Richmond Transits

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

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Another accident at North Sheen level crossing

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Another proof that a level crossing has no place in a dense urban setting. A vehicle smashed a barrier at the level crossing on Manor r...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Liborate the Boris Bikes?

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Saw this picture on a BarclaysCycle bike ( @barclayscycle ) and it reminded me of this conversation on the BorisBike Forums ( @twitter.co...
Monday, July 02, 2012

Cyclist fatalities increase in London -I squarely blame TfL for not providing adequate infrastructure

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Cyclists in the City just came up with this Boris-seeking missile:  Outrageous: 33% more pedestrians killed, 60% more cyclists killed and 2...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Works in Waterloo: an improvement or just a cash making scheme?

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The Evening standard continues with their objective questionable journalistic, er, standards and regurgitates yet another press pack, t...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Lobbies and lazy journalism

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Here's a great example of lobbies taking over column inches, in this case on a subject that's close to my heart: David Camero...
Friday, May 04, 2012

Barclaycard, you're failing to provide a good customer experience to commuters

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This is a follow-up from my previous post: Dear BarclayCard... My beef with BarclayCard ( BARC:LN , @barclaycard ) isn't over, I...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Dear BarclayCard...

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I like two in ones. Go-fast estate cars. Choc-biscuits. Fridge-freezers.  The idea of a Swiss knife usually works: unless you're after s...
Friday, April 27, 2012

North Sheen Footbridge update

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Local politicians are busy visiting us before next week's elections, including the chap who's designed a new version . They seem t...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Kennington People on Bikes: Why didn't we use the cycle path?

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Here's a good blog post by Kennington People on Bikes: Why didn't we use the cycle path? Their picture  is worth a thousand words a...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

At long last, Dutch-style cycle parking and repair shed in Richmond?

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The Richmond and Twickenham Times reports today that Richmond station  gets (is to someday) new cycle hub .  Transport Minister Norman B...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The lost orchards of North Sheen and Richmond Council's cunning plan to impose a new tax?

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It seems the Richmond Planning department nowadays is quite liberally (and not very democratically) letting through semi-high-rise in No...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Has cycling reached a critical mass in London?

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London Cycling Campaign has blogged about how safe bike lanes and junctions will persuade us to cycle more. It commissioned a survey, wh...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Good to see cyclists campaigning against road planning

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I've long said that TfL has got absolutely no clue on incorporating cycling into the urban fabric, or in other words they're abs...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

My questions to Barclays Cycle Hire managers

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Thanks for your email, It comes right in time. Together with other users, we were stuck at Waterloo yesterday around 1900 as all neigh...
Saturday, October 01, 2011

Wondering what rabbits would write on signs before their homes...

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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...
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