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As for their removal - perhaps they did not fit with current building/safety guidelines, or perhaps someone thought they were tatty or perhaps someone thought it not a good thing to, in their mind, "glorify" the war and best to let it lie...?

It is not antipathy towards cyclists that those who complain have, but only towards those who decide to disobey the law, perhaps citing common sense or having a child with them. More people are cycling (though it is hardly hear Netherlands levels and likely never will) and more are walking/using their wheelchairs, etc. so it stands to reason that there will be more examples of bad and illegal behaviour by all (and yes, that includes pedestrians crossing at non-designated points in the road, wearing all black when it is dark, etc.). So, to avoid that getting worse, just do your best to be rational and lawful. Every time a cyclist just nips through a red (see Dulwich Village) or rides on a footpath(everywhere) then it compounds the problem - people complain and are then branded anti-cyclist rather than anti bad behaviour from cyclists. If you are one of them, please don't.

Cora - why not complain to the centre itself, and why not check with them ahead of time to see whether your required services are offered? You only live a short way away, you say, so you could easily pop in. (The NHS is a great service but it can't provide a bespoke service or let us all know its options at all times.) I have had great service there but with any big, impersonal organisation I don't take it as read that things will go smoothly unless I do a bit of homework first.

Packages (instead of parcels) You?re not in Friends! 💤

I disagree about C Green, Road. It?s much pleasanter there - much less muck and vandalism. Rye Lane is terribly under loved and the council seems to think it best to leave well alone which is a dereliction of duty to a poorer section of the borough.

N I raise is needed to fund our health and social care - abotu time too and I would gladly pay another 1%.

Thanks for that, Redpost - people need full information and costings before committing to a (seemingly) no-brainer solution. Public finances are not finite and this must be grasped - spending on X means less spending on Y.

It is a solution for some of the time. Doing nothing makes it worse - taht is a fact. Doing something clears it for a short time at the very least and may end up cheesing off the vandals so much they give in. It may seem like a hiding to nowhere but to do nothing is to accept defeat and business owners must take into consideration the fact they leave premises when they lock up and don't have to look at it as they are inside anyway.

A stand in postie pushed loads through today. I chatted to them - come from a town at least a hundred miles away and said Peckham was a right mess with trays and trays of old mail. Sickness from Covid and stress, etc. Offered to boss to do the same tomorrow - paid for from time of getting on train or bus, etc. to leaving said transport mode back at home town. Pretty lucrative but needs must, I suppose. (Don't want to say male or female or where from exactly as not fair.)

Leaving it to the world to do as it wishes is not a good idea. A very, very, very small minority of "citizens" are the litterers, fly tippers, vandals so you cannot just shrug your shoulders and say "well, that is the way it is" - too easy and not responsible for a council to do that. Letting teh vandals rule the roost is not a way forward.

How lovely! I hope, though, it does not end up like the semi-midden that is the rest of Rye Lane, which ought to have a council committee all to itself to make sure it is free of all the blights it has. Can you imagine Lordship Lane or Camberwell Road/Green being allowed to look like Rye Lane, with the litter, shop waste and vandalism? I suppose it is ok, because poor people don't need to be fussed about a friendly, clean and welcoming place to shop and socialise...? The station may well look great in the end and will be very welcomed but will stick out like a sore thumb if the nearby areas are not returned to an acceptable state.

A red/white sign has been put up at Dulwich Library but I am confused as to why, as it gives times yet we all know that if you go down Court Lane or Woodwarde you can't get onto Dulwich Village anyway. Is this sign, then, referring to another time-restricted route?

On Dawson's Hill I think was/is an owl - it hooted, not screeched but IDNK which kind it is. The Lake at D Park had a cormorant resting high up in a tree the other day.

Kindness is NOT the solution to everything, and it certainly does not stop you from being in or causing an accident. Rationality and facts and an awareness that there are thought-out rules and laws will get you much further than a Hallmark card epithet.

I have NO problem with children riding on the footpath, as I stated in my previous post. Using children as an excuse to do so, rather than showing them the optimal way - getting off and pushing - is what I object to.

More like sand12, fewer like Tom1975 and Beulah.

No, she is living her best life and being unapologetically etc. etc. etc. zzzz

yes, I saw that. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60071114 I hope they are near to figuring it all out and catching the culprits. Best wishes to her and her family

As for those who insist it is a myth to say that plenty of cyclists don't go through reds - in the space of 10 seconds, three did just that, even when they have their own dinky little lights and sequencing, at D Village. Spend all that money and see what you get...

march46 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It?s great that cargo bikes deliveries are taking > off in the area, I see a wide variety of companies > using them to get about. Better cycling > infrastructure gives them a competitive edge. > https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/20/c > argo-without-carbon-the-rise-and-rise-of-e-bike-de > liveries > Yes, I have seen a fair few of these about and am glad to see them. Likewise (road) cycling parents can be seen dotted about on these. Some Deliveroo, etc. employees use standard pushbikes or e-bikes, even electric Vespas. We are, though, a very long way from this becoming the norm, especially when it comes to the "school run" (which I don't even think was a phrase thirty years ago, at least not in my experience). > This website is great if you?d like to support > businesses choosing to deliver their services / > goods by bike - lots of options for SE22 postcode > http://broughtbybike.com/findacompany/

Ok, you don;t like him, we get it. But if you have two hours notice and you don't have a magic wand or extra roadspace waht do you suggest is done? This is about an unexpected event at a hitherto unknown location. Can a council have a plan for every location? I doubt it. Sometimes, it is just bad luck.

He is saying it is to do with another body, not the council - you can call it blaming if you are really not a fan of his for other reasons but another person who has no involvement with the LTN etc. would read it as someone spelling out a fact rather than deflecting. The council comes in for a lot of flack, sometimes unwarranted, so if it is pretty rational for him to say "not me". I think any councillor would do this.

If it is emergency work, the utilities can do as they please but need to inform the council soonest: https://www.gov.uk/street-works-licence-england-scotland-wales I have no idea of the circumstances that are linked to today's situation.

Beulah - only cyclists doing wrong things are public enemy. It is ok for kids to be on pavements, so no problem there, but you do not have discretion to alter the law as you see fit. I hope you don't ever cause an accident - the guilt of that would seriously damage you, but not as much as it would any pavement-strolling innocent.

If it?s emergency works maybe there?s no way the council can intervene. I?m not sure so if someone knows the rules please tell us so we know the facts.