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Fred Flintstone style cars even better.

Self propelled wheeled vehicles. e.g. scooters, skateboards, bicycles, tricycles etc. I guess. Anything were people get about under their own power.

He's reporting on comments by Chris Whitty. I'm not sure anyone could accuse Chris Whitty of stoking culture wars; As he says, the data is indisputable - we need to get people moving more, improve safety and clean up the environment.

Thanks. I totally agree with Whitty on this. On the 'maths' that Whitty references, the IPPR highlight some interesting stats, for example, for every £1 spent on active travel infrastructure, there is an average return on investment of £5.62. Just 2 per cent of total transport budget is spent on infrastructure to support active travel. https://www.ippr.org/media-office/years-of-under-investment-in-englands-streets-has-left-people-walk-wary-and-cycle-cautious-says-new-report

Try taking off the blinkers. Whilst 'try taking off the blinkers' is a really insightful comment, could you expand a little? What do you disagree with - the £2.925 trillion, the role of the bond markets, or the demands for investment in public services?

Really like this place. Good food, reasonable price and super friendly

100%. Many of the problems that Labour have (after 1 year in office) are down to that 14 year legacy. They have very little room for manoeuvre. UK debt is around £2.925 trillion and the costs of borrowing are rising. The government is at the mercy of the bond markets. Meanwhile many services are on their knees and people are demanding investment.

Starting with Brexit, all the way through to drunken lock down parties, and then finishing on Liz Truss' 'mini budget', I would say it was fairly disastrous from start to finish.

Yes that's right; An open, lawful and democratic challenge.

Oh, I see. I think that could also be classed an open, lawful, and democratic challenge.

Was he? I wasn't aware of a plot. Do you have any details?

Don't know about the title of the article, but yes, I suspect it's the same around a number of schools / the area generally. Like I said, it makes sense that increases in term time traffic worsen local air quality.

Sounds like it, yes.

Would make sense that increases in term time traffic worsen local air quality.

I don't know about that. The transport section is pretty awful, but only because some use every conversation as a way to relitigate the changes around Calton Avenue. I'm aware I contribute by responding to those posts, but it is difficult when any discussion, of any transport topic, invariably gets brought back to this five year obsession a handful of people have.

Noticed the bollard (big bell shaped one) has again been torn up. Wonder how many times this has happened over the years and how much it's cost.

"Parents driving children to private schools is associated with a 27% increase in air pollution and congestion in a south London street, according to campaigners who are calling for private schools to make greater use of sustainable transport": https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jan/14/private-school-run-in-south-london-linked-to-27-per-cent-rise-in-air-pollution#:~:text=Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution.&text=The analysis by Solve the School Run,when only local state schools were open. More detail on the campaign group who did the research (I haven't looked at it that closely, so can't comment on how robust it may be): https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/dulwich-wards#:~:text=We found that there is a 50%,term time compared with the school holidays.&text=Our research for Herne Hill Junction%2C Dulwich%2C,school term time compared to school holidays.

Bullying? I’m not the one calling others names and creating ‘foe lists’. Presumably that is constructive debate, but sharing and discussing objective data is ‘bullying’. 🤔

Aka ‘obsession square’

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Welcome to the 'foe' list @Sue. I'm hoping we get some sort of badge?

That is funny 🥱. It doesn't remotely address any of my points. Dulwich Square is objectively safer than it was before. The data shows it. If you don't believe the data 🙄, then common sense tells you it's safer. Removing heavy vehicles, narrowing the road and increasing the size of the pedestrian area obviously reduces road danger. The fact that you don’t see the irony in your previous post is funny.

You don't see the irony in your relentlessly complaining about putting a barrier across a road to stop people driving motor vehicles through the square (apparently not a safety concern), but then demanding one in the same spot to stop people travelling through it on a bicycle (an urgent safety concern). Come on, be serious. I actually doubt anyone on this thread genuinely believes that it is difficult to cross the bike lane, or that Calton Ave is suddenly a dangerous space. Not one.

Seeing as nearly half of drivers admit to speeding in 20mph zones and we know that people cause significant numbers of deaths and injuries when travelling by motor vehicle, we should also have barriers across some of the roads in Dulwich? Oh hold on, that's what you've been objecting to! 🤣 There is just no consistency in these arguments. Provide any evidence at all that Calton Avenue is more dangerous now than it was previously. There is none. There is plenty that it is now safer. This really is just desperate and cynical fear mongering from people who will not accept a 2 minute diversion in their car, still. Half a decade on.

I was handed a packet of wildflower seeds the other day at the station. May take a little walk and see where I can scatter them. For the weed nerds amongst you, this is interesting https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdy9xySA/