Richmond Transits

A blog about Richmond upon Thames local issues by a local resident.

Friday, November 30, 2007

What is the problem with level crossings?

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The Richmond and Twickenham Times seem to think it's bad driving: Natalie Fay reports a case where a driver sped to cross, hit a barrie...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Common green sense?

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More cars, maybe need more roads? Drivers Voice: Call to Build More Roads Common sense? What's the economic impact of the UK being gridl...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Londonist: What Next For Waterloo?

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The short sighted running of the Capital's transport network can't be better epithomised by the fact plans are not finalised for the...
Monday, November 26, 2007

BA can spam you but you can't spam BA!

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BA sent me their thoughts about Heathrow expansion, so I thought I'd do the same. Here's their answer.... I've asked their press...
Saturday, November 24, 2007

When plan B is not an option either

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Richmond residents are quite well placed when in comes to transport networks: we've got easy access to the M3 (via the A316), M4 (via Ke...
Friday, November 23, 2007

More on Heathrow

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My comments and some other good ones here: BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Heathrow airport expansion. Your views? The one from Rich...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Is sustainability sacrificed on the Heathrow altar?

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Read this today: Stansted runway plan scrapped in favour of Heathrow growth - Times Online Doesn't this prove two things? - That the gov...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

25 million exposed to risk of ID fraud - Times Online

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Absolutely amazing story. The Tory MPs had a field day grilling government on why they did not comply with data privacy laws (although they ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Disjointed (and not accessible)

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Posted some thoughts as comments on this Going Underground post: Wouldn't it great if the London transport network was more joined-up?...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

Mayor's evening flop

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Tried to go and see the fireworks tonight: Lord Mayor's Show: The Lord Mayor’s Fireworks Arrived at North Sheen Station to see the train...

Could this have been avoided?

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The whole neighboorhood has been talking about this tragic event, a there has been a fatality at North Sheen crossing: Man's death spark...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

Keep taxing us, but the problem won't go away

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These days, it seems that to many problems the solution is "more taxes" when it's up to the governement or a local authority t...
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Monday, October 29, 2007

Londonist: Save Smithfield Market

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Saw this on Londonist: Save Smithfield Market . I really like Smithfields , and in general industrial architecture from 18th and 19th centu...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Should Americans eat more excrements (or just camembert?)

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In this Slate article, Kent Sepkowitz asks whether the food chain is too clean? Why Americans should eat more excrement. - By Kent Sepkowitz...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

RTT article on Garden road redevelopment

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The Richmond and Twichenham Times has published an article about Garden Road redevelopment in which they quote me: Residents fear waste sit...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007

All that money down the Drain

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This morning, the Waterloo & City line was again closed. Signal failure apparently. While I was walking (20 mn, good for me and it was...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Solving the email quota problem

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Now, as I've mentionned before not everyone is disciplined with email and with the amount of email I get every day I blow-up my server q...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Petrol rip off?

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I subscribed a while back to PetrolPrices.com to try minimise my petrol bill. It's a great service that tells you where petrol is cheap...
Friday, September 14, 2007

Update on the update on the North Sheen station footbridge

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View Larger Map Following onto our campaign for a second footbridge at North Sheen station, we chased up our MP, Susan Kramer, who in turn c...
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Friday, September 07, 2007

Offices or homes?

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This article from the Richmond and Twickenham Times states that the bourough lacks affordable housing. What really puzzles me then is why...
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