Richmond Transits

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

Monday, March 14, 2011

Postman Pat's elastic bands lambasted for littering

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According to BBC News in a piece titled "Royal Mail's red rubber band use revealed " (what a catchy title guys...), Postman Pa...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

At last, TfL goes mobile

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Transport for London has finally realised that people need travel information the most, well, when they're travelling. Armed with this g...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Cyclists living in fear

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Seen on the BBC Helmet cameras capture bad d...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Curing the symptoms: plod in a van at the level crossing

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After realising red  light jumping at levels crossing is rife and having established that people running in front of trains isn't exactl...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

BBC - Mind The Gap: Why do south London trains suffer most in the snow?

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BBC - Mind The Gap: Why do south London trains suffer most in the snow? Another proof that our transport system is antiquated and no longuer...
Friday, November 05, 2010

Giving up infrastructure is rarely a good deal for users and tax payers

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Read this am: BBC News - High-speed rail link London to Folkestone is sold Since it cost GBP 5bn and was sold for 2.1b, I'm failing to s...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Waterloo: more Boris Bikes but still no sign of life for the Eurostar old platforms

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Two good posts this week on Londonist . The first one is on the continuing mystery of the old Eurostar platforms and why they cost £4.1 to ...
Monday, October 11, 2010

North Sheen level crossing: don't miss the public meeting on the 21st

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As posted todat on the Facebook group: Stuck at North Sheen Level Crossing , there will be a public meeting about the level crossing with Za...
Friday, October 08, 2010

Near miss at North Sheen level crossing

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On Wednesday, a mother on a bicycle with a child on the back and another on a bike attempted to cross while the lights were flashing. They g...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

TfL still has little ideas about cycling lanes...

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A sobering read in today's Evening Standard on the Elephant & Castle roundabout redesign. It is described as a cycling blackspot whe...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Is the FDA about to finally admit Europeans are right on antibiotics for cattle?

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Found this today: Is the FDA about to ban antibiotics for cows? Maryn McKenna explains ... - Boing Boing Here's why antibiotics in the f...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Do pigs fly? Apparently...

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A police helicopter registered as G-MPSB flew over North Sheen and Kew for about two hours this afternoon (over Lower Richmond road, Bicest...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

The Boris bike vs. the French vélib -unfair comparison?

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I've meant to post on this for quite a while, being a bit of a pedal addict and a huge propoenent of common-sense-commuting, i.e. not ta...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Cycle superhighways: an expensive joke?

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Read this today: BBC News - Testing a London 'Cycle Superhighway' This sems to me a bit like a joke: there's still the same spac...
Friday, July 02, 2010

The portakabin law

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Here's a new Law of building works: as soon as Portakabins are deployed, works will take at leat double the time. Here's the rationa...
Monday, June 28, 2010

How to con customers (and yes, supermarkets are very good at this)

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Here's a post I long intended to do, and this one prompted me to: Nothing To Do With Arbroath: EU to ban selling eggs by the dozen Now, ...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Some news on the level crossing: consultation next Thursday!

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The council just informed me that a public meeting will be held on the Manor Road level crossing, following that very ill advised planning a...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

The Kew fair...

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... Is an old fashion village fayre, complete with ferris wheel, galloping horses, flying chairs, and lots of nice stalls -crafts and food O...
Friday, May 21, 2010

And here's how Richmond council enforces parking...

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With a mobile camera car (an all new Toyota IQ, probably replacing the Smart cars?), parked on a double yellow line. This is of course timed...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Quote of the day

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Sometimes I like how a quote can be just flipped on its head, like that one: Tessa Jowell, Minister for London, said: "The people who c...
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