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exdulwicher

exdulwicher

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laurak Wrote:

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> Park was empty yesterday. It's an expensive trip

> to the swings. Well done Southwark, you now have a

> nice bit of empty green land in the middle of

> London!


Possibly it was empty because it was a Monday after half term, everyone is back at school / work and the weather was rubbish!


At least give it a few weeks to collate the impact of it, not just one day!

apbremer

apbremer

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tiddles Wrote:

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> The traffic wardens on bikes were buzzing around

> peckham rye car park yesterday. There is a two

> week grace period. All those poor soles in the CPZ

> zones can expect the same.


Perhaps the "poor soles" should migrate to the DP lake where they would feel at home!

Pugwash

Pugwash

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Can you text payments on a non SMART phone ( a basic phone costing less than ?60 - pay as you go) if not this will affect many disabled people who do not qualify for a blue badge especially those who have very limited hearing/ poor speech due to deafness/physical disability.
Sue

Sue

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Pugwash Wrote:

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> Can you text payments on a non SMART phone ( a

> basic phone costing less than ?60 - pay as you go)

> if not this will affect many disabled people who

> do not qualify for a blue badge especially those

> who have very limited hearing/ poor speech due to

> deafness/physical disability.



Somebody on another thread on here (I think, unless it was on Facebook) has said that you can.

peckhamside

peckhamside

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To spider69, I sympathise with your health issues but find it hard to believe that Dulwich is your nearest green space in this Borough if you need two buses and a long walk to get there. Plus if there were fewer cars the roads might be more pleasant for walking?
helen197140

helen197140

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I cant believe that Southwark want to add a parking fee to a public park. What a way to destroy the use of a green space that families can play in, older people can walk around and enjoy. There is no alternative place to par and increases parking problems and traffic in the village. This is not the way to get people fit by walking this is destruction of freedom . Well done Southwark - again another superb example of crap management
Super Sleuth

Super Sleuth

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Walked through the park Sunday afternoon and counted 10 cars with parking tickets! And several shocked car owners returning to their vehicles to find unexpected tickets under the windscreen wiper!!


Also noticed the Dulwich Park 'Old College Gate' entrance on College Road has an outward facing Park Information board welcoming visitors and advising next to a big blue P icon "Free Parking in Marked Bays Only". No mention anywhere of the newly introduced ?2 an hour charge!!


Come on Southwark - if you're going to introduce a tax on park users, at least make it clear to drivers entering the park that parking charges now apply!!

Metallic

Metallic

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Zig-Zag Wrote:

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> One car parked there today between 4.00 and

> 5.00ish. I know it was wet and a weekday but I

> walk to and round the park several times a week

> and have never seen only 1 car. No idea if people

> are parking elsewhere or avoiding the park

> altogether.


It would be good to remind visitors there is a 5mph speed limit at the same time! No one keeps to it. It is dangerous when there are small children and dogs here and there.

exdulwicher

exdulwicher

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bobbsy Wrote:

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> And the 5mph also applies to bicycles travelling

> around the park...few people if any stick to that.


Speed limits do not apply to bicycles because speed limits listed in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and also Rule 124 of the Highway Code relate to motor vehicles and not to bicycles.


There are one or two exceoptions - some of the Royal Parks have tried, with extremely limited success, to apply them to bikes and there's been maybe 2 or 3 high profile prosecution attempts in Richmond Park (where speeds of 40mph can be had on the long descent to Roehampton Gate).


Also, 5mph on a bike is far too slow, the cyclist will find it very difficult to balance at tat speed leading to wobbling and veering - which is more dangerous that just riding along at 10mph - the speed of a fast runner or a trotting horse. There are kids on skateboards and scooters doing more than 5mph too!

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