In reply to Post #40
That's hopeful
That's hopeful
He might have stopped for a chat if shouty bike bloke had had a mask on.
Does seem a rubbish scheme ... But it's one of the few areas that Khan and Johnson agree on, isn't it?
Does seem a rubbish scheme ... But it's one of the few areas that Khan and Johnson agree on, isn't it?
In reply to Post #43
To be honest I think they are both oblivious to what's really going on.
Boris announced money for new bus lanes. There's not many more lanes they can do in London so it will be mostly elsewhere.
Now encouraging people out of their cars onto busses (if they are reliable of course) can be a good thing but you wait until cars are held up, you might see some new faces on here contributing to the thread
To be honest I think they are both oblivious to what's really going on.
Boris announced money for new bus lanes. There's not many more lanes they can do in London so it will be mostly elsewhere.
Now encouraging people out of their cars onto busses (if they are reliable of course) can be a good thing but you wait until cars are held up, you might see some new faces on here contributing to the thread
In reply to Post #44
I enjoy cycling to work when I can, but I have to move goods and tools about. Which means a van. I started my first job of the year in Hammersmith and Fulham this week. Traffic was 5hit, then I had to pay £60 to park for the day because its a diesel
even though its euro 6
I enjoy cycling to work when I can, but I have to move goods and tools about. Which means a van. I started my first job of the year in Hammersmith and Fulham this week. Traffic was 5hit, then I had to pay £60 to park for the day because its a diesel
even though its euro 6
In reply to Post #45
In reply to Post #46
It's ridiculous, obviously I have to pass that on, and since the place isn't very secure and unoccupied insurance isn't really an option on the tools, so I need the van for the duration of the job. So I get penalised for needing a van but that plick sadiq can bowl about in a range rover?
I wish him luck on his reelection campaign
It's ridiculous, obviously I have to pass that on, and since the place isn't very secure and unoccupied insurance isn't really an option on the tools, so I need the van for the duration of the job. So I get penalised for needing a van but that plick sadiq can bowl about in a range rover?
I wish him luck on his reelection campaign
In reply to Post #47
He probably drives in the bus lanes and through the modal filter cameras.
He needs to ditch that Chelsea tractor and get on a Boris bike.
He probably drives in the bus lanes and through the modal filter cameras.
He needs to ditch that Chelsea tractor and get on a Boris bike.
In reply to Post #4
"Londoner's whinging about billions spent on improving their high earning environment. Whilst 90year old ex Cheveley Park cryptographer Fanny, in Rhyl's bus routes are cancelled "
Would be one I reckon
"Londoner's whinging about billions spent on improving their high earning environment. Whilst 90year old ex Cheveley Park cryptographer Fanny, in Rhyl's bus routes are cancelled "
Would be one I reckon
In reply to Post #49
How is impeding the emergency services an improvement?, would rather they left things as they were and give it to you the poor people so you can 'enjoy' the delays to your loved ones.
Now do your part, get out of your vehicle and get a bus because Boris wants to give you £3 billion.
How is impeding the emergency services an improvement?, would rather they left things as they were and give it to you the poor people so you can 'enjoy' the delays to your loved ones.
Now do your part, get out of your vehicle and get a bus because Boris wants to give you £3 billion.
More divisive than Brexit!
Mark Ecclestone who features in the clip is a successful NIMBY screenwriter who doesn't want to share the burden of traffic and rather it was directed away from his affluent area onto roads where there are 4 schools.
Ignore at your peril. Coming to town near you
Mark Ecclestone who features in the clip is a successful NIMBY screenwriter who doesn't want to share the burden of traffic and rather it was directed away from his affluent area onto roads where there are 4 schools.
Ignore at your peril. Coming to town near you
In reply to Post #51
Was it the result of a 48/52 vote?
But seriously, was the scheme just imposed on Londoners, or was it advertised as a Khan policy before he got voted in?
Was it the result of a 48/52 vote?
But seriously, was the scheme just imposed on Londoners, or was it advertised as a Khan policy before he got voted in?
In reply to Post #52
Central government offered individual boroughs money to implement emergency covid plans to encourage social distancing and promote cycling, because it was an emergency there was no need for the councils to do any consultation.
The strange thing is many Conservative boroughs did nothing or very little but many Labour boroughs took the money and set up these schemes that improve mainly affluent areas and displaces traffic onto roads where poorer people.
I'm not being blinkered here, but honestly the vast majority of these schemes favour the rich areas in poorer boroughs, it's so un-Labour like it's difficult to believe it's happening! If it were the other way around I could understand it.
Khan couldn't of known this was going to happen but he won't say anything against it.
My guess is TFL are going to get involved as the busses are just going nowhere in some places.
Central government offered individual boroughs money to implement emergency covid plans to encourage social distancing and promote cycling, because it was an emergency there was no need for the councils to do any consultation.
The strange thing is many Conservative boroughs did nothing or very little but many Labour boroughs took the money and set up these schemes that improve mainly affluent areas and displaces traffic onto roads where poorer people.
I'm not being blinkered here, but honestly the vast majority of these schemes favour the rich areas in poorer boroughs, it's so un-Labour like it's difficult to believe it's happening! If it were the other way around I could understand it.
Khan couldn't of known this was going to happen but he won't say anything against it.
My guess is TFL are going to get involved as the busses are just going nowhere in some places.
In reply to Post #52
They chucked it all in during lockdown 1 with no notice or consultation.
To give an idea of how it's improving air quality, my job in Ealing the other week, I was 30 seconds away from the house I was working in, but with a freshly planted barrier in the way. I then had to sit in traffic for 25 minutes to get round the block to come in from the other end.
Like tin head said, in a lot of labour boroughs you have all these zones you can't get through, just in and out, usually the nicer houses with gardens, often forcing you to drive through the less affluent areas. The Ealing job I mentioned there is now a queue of traffic through a bunch of flats to get into the nice bit as well as a much slower queue of traffic on the main roads usually flanked by cheaper flats
They chucked it all in during lockdown 1 with no notice or consultation.
To give an idea of how it's improving air quality, my job in Ealing the other week, I was 30 seconds away from the house I was working in, but with a freshly planted barrier in the way. I then had to sit in traffic for 25 minutes to get round the block to come in from the other end.
Like tin head said, in a lot of labour boroughs you have all these zones you can't get through, just in and out, usually the nicer houses with gardens, often forcing you to drive through the less affluent areas. The Ealing job I mentioned there is now a queue of traffic through a bunch of flats to get into the nice bit as well as a much slower queue of traffic on the main roads usually flanked by cheaper flats
In reply to Post #54
The MP for Ealing is Rupa Huq who's Labour, she's very vocal, gets up in parliament, campaigns, says she wants consultation and voting on these schemes. She's very good and I'd vote for her if she was my MP.
The MP for Ealing is Rupa Huq who's Labour, she's very vocal, gets up in parliament, campaigns, says she wants consultation and voting on these schemes. She's very good and I'd vote for her if she was my MP.