Fewer streets faster traffic?
A chap called Breass discovered the best overall flow of traffic may not be by the most direct route. In fact adding direct routes can slow down traffic. The corollary is removing shorter more direct...
View ArticleED Changes for 2014/15
Every year local ward councillors get to decide how to spend some devolved Cleaner, Greener, Safer budget. The scheme started when Lib Dems first led the council in 2002 with only one year when it...
View ArticleCouncil Crashes
Southwark Council officials have recently been suggesting that council vehicles crashing into cyclists 13 time in 1.2million miles driven by staff, who are professional drivers, is ok or even good....
View ArticleSouthwark 20mph
Southwark is introducing 20mph speed limit on all roads except those controlled by TfL or the Dulwich Estate. This has been a long time coming with the strategy agreed when Lib Dems led the council....
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St.Francis Road Luck Needed
Years ago the Abbotswood Estate was built. Part of it include some cycle and pedestrian shared paths. But despite asking years ago (when I chaired Southwark Cyclists) they’ve never had a dropped kerb...
View ArticleDangerous Junction
The more that I look at the areas around the junctions go Townley Road with Lordship Lane the more convinced I am that we can make it much better. Currently its crash magnet and a local hotspot for...
View ArticleRing Road Money Pit
I was horrified to read that Boris Johnson has asked TfL to work up plans for a £30bn ring road tunnelled under London. Apart from the traffic generation and extra air pollution it would cause £30bn is...
View ArticleKill Puffins
Transport for London has decided to stop installing Puffin crossings. Horray! The UK is the only western country to have such a signalled crossing design un the Puffin crossing where crossing...
View ArticleFarcical Southwark Cycle Strategy
Tuesday evening Southwark Labour agreed their Southwark Cycling Strategy. It has a number iof flaws. One of the most stark omissions beign around ensuring cycle facilities stay open. One of the key...
View ArticleGreener Travel Plan Enforcement
At Southwarks Planning sub-Committee A 15 October we had to decide on a Dulwich school re organising its parking. It caters for 5-13 year old boys. This application was designed to enable a more secure...
View ArticleRoundabout Repeated Mistakes
Transport for London with Southwark Council are consulting about changing to the northern Elephant & Castle roundabout. They plan to remove the SE corner. It will mean everyone has to travel a lot...
View ArticleSchool Admissions and Congestion
The biggest industry and businesses in the Dulwich area are in education. Not just the required schools for local children – the 3 out of the 4 state secondary school or 11 infant and primary schools...
View ArticleChaotic Southwark Highway Renewals
Southwark Labour have just confirmed what roads and pavements they will renew over the next three financial years. It’s great they plan to spend more over the next three years but to fund this they...
View ArticleEast Dulwich New Capital Projects
2002 Southwark Lib Dems initiated the Cleaner, Greener, Safer programme where each ward in Southwark gets a pot of capital money to allocate to new projects. Last night we decided which projects to...
View ArticleSouthwark New Parking Standard Chaos
Southwark Council have changed it’s planning rules around car and bicycle parking for new developments. The overall aim is to ensure better provision for cyclists and more sensible car parking levels....
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Bike Hangers Coming To East Dulwich
2013/14 several East Dulwich residents applied for Cleaner, greener, Safer Capital funding for secure Bike Hangers cycle parking in East Dulwich. An initiative pushed by Southwark Cyclists and one I...
View ArticleLib Dem Manifesto
Earlier this week the Lib Dems launched our manifest for the general election. I think it’s great – do you?
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New London Lorries
I’m really chuffed to see that the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) campaign for a new lorry design they started two years ago to minimise crashes with cyclists is coming good. Construction lorries are...
View ArticleCycle Parking Limit The Cycle Revolution
Cycling in London has dramatically increased for London residents commuting into central London. In 2011 London 8.3% of such commuters cycle – it feels much higher now. Apart from safer routes to...
View ArticleLondon Taffic Casualties Up
Crashes involving people being injured are up. They’re up 13% on last year. Killed and serious injuries are down for all categories except motorcyclists. But overall casualties are up due to slight...
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