Spartacus

Don't forget you also need lead in your pencil Billy 😉

How do they (the authors of research papers) work our kms travelled Are they monitoring all cars, or doing surveys ? If surveys then are they asking a wide enough group to get a valid mean average as using a small group can skew results in either direction. To be honest, in my view the figures show a marginal decrease in kms travelled within ltns (0.6 of a km daily) , but a jump outside of between 0.4 and 0.6 of a km outside. It also shows an increase in traffic from pre ltn to post ltn in all areas and if you multiply the average daily change in kms by the volume of traffic you soon start to see why Rockets is correctly summarising that LTNs have increased traffic overall. What it also fails to show is traffic outside of the LTN boundaries (in our case on the south circular and Lordship Lane) by cleverly using the term near the ltn. Let's be honest, ltns aren't the answer, we need proper shared use of roads by all with better driving/cycling/walking by all because until we get there it's always going to be group x vs group y !

Interesting You can ask in advance for crime stats to be available and the more other residents who go, the less of a private club it becomes

Radical idea Rather than just arm chair moaning about perceived or real crime in the area, approach your local safer neighbourhood team and ask to sit at the next panel meeting where you can hear crime stats straight from the horses mouth* and raise your concerns * please note, police horses won't be in attendance at the meeting 🙄

One issue Jellybeanz is that installing cctv is one thing Having the resources to monitor it and even more police resources to respond to crime is another. Most crininals know how to avoid cctv and not to show their face on it. It's possibly rare that the resources exist to catch someone seen doing what is seen as "Petty" crime when the resources are targeted towards more serious crimes. Best to campaign for a bigger local police team who may actually then have the resources to nip things in the bud.

Nothing to do with desperate times More an opportuist or someone who does this regularly. Send the images to the police as next time it may be someone's medicine that ate desperate for 🤔

If you ride a motorbike you're a biker But what's the equivalent for a moped driver (keep it clean folks) Alice I think the distinction is between pedal cycle users and electric bikes users

TfL claim they are 90% back to pre pandemic usage on the network https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65821633 Yet still the no 12 is a reduced service and packed most days. What can we and the councillors do ?

Cars can move over to let emergency vehicles through. An event on the road on the other hand 🤔

They just had that on the news and lambeth council claim its good for local businesses, which I think can really be read as "good for the local council" as only a few businesses will get a short uplift but will possibly need to increase staff to manage it. Gotta love council spin doctors

Let's be honest, a CPZ won't make the roads clear for buses, that's achieved via urban clearway, red routes and bus lanes. A CPZ will just add parking bays that residents and visitors pay for! It won't magically clear the road of all parked cars. Of course, even if we do achieve faster bus journeys tfl won't increase the frequency and buses will stack up along the route whilst passengers listen to "the driver has been instructed to hold this bus for a short while to even out the service" As others have queried, can someone point to where in labour's election manifesto it said they were going to roll out a Borough wide CPZ tegardless if its needed or not ?

The buses goes back to when the council did put a speed hump in which broke the chassis of the old routemaster buses causing TfL to divert them away from Barry Road and to run along Lordship Lanr until the hump was removed. I think there is also concerns that with buses and lorries using Barru Road that vibrations from big vehicles going over humps will damage property leaving the council potentially liable

As discussed earlier The freebies (apart from courses) were delivered in advance of Eric's opening so the queues are genuine punters excited by fresh baked goods 😀

Saw this on twitter and had to laugh Even funnier when you read other reviews on sites like amazon. Obviously he has spare time on his hands which could be used to solve knife crime, poverty and world peace 😀 Joking aside he seems ro be working on his next book by claiming he is reducing this pea souper fug we all see in London every day 😅

The Mayor's stance in that article reminds me of the classic American Road Sign "SLIPPERY WHEN WET"

Is that birdsong I can hear from Peckham Rye Park already? 😅

Is today the last day as they seem to have started Friday ?

I read that as "Pass" but obviously missed the silent "i" 😳

Just saw this on nextdoor obviously the wishes of the residents are being respected here by the council

Like I asked, what benefit does it really offer to residents ? I can see what it offers the council!

Whilst I get that it's her intention, does she say what benefit it offers residents?

With the recent improvements to Peckhan Rye Station, I hope that one is also in the running

About a decade ago there were studies that looked at removing street signs and traffic lights where drivers felt less safe driving or approaching junctions. As a result they drove slower. Not sure what happened as a result of that study but it was an interesting idea.

It does strike me that all the posturing on "it is about the children and stopping them breathing in pollution" is a bit mad when a bigger threat to their health now and in the future is obesity caused by poor food choices and junk food. If councils really are determined to make a difference to child health they should ban fast food outlets within walking distance of schools and transport interchanges, which in my opinion would have a far better long term health impact then banning cars which are all slowly turning green. Active travel is important before anyone jumps up and down (good exercise 😄) but trying to remove one "bad" element without focusing on others that impact health is fairly pointless. I did read somewhere that in Anerica this is the first generation where parents are expected to outlive their kids due to obesity. But I guess it's easier to demonise car drivers than make substantial changes to real life issues.

Who needs to police cyclists dismounting as Mal asked. Simply put large chicaine type bike gates at each end of the square so cyclists are forced to slow down when entering and leaving the square. Pedestrians and wheel chair users can get through the gates but cyclists can't just barrel through without slowing down to negotiate them. Any cyclists feel like object to an idea like this based simply on slowing them down for safety ?