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@ab29 - you've suggested I'm arrogant and selfish. Would be good of you to explain that

Which slogan?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don?t think fixing the traffic issues is that > binary, however obvious and point-scorey the > slogan may be. slogans like 'stop the LTN Congestion' or 'all streets matter' you mean?

...and you don't need to start a new thread every time you want to make a point on LTNS (or any other topic).

ab29 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "claiming there are too many threads" - you are > absolutely right Firstmate, arrogant and selfish > individuals like rahrahrah or Dulwich Central. > > > > first mate Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It is interesting to see the various methods > > adopted by some of the more extreme pro LTN > > supporters- denial of available evidence, > > persistent attempts to derail and obfuscate/ > > trolling on threads, trying to stifle views/ > > claiming there are too many threads, and now > > defacing posters displayed that are objecting > to > > the current incarnation of LTNs. It just > doesn't > > feel very adult, democratic or like there is a > > willingness to face the flaws and have a > rethink. > > > > heartblock Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Yep FirstMate - the report to Southwark > > includes > > > an ambulance delayed by the Calton Ave hard > > > closure adding time to a Cat 2 call on > > Desenfans > > > Rd and an inability to use Derwent Road > because > > of > > > a hard closure to avoid heavy traffic on > Grove > > > Vale responding to a Cat 1. > > > The report ends with a request to make > changes > > due > > > to 'previous feedback' and wonders about an > > > 'update' as 'we still seem be experiencing > > delays, > > > that are very concerning and leading to > patient > > > safety concerns' > > > > > > I know that my paramedic students dislike the > > hard > > > closures, they consider them to contribute to > a > > > higher risk to life. Would like to know why you're accusing me of being selfish? I drive, I don't live on an LTN. I'm personally inconvenienced by the road changes, but I also recognise the need to make driving less convenient if we want any chance of reducing the number of journeys. It is possible to have a different view and to debate that without making it about some innate character flaw or resorting to name calling.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?my point was that many of you > use this, air quality and other factors as the > reason you oppose anything that restricts > vehicles. It is notable how some people have suddenly become very concerned about pollution. Not enough to give up their car, but enough to campaign against schemes that make driving less convenient.

Btw, making it at easy as possible to drive around London by opposing any restrictions on motor vehicles, is an odd way to reduce emissions.

Another thread? You couldn?t have just added your thoughts to the 10 or so existing ones?

Less sunlit uplands, more the uplands pub circa 2000

Same

Please stick to the one thread on LTNs

Don?t feed the trolls

Wasn't the whole contrived 'voter fraud' thing something Farage was pushing for a bit? Johnson tried to neutralise it by putting voter ID in the manifesto? He's simply following through on something they promised to prevent Farage getting the wind in his sails again. It's on the fringes of the thinly veiled racism grift where Farage and others like to hangout.

I wonder whether it's more to do with tight vs loose cultures. The former is more likely to develop in areas, or situations where people feel higher levels of threat / less secure. If things where you lived had been in decline for a long time, you might see things through a different lens - one that where you're better disposed to promises of control, order, rules and a reduction in freedoms. We like to think we're all really rational and make good choices, but we're heavily influenced by the situation we find ourselves in and cognitive forces which we're barely conscious of.

Ronnijade Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some information. I work in a pub as bar staff and > as you all know it is now mandatory to wear masks > inside, social distancing, etc etc. > > Politics and personal views aside, I just want to > ask why you feel it?s okay to give me a hard time > about enforcing a literal law that could see me > out of a job if I didn?t tell you you need to wear > a mask. Why is it okay for you, knowing that I am > nothing more than bar staff, to rant to me in your > group of people who are all conveniently ?exempt? > why you are so entitled that you DONT want to wear > a mask, give me a shit time when I tell you that I > won?t be able to serve you because of this, to > shout at me in front of my customers because I?m > being ?brainwashed by the government? and give me > a rough time when all I?m trying to do is work my > job? Why do you come in just to argue, when you > know what the outcome will be every time? What is > the logic behind it? > > Thanks. > - A tired bartender. They feel it's OK to give you a hard time because they are asshats. Sorry you've had to deal with that nonsense.

There is (or was) very little bike parking on LL. Can't really see how anyone can object to a few bike racks being provided.

BillyOcean Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Best pub in East Dulwich today, has to be The > Great Exhibition or the Watson General Telegraph. Yeah agree with this

So agree with this. the Finsbury Park bike facility is great. Would be good to have something Similar at Brixton tube. Good facilities at Peckham Rye though.

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just to add that neighbours in my street have > suddenly (during the lockdown) acquired a > puppy/dog but don't seem to know how to look after > or control it. There seems to have been a lot of this - lockdown dogs. Slightly worried about what?s going to happen to them all when the new owners have to start returning to the office.

A real shame.

Otto2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What do you think is the best way to make bikes > easy to use? They def are smaller than cars so > more on street parking would be beneficial and > space-effective. What else would be good? That?s pretty much it. On street bike parking. Problem solved

niall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > waking up my baby. > > good tune! > > if they start playing smoke on the water, call the > police. :-)

Apparently there has been a bit of a spate of locker thefts in NW London. It's still got to be safer than just locking it on the street though and as northernmonkey says, you can always store a heavy lock there.

'visual descriptions of musical chords' apparently https://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/consultancy/projects/dulwich-park-conrad-shawcross-commission/

I think we only need 1 more and we'll be into double digits. Just seems a little excessive.