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How can one be sure that particulates/tyre particles don’t mostly/somewhat/always/never come from miles or even many miles away? My point is that if the main culprit is not mostly vehicles inside ULEZ then what would be a valid reason for its introduction in said zone? Is it accurate to say X people die because Y number of vehicles are driven in Z zone? The Boris buses were taken in to have sliding windows installed after complaints when they’d just been rolled out. It didn’t work as well as it could have. A big opening at the front of both decks would help push air through. Same problem on other models - no opening windows for a good portion of the front of top and bottom decjs.

Send the video to the link I posted above and also to your councillor and MP. It’s the only way we trip-fodder can do anything constructive.

It’s gladdening to see at least one person has pulled them up on this. And why not just remove the flyers? The council never takes them down even after the date by which you’re supposed to object or approve has long passed.

It was a suggestion not a fiat. Swathes of the Village and adjacent areas have no buses - the P4 is welcome, of course. Buses even smaller than the ones on the P13 route could provide a nimble and helpful addition. If the road is in effect a very long and pretty wide culdesac it ought to be opened up for public transport use while still respecting the fact it is a suburban area.

This curren bus upset/diversion has reinforced my fondness for the P13 and made me wonder whether opening up the Court Lane three-way LTN to small buses like this service help get things back on track, to use a metaphor from a different type of transport. Court Lane is wide, most houses have gardens out front to distance inhabitants from what would only be momentary engine noise and it’s ripe for actual use and being of service to the community. A small bus from Rye Lane to H Hill every fifteen minutes would help, don’t you think?

This upset/diversion has reinforced my fondness for the P13 and made me wonder whether opening up the Court Lane three-way LTN to small buses like this service help get things back on track, to use a metaphor from a different type of transport. Court Lane is wide, most houses have gardens out front to distance inhabitants from what would only be momentary engine noise and it’s ripe for actual use and being of service to the community. A small bus from Rye Lane to H Hill every fifteen minutes would help, don’t you think?

https://limebike.typeform.com/CommunityReport#bike_plate_number=GLXQAZ No need for the app and no need to fill in personal details.

Knock on the door and find out, just like I did!

Only the P13 on LL around 3pm today.

Queen Mary stopped off there once. She was on her way to see the rhododendrons in Dulwich Park (which she did annually, according to what I’ve read) and asked her driver to stop so she could speak to the owner.

How much pollution etc. blows in from outside any given area, in this case, ULEZ? How correct is it to say that X numbers of deaths or cases of illness could be avoided by expanding ULEZ? I think headlines are there to grab attention but not necessarily to inform fully (in general, not for anything specific).

I get a lot of window-envelope and postcards delivered at once which makes me think the individual postie or individual manager or the general management have decided on such a system to avoid a daily delivery. I will investigate. (I can’t believe I get seven postcards and two magazines one day as a normal occurrence.)

Expect congestion and associated pollution, safety hazards and argy-bargy on adjacent streets and no input from the school and/or local authorities to police these new infractions.

It is Dunstan’s that’s the school road. The cameras deter drivers but parents choose now to park illegally and hazardously in nearby streets. Given that the school hires itself out to summer schools etc. to make money, bad behaviour persists and congestion, idling engines multiply. (The council must have known that without physical attendants the problem would simply be displaced, wouldn’t it? Or am I crediting it with too much savvy?)

It’d make a better bank.

I’d like to see a bat in SE15/21/22 but haven’t yet. I did see, though, three cormorants sitting on a branch hanging over the water from the island in the lake in D Park this morning. Two were there yesterday when I walked past.

A walk down ED Grove into ED from the Village at what usually is rush hour this morning suggested to me that school traffic is mostly to blame for congestion/pollution around this area. No lines of traffic at all, just a handful of vehicles at the lights.

The restrictions on access to Dunstan’s have resulted in, surprise surprise, illegal and hazardous parking on Goodrich and Upland and Dunstan’s (the bit not restricted). The school does nothing to police this even though it has bought (with public money or money from PTA, etc.) portable bollards which it ought to use morning and afternoon to prevent parking on zigzags and DYLs. Basically, the problem has been shifted from one street to others.

Pedestrians don’t saunter in cycle lanes, so cyclists ought not to ride on footpaths. Not cycling on footpaths is polite, rational, reasonable, hazard-reducing and orderly so why is there support for pavement cyclists? It’s a vote for selfishness and inconsiderateness which we don’t need any more of. It’s endemic, which suggests to me that those who do it are indeed anti-social, even if they think that because they are helping reduce congestion and pollution, they can do as they please and disregard the rights of pedestrians and wheelchair users.

More and more drivers ignore the zebras - ie. when a passenger has set foot on one they still drive on. I wave like a loon at them for ages rather than shout or gesture. It works because they think “do I know that person?” before the penny drops and they realise they’re poor and dangerous drivers. Plus, it’s fun to have others stare at them.

Yes - I saw the first one I’ve seen this year more than a week ago. Lovely things

I saw a brown grasshopper, about 2” long, on my window frame today, which although is close to lots of foliage and not far at all from trees, is far from grass. It surprised me to see it there.

I read about this on a Southwark email but don’t know the process. I remember I matched the criteria. Please could someone provide a link or phone number.

They love bog-standard suet balls with seeds in them and also will take cheese rinds and stale cake/bread.

Four parents on (racing) bicycles on the footpath with kiddies riding beside on seen within five minutes on E D Grove this morning. When I pointed out that it was for pedestrians I got hard stares - pretty common to be angry once thry are told they’re in the wrong (especially when they always knew they were!). Also, two parents on Road on bicycles as their kids cycled very acceptably and legally on the pavement.