It's nothing to do with sustainable transport whatsoever, but Redbridge LCC members Haydn and Linda Powell are in Ghana doing some VSO. You may like to read their blog here:
http://www.landhghana.blogspot.com/
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Buses
So it's goodbye 369 and - as far as Barking is concerned - goodbye 179. And hello EL1 and EL2, which we were told were not buses but East London Transit. For anyone who is confused, these stop at bus stops and charge bus fares and are counted as buses on the TfL journey planner.
TfL has neglected to include these changes in its snazzy interactive on line bus maps and it doesn't help that if you check for "disruptions", the system tells you that either the route doesn't exist or there are no disruptions. I don't know about you, but a route not existing is kind of a disruption to me, especially when it existed OK yesterday.
TfL has neglected to include these changes in its snazzy interactive on line bus maps and it doesn't help that if you check for "disruptions", the system tells you that either the route doesn't exist or there are no disruptions. I don't know about you, but a route not existing is kind of a disruption to me, especially when it existed OK yesterday.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The road to nowhere
The only thing apparently stopping the road to nowhere (from Town Quay to Jenkins Lane, alongside A406) is the site gate which was still locked across the road. The development seems to be finished and the road doesn't have the protrusion into it that was previously there. The 'No entry except buses' signs are still there.
There is a site fence across the riverside path, but the completed path can be seen through it going for some yards. I can't remember if this was there before the site was fenced off for the new development.
There is a site fence across the riverside path, but the completed path can be seen through it going for some yards. I can't remember if this was there before the site was fenced off for the new development.
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Brompton M3L 2008 (Black/Silver) for sale
I am selling my August 2008 Brompton M3L on e-bay. See http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150411469478&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT as I have just bought a new one.
Key features include 18% reduced gearing (£70 on a new 2010 bike) brand new pedals (MKS FD-6 folders), saddle (Brompton) and seat post, Schwalbe Marathon plus tyres (c 1 yr old) and roller skate type yellow transit wheels instead of the rather tacky Brompton black plastic ones.
Key features include 18% reduced gearing (£70 on a new 2010 bike) brand new pedals (MKS FD-6 folders), saddle (Brompton) and seat post, Schwalbe Marathon plus tyres (c 1 yr old) and roller skate type yellow transit wheels instead of the rather tacky Brompton black plastic ones.
New Salisbury Avenue signposted cycle route
A sign has been installed at the Barking end of Salisbury Avenue, indicating a cycle route to Upney Station. There's a sign at the Upney ebd too, indicating 'Barking', but I'm not sure how visible it is from Upney Lane.
The problem is that the LCN signs in Upney Lane are based on the principle of which way to go to certain places using LC routes. According to them, the route to East Ham is not via Salisbury Avenue, but via Faircross.
Similarly the route to Romford goes in the other direction down Upney Lane. It's all very well signposting where network routes go if they go their directly, but no-one is going to go to Romford by the LCN route if it takes them miles out of the way as well as down main roads.
The problem is that the LCN signs in Upney Lane are based on the principle of which way to go to certain places using LC routes. According to them, the route to East Ham is not via Salisbury Avenue, but via Faircross.
Similarly the route to Romford goes in the other direction down Upney Lane. It's all very well signposting where network routes go if they go their directly, but no-one is going to go to Romford by the LCN route if it takes them miles out of the way as well as down main roads.
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