James Barber

Hi ultraburner, I'm negative because the design ignores the problems the proposed junction designs are already causing when just junctions without the cycle lanes. I've given two examples of where these types of junctions already don't work. Do take a look during rushhours and then tell me I'm wrong. The proposals appear to ignore the experiences of Amsterdam and Copenhagen. With all due respect to ruffers the expecation would be much higher cycle flows coming from further away on average (Utrecht is a much smaller less populated town). So many of the cyclists would expect to cycle further and faster (proven maximum time people are willing to commute) and be less likely to dawdle on such facilities. The scheme would work if it was only intended for low numbers of cyclists. But the intent which I applaud is to significantly boost cycling. At the northern end of the route they're proposing one-way cycle lanes each side of the road, then merging them into one two-way cycle route in the middle and southern sections. It's muddled thinking. From my cycle campaigning experience once they blow a significant amount of money on a scheme if it's not right, unless it's clearly killing people, it won't be changed or corrected for a decade or two and we'll be stuck with it. Please take a look at Churchyard Row/Newington Butts and Wellington/Waterloo Bridge junctions during evening rushhour. You'll see many cyclists waiting for the lights to change. They bunch rather than queue backwards to ensure they'll get across on the next green phase. Imagine this at every red light along the route blocking the opposing cyclists. If they do proceed with two-way segregation then they need to significantly widen the throat of each area cyclists will wait when the lights are red and the opposing receiving throat for cyclists to filter back down into a stream of regular proposed lane widths. This is done for motor vehicles so it isn't as if the traffic engineers don't understand the need for this. Hi Too Good To Be True, The research shows that cyclists will only go further for clear safety benefits. Avoiding the E&C roundabout is a very clear safety benefit. The proposed indirect route from E&C to St.George's appears no safer than the current bus and cycle one-way contraflow route directly along London Road. Similar cycle parking research shows very few cyclsits will park their bicycles more than 20m from their destination. Hence all the fly bike parking you see.

I've gone through the proposals in detail. Apart from my current role of East Dulwich councillor, I used chair Southwark Cyclists for a number of years campaigning for better cycle facilities. I'm really disappointed with what is proposed. I would not expect to use these facilities while cycling around town but remain on the parallel roads. Two-way segregated cycle faciltities are really retrograde - I've not seen these while cycling around on busy Amsterdam and Copenhagen streets. The proposals clearly have no understanding of the current facilities and junctions that effectively are planned to repeated in this scheme. Current problems cyclists are encountering with cyclists congestion (Churchyard Road/Newington Butts, Wellington Street/Waterloo Bridge southbound lights). It means cyclists bunch to avoid missing a green phase blocking the opposing direction of cyclists. It also means they block pedestrians walking along the road. Sad that no mention of a green wave of signalled junctions working together so cyclists don't need to stop once they hit the perfect speed a la Copenhagen - which also works well for motor vehicles. This would help avoid cyclsits bunching at traffic lights as well as speeding up journeys. The route from Elephant & Castle to St.George's Circus is indirect. Cyclsits already cyclnig the route will ignore the new facility. New cyclsits will soon realise they're being sent on a daft indirect route. Also talk of severe disruption for over a year on the route. This would be aleviated by seperate one-way cyclse lanes which each take up less space and in many cases wouldnt need central islands etc being repositioned.

Southwark Council is looking for residents to volunteer as mystery shoppers who are willing to fairly assess an record information about using Southwark Council services. If you're interested either call the team on 020 7525 4838 or email [email protected] And please do let me know how you get on.

The official stats are released in January once remarking etc has been undertaken. But isn't it good that the Southwark Junior School improvements are bearing such fruit. In 2003 when current GCSE pupils were starting in year 1 Southwark education was still being managed by contractors before we ensure Southwark Council education dept was credible again (it had failed two Ofsted inspections). The biggest issue I used to hear from secondary school heads was the lack of progress their new pupils had made at junior school. Without this problem we're seeing great results. These results will continue to improve until all our Southwark children have spent all their educational experiences in great Southwark Schools. So by my reckoning we should see another 3-4 years of GCSE improvements before things settle down.

Hi LS1234, Can you please PM or even better email me the name of the Southwark Officer who told you this? Hi ITATM, Yes, sounds daft - on the case once LS1234 gives me a name.

Hi ITATM, I'm not aware of such a rule. WE have a number of dropped kerbs on Ashbourne Grove with white lines being repainted and we're about to havthe same on Elsie Road. In both cases the road was resurfaced and no one has proposed double yellow lines. It's been a fight to get the white lines put back but council officials were clear no lining was the new Southwark standard. Sayign all that when CPZ was mooted for Elise Road they were asked if they wanted double yellow lines of white lines during the consultation.

Hi Pugwash, It also means that you can access your drive to come and go when suits. I suspect the double yellow lines were more to do with being on a curve in a busy road and ensuring sightlines. Hi LS1234, What you've described is one option but a number go in without such double yellow lines every year locally. Council policy has been changed to no longer place white lines. Technically same laws apply but practically people are more likely to park across a drive without a white line. Not the smartest decision ever taken by the current administration. If you email me privately we can talkabout the specifics of your location and what is possible.

Hi singalto, No justo ur sgt and 2 others officers from across south Southwark out of team of 46. They plan to cover this with overtime.

Son and daughter at 8 loved: - Imperial War Museum with hot dog style lunch. - Science Museum and Launchpad + demonstrations of explosions, rockets. as well as perennial favourite Horniman Museum.

Hi Chris, The next round of Cleaner, Greener, Safer funding opens in September. In November/December we decide which schemes as councillors to support and they'd then start happening April 2015->Mar 2016. As soon as the scheme is opened I'll add the link to this thread.

I was assured last year summerthat that section would be repaired in the Autumn 2013. I'll chase that down. Bloody annoying. That whole area is a bit of a pickle.

Thanks P68 for pointing out my typo.

You could also try the Local History Studies Library. They'll have pictures of every memorial in Southwark - we have many. The local studies library is behind the John Harvard Library: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200161/local_history_library

I also received this letter yesterday which was as clear as mud. But also enclosed was a leaflet telling me I needed to register to vote. But the letter said I didnt need to do anything! The last paragraph of the leaflet states "If you have registered yourself at your current address sicne 10 June 2014 in England and Wales or 19 Septeber 2014 in Scotland - and you have not moved home since - you will be registered to vote under the new system." THIS IMPLIES TO ME THAT I WILL NEED TO REGISTER TO VOTE VIA www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Hi Alan Miedic, Our local Police Sgt. and two other offers from the area are being seconded to help protect the NATO Summit in SE Wales. Hi KK, http://www.alertbox.co.uk/ Little boxes with alert buttons on them. When a shop or buiness presses the alert button all the nearby boxes alarm stating the premise that pressed the button and usually lots of people dash to help investigate why the alert was sounded. A very useful tool in the Business Watch scheme we have locally that has over 100 businesses involved and one of the largest in he UK I'm told.

Hi Nigello, Southwark Council are finally implimenting the 20mph policy for the borough agreed way back in 2008. So my hunch is this sign will be revealed with many others - hence why its covered. Seems a little OTT and I'll ask that we justreveal it rather than spend money installing, covering and then uncovering. Thanks for piointing it out I must have walked past it last night and missed it!

At last nights ward panel 20 August 7pm Christ Chruch 263 Barry Road I took the following notes: Burglary Single occupancy flats really attractive. Easy for criminals to pick out targets. 9 burlaries in total. 1 house x 3 flats inside burgled, 1x2, 4x1 over 4 week periodSo three buildings hit with communal entries - slipped communal doors for access - kicked flat doors open. 1x2 attempted as well. But also another 5x1 within 100m of East Dulwich ward Methods of entry - day time - doors facing streets - slipped doors - Forced windows - Open goals - doors / windows left unlocked or leaflets/letters left sticking out of doors for suffieicnt time for burglars to realsie occupants away (please push these throguh for neighbours). Front gardens high hedges, etc hiding illegal entries. One artifice burglary (gardening offered at ridiculous price and then while walking through house to garden items stolen). 5 burglars arrested but no reduction in levels. Police actions taken: - Crime prevention patrols daily - Cocooning mandated for Southwark burglaries Southwark (10 homes behind, 10 across, 5 either side pro actively offered crime prevention advice as VERY high chance of such properties beign targetted next). Offering advice is one thing but neighbours need to take and act on advice to minimise risk of being burgled. - Massive increase in NeighbourHood Watch volunteers to 38 on 22 different local street by PCSO Wisson (37) covering: Archdale Road, Ashbourne Grove, Barry Road, Chesterfield Grove, Crawthew Grove, Crystal Palace Road, Darrell Road, Elsie Road, Fellbrigg Road, Friern Road, Heber Road, HEnslowe Road, Lacon Road, Landcroft Road, Landells Road, Matham Grove, North Cross Road, Pellatt Toad, Rodwell Road, Upland Road, Worlingham Road, Zenoria Street. Please get in touch if youd like to know who you're NHW coordinator is. Equally if'd you'd like to become one let me know and we'll help make it happen. Motor Vehicle Crime - last 4 weeks. 3 vehicles stolen - high value motorbikes 8 thefts from vehicles Mostly overnight - UMV thefts high value items left on offer - satnavs, mobiles, tool boxes, etc. Component theft Robbery - last 4 weeks Only one commercial robbery and no personal robberies Conc. enforcement patrols around -East Dulwich Grove - East Dulwich station - Operation Protect still going strong - Shift to POS during school holidays - Police horses visited Dulwich (sspect they like the park which historically has high summer holiday thefts but zero). Last 3 months - 1 commercial. 1 personal robberies. Dulwich Road Casualty Reduction initiative Ideal community speed watch - report back registration of speeders and police contact them Plenty of volunteers. Plenty of ides Lots of partners Stalled by a little bureaucracy Anticipate starting of community speed check in Summer. Junior schools - have used them. Safest ward in borough - July - 9 burglaries - 4 criminal damage - 4 drugs - 1 other notifiable offences - 20 theft & handling (mostly shops) - 19 violence against the person (almost all domestic related / most a couple of victims). Alertboxes - still in use. Biggest Business Watch in London using them ( I'm very proud thaT I made this happen as a ward councillor). Is their a mark 2 - add medical. Cannabis farm - EDG, Goodrich, Silvester. ED station - gang culture / keep robberies down. Youths using public transport to get around. REcent partner working with train oeprator British Transport Police appears to have really helped reduce robberies locally. CCTV not thought would be helpful - past reported knife robbers arrested and crime took place to NE of statino outside the ward.. Engagement - twitter - starting an East Dulwich account next month. - St.Johns ambulance - engaging with their yound members. - schools - school visits etc. - Notting Hill Carnival - big impact on local officers policing there. - NATO summit - our sgt will be away for 10 days.

East Dulwich ward Safer Neighbourhood Team is a local dedicated resource to our area. They're ward based. East Dulwich ward has about 15,000 residents. It is composed of 1 x sgt. Stewart Turnbull, 1 x PC Adrian Crust, 1 x PCSO Louise Wisson Around every other month they meet with a ward panel of local residents who help agree local Police priorities and every other month a public meeting. They also attend Dulwich Community council meeting which meet roughly every other month. Their contact details are: http://www.police.uk/metropolitan/00BEGH/ [email protected] 07920 233912

I'm meeting our loal Police tonight - public meeting at Christchurch 263 Barry Road 7-9pm. Please feel free to come along and tell people you want speed limits enforced. Cllr Jonathan Mitchell, Cllr Rosie Shimell and myself have ensured our local Police have two different speed measuring devices so they can enforce speed limits (they don't like callnig them speed guns). I will ask if they can do some work on Barry Road. Have you spotted this speeding happening at a particulate time or day of the week?

Hi nxjen, It wont be binding but it will give direction to TfL staff. I would hope any new major would tweak the plan and rephase rather than replace it. London needs longterm planning.

This is a really important plan for the wider area. The first meeting about this I attended was in 2005 when local councillors were dead against such developements. So it is fanatastic news - it was one of my lots election pledges. If you email the problems you've encountered I'll try and get answers for you. I've used the consultation form - https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ShowForm.asp without problems. Another good way to get involved is to join: http://www.friendsofgreendale.org.uk/ Membership is free but donations are welcome.

Hi Belle, I've been informed today that two different Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams (Goose Green playground is on the border of 4 different wards) are making reoslivng this a priority.

Exactly what we've asked for as per Police request to reduce local crime. I'll try finding out when.

Hi Belle, I received an email suggesting most likely times and officers are organising some visits. fingers crossed resolved easilly and the young people concerned are sign posted to more fun use of their time.

Hi indya, On the case.