Richmond Transits

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

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Restaurant review: Skylon

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After some research for a business dinner close to Waterloo, I booked Skylon in the Royal Festival Hall. The room was vast, gymnasium sized...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Tube to cost £5 to fund Olympic, West London commuters bear the pain for no benefits

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While salaries are on hold (except if you're a tube driver and can hold the government to ransom to get a grand's bonus), public tra...
Friday, September 09, 2011

An airport encounter

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So there I was yesterday night having three hours to kill at FRA (Frankfurt airport), working in a half-empty noodle bar - MoshMosh ; if you...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

When will TfL realise they need more BorisBikes at Waterloo?

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Now the Summer's gone -and everyone's back-, it's cruelly obvious Transport for London need to add more capacity to its Barcla...
Friday, April 08, 2011

Why pay for the gym when you've got the Boris Bikes?

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A new application for the Boris Bikes. See also my previous posts on this cycle hire scheme: Waterloo: more Boris Bikes but still no sign of...
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...
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