Richmond Transits

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

Thursday, December 20, 2012

To TfL re. Barclays Cycle Hire update PRICE DOUBLING

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Hello, I would like to know what the rationale is behind DOUBLING those fares and what plans you have to improve your service levels? C...
Friday, December 07, 2012

Richmond pubs: the blog!

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Some reading for the winter month, with this blog that reviews all Richmond pubs: http://richmondpubguide.blogspot.co.uk/ Good reading, a...
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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...
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