparently

On Heber Road, the council installed two lampposts within a foot or two of each other. I was told that the old one was to be removed, but it's never happened. It's opposite two road sign lights. The stretch of road never darkens.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rahrahrah - I am not sure you can possibly equate > people cycling over Blackfriars bridge to be the > likely outcome in Dulwich Village. We have all > seen the flocks of cyclists - many of them MAMIL's > - bombing in and out of London during the rush > hour and this is to be commended and welcomed but > I would ask how many of those were driving that > route previously or whether, as more likely, they > were train and tube commuters who decided to get a > bit of exercise to and from work? I?m equating the reaction to numerous proposals to rebalance the use of public space with the one here. The fact that any scheme aimed at a more proportionate allocation of space away from motor vehicles is preceded by dire predications which are rarely born out in reality

We always hear these arguements whenever anyone suggests measures to tackle issues with motor traffic. Yet we have seen some massive successes in London. Around 70% of traffic going over Blackfriars bridge during rush hour is now people travelling on bikes, as a result of re-allocating a small amount of space for a segregated bike lane for example. It is equivalent to the number of people carried by 64 full double-decker buses. There isn't the capacity to shift this many people in single occupancy vehicles even if you wanted to. The point is that we have limited space and we give the vast majority (around 80%)of it over to a very inefficient and damaging (albeit occasionally necessary) form of transport. Every time we try to re-balance the use of this scarce resource, we're told that it'll lead to gridlock. But this is almost never the reality once these schemes are introduced. I think it's worth experimenting a little. Something has to change if we're going to tackle climate change, local air pollution and the scandal of thousands of road accidents every year in London. Most people in Southwark don't own a car and so might reasonably question why so much of the public realm is organised around a minority activity with such damaging impacts.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > That traffic will go somewhere - it won't just > magically disappear I predict that quite a lot of it will disappear actually. That's certainly what's been found when other, similar schemes have been introduced. I am a car driver by the way, but recognise that the current situation is unsustainable and that we need change.

The reality of all of this, is that we give huge amounts of public space over to (often single occupancy) motor vehicles. It's totally disproportionate and needs rebalancing in favour of pedestrians and cyclists.

Reading above, it sounds as thought Goose Green has school street closures also. As I say, it seems like a bit of a no-brainer to me.

slarti b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's hard to argue against road closures around > schools at opening / closing time imo. Can't > > really understand why this isn't standard > practice tbh. > > Are you suggesting that, as part of this "standard > practise", Dulwich Village, East Dulwich Grove, > Red Post Hill and Lordship Lane should all be > closed during school opneing and closing hours? Some of those schools (Harris Primary for example) already do. Not Lordship Lane, but the road on the other side is closed to traffic as part of the School Streets programme. I don't know about the others, but certainly they could.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am assuming that the few existing shops and > restaurants in Dulwich will be able to continue to > survive with only Dulwich resident custom, because > the chance of visitors to Dulwich is being > extinguished by these proposals. I suspect they do pretty much do now. Who drives to the Village to eat? There's nowhere to park anyway.

It's hard to argue against road closures around schools at opening / closing time imo. Can't really understand why this isn't standard practice tbh.

I quite like the memory foam mattresses, but they are quite hot. I previously had a really good quality, pocket sprung mattress but it was too firm for me. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer on this. It's all about finding the best one for you (sorry, not that helpful).

A few ideas: Remove speed bumps to improve air quality and actually start to police bad / dangerous driving Close roads to cars Provide segregated cycle lanes, linking with train and tube stations Work with hire bike providers to introduce them to our area Improve links between Ed and Brixton tube with more buses Stop granting permission for front gardens to be turned into car storage Stop granting permission for cars and vans to drive across the pavements with the installations of drop curbs (they already take up too much space, they really don't need the pavement as well) Stop privatising huge areas of public space for reserved car storage through CPZ schemes Tax the hell out of SUVs But I predict we'll just get more front gardens paved, more drop curbs installed, higher car ownership, more speed bumps, few improvements to public transport.

Sometimes you just have an instinct that something isn't quite right. So I'm not judging the OP and my comment wasn't directly addressed to them. I just find the climate of suspicion generally, a bit sad.

^this is what we will see over the next several months. More effort will go into framing the narrative around whose to blame for the fallout than actually trying to negotiate a deal to avoid it.

Already there are attempts to blame EU for all the impending and quite predicable fallout of Brexit. See https://news.sky.com/story/more-customs-checks-will-be-eus-fault-foreign-secretary-dominic-raab-suggests-11924538 and...

Did anyone call the police?

macutd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this is a really difficult situation and I feel > very cautious about writing anything. But it seems > very sad that an adult is seen as a pervert if > they are standing near children playing. This. Perhaps he's enjoying watching the kids play in an entirely innocent way. The assumption that there must be some sort of perverted sexual motive is just so sad.

The brextwats have started letting off bangers. Ffs