Richmond Transits

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

Monday, October 08, 2012

IKEA, flat packed house fires?

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Melting transformer under the stairs, house fire narrowly avoided... Thank you not #IKEA. Wondering if that's a common oc...
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Friday, October 05, 2012

The catholic school issue

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It's not hard to get lost in the Great School Debate that's filling in the RTT front page and letters column, let alone several Fac...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Richmond park given a rebuke on parties

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The park is a very special place indeed, but it seems not everyone is in agreement on what that means. The Friends of Richmond Park like i...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

On the LBRUT's catholic obsession

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There's been much coverage about the London Borough of Richmond plan to open a catholic secondary school.  It would be all well IF there...
Monday, September 17, 2012

How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky?

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The Beeb wakes up after under-reporting past cases with this article: BBC News - How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky? Interesti...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Stowaway death is a chilling reminder that the Heathrow runways point directly over London and 2 millions Londoners

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A stowaway fell on a Sheen road on Sunday: UPDATE: 'I heard a monstrous bang', says woman after body found in street (From Richmond...
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Friday, September 07, 2012

How to milk a captive market? Tap commuters

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Rail commuters probably wonder what made them look so much like the golden eggs goose when reading pieces such as this one: Rail fare rises:...
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...
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