still last

"Secured by Design" and people complaining about noise would see the end of this in the UK.

Not another vehicle trying to escape?
🤦
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Poster with a cartoon image of a typical Nanna. saying 'Have you seen this nan' It is a joke on the Met police arresting old folk for protesting in support of Palestine.

"If more people are cycling (and they are), then we may need to reintroduce cycling proficiency training"

FFS

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A bigger sticker was needed here!

Stickers are up on signs for the new 'taxis allowed' East-West at Bank.

Old restriction ended on Fri evening... and amended restriction begins on Mon am.

Pic 3 at E side will be ineffective while Leadenhall has a W'bound closure (=only way for taxis to get to Cornhill during restriction hours).

Signals of cycle track on left. Turn right in 2 phases. (Until Monday the cycle route is on the roadway.)

New island protection just beyond the crossing

Signals in for southbound cyclists to join C8. No right turn from here. Not clear if a 2nd 'left-turn' cycle track (left of photo edge) will open

Definitely going to be some new cycle tracks opening on the Westminster side of the bridge, as separate🚦have gone in for cyclists and some bike boxes/ASLs have been removed.

Lambeth side

Some pics around the 'weekend switchover' at Lambeth Bridge.

The built eastbound (to 'south of the river') cycle track is signed as a C-route (+ NCN4). At least one more route sign is waiting to go up.
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BBC graphic showing how Virtual private network works

"According to Ofcom, platforms must not host, share or permit content encouraging use of VPNs to get around age checks."

BBC: "Here's how a VPN works"

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Graph showing the number of folk taking bikes on the silvertown tunnel bike bus over the first 3 months

8/ After an initial week of folk trying out the #Silvertown bike bus, the usage has settled down into a stable 120-or-so per day. It's rare for anyone to be left behind.

The bike bus is free for the first year, and contracted for three years.

Cross-river cycle shuttle Before the Silvertown Tunnel opened, there were limited options for people wanting to cross the river with a cycle in this part of London. The London Cable Car is the closest available link, while the Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels and London River Services are also available. The new Silvertown Tunnel cycle shuttle, which is free for at least the first 12 months, runs from 06.30 until 21:30 every day, apart from Christmas Day. It can accommodate a range of cycles, including conventional pedal bikes, e-bikes, cargo bikes, hire bikes and adaptive cycles, with conventional cycles making up almost 80 per cent of all trips. The average daily demand is between 125 and 130 cyclists. While this is below the capacity of the service, usage is expected to grow as cyclists plan and adapt their routes to benefit from this innovative and free crossing option. To encourage more Londoners to try the shuttle service, we will continue to advertise it through the summer. This includes collaborations with microinfluencers to promote the service, as well as additional roadside posters in the local area.

7/ #TfL's #Silvertown tunnel report is out (PDF: content.tfl.gov.uk/silvertown-a...) ... and the half-arsed difficult-to-find cycle bus service averages 120-130 users per day.

#TfL wants "influencers" to promote it with tiktok vids 🤦

Cross-river cycle shuttle Before the Silvertown Tunnel opened, there were limited options for people wanting to cross the river with a cycle in this part of London. The London Cable Car is the closest available link, while the Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels and London River Services are also available. The new Silvertown Tunnel cycle shuttle, which is free for at least the first 12 months, runs from 06.30 until 21:30 every day, apart from Christmas Day. It can accommodate a range of cycles, including conventional pedal bikes, e-bikes, cargo bikes, hire bikes and adaptive cycles, with conventional cycles making up almost 80 per cent of all trips. The average daily demand is between 125 and 130 cyclists. While this is below the capacity of the service, usage is expected to grow as cyclists plan and adapt their routes to benefit from this innovative and free crossing option. To encourage more Londoners to try the shuttle service, we will continue to advertise it through the summer. This includes collaborations with microinfluencers to promote the service, as well as additional roadside posters in the local area.

. @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @nutty.bsky.social I see you're both posting #Silvertown bike bus stuff ...

... so where's your TikTok videos, or ain't you "influencers"?

Noise bloke wibbling about noise from solar panels and solar farms

Wibble, wibble

Noise from the inverters
#NoiseBloke

Half of these Qs are ways for MPs to get into their local papers (esp Reach pubs which will recycle parly answers).
Half are MPs satisfying/ fobbing off constituents "Yes, I'll ask the minister .. here's their answer" instead of "you dimwit, ask your ward councillor"

A Sutton chef who used his car as a weapon against a motorcyclist said he “saw red” because the biker tried to drive off following a crash. Bilel Tchikou chased the biker through Sutton for five minutes, repeatedly tried to knock into him and crashed into a street bollard. The 35-year-old avoided prison “by the skin of his teeth” on Thursday, July 17, as a judge said the victim could have been killed. The Old Bailey heard that Tchikou, of Shelley Way in Colliers Wood, was driving a SEAT Leon on the evening of September 27 last year when he was involved in a minor collision with a motorcycle. Tchikou said he “saw red” as the biker did not stop to swap details. A lengthy chase ensued in which Tchikou pulled off highly dangerous manoeuvres, tried to crash into the motorcyclist and collided with street furniture. The biker sustained some injury to his leg during the incident but was not supportive of the prosecution. Tchikou pleaded guilty to dangerous driving. Judge Philip Katz KC, sentencing, said: “You were using your car as a weapon. You were trying to bump into this man and knock him over. “He was lucky not to be killed. The risk to him and members of the public as you drove like a maniac must have been obvious to you.” Tchikou had an unblemished criminal record prior to this offence and the court heard he regrets his actions. Judge Katz sentenced him to 15 months in custody but suspended the sentence for two years. “You’ve avoided prison by the skin of your teeth,” Judge Katz said. Tchikou will be required to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work. He will be disqualified from driving for 18 months and must pass an extended retest before he can drive again.

"You've avoided prison by the skin of your teeth"

> chases biker through Sutton for 5 minutes
> uses car as weapon to crash into biker
> convicted of dangerous driving
> suspended sentence

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To undertake a comprehensive data collection exercise of vehicle, cycle, e-scooter, and pedestrian traffic counts across the City of London, as part of the City's Transport Strategy City of London Corporation Published date: 8 February 2023 Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier. Contract summary Industry Traffic-monitoring equipment - 34970000 Traffic-flow measuring system - 34972000 Road transport services - 60100000 Location of contract London Value of contract £31,775

Rummaging through the public contracts database, CoL has awarded Tracsis contracts to do various traffic counts, which might explain the camera. Omitting the GDPR notice, tho, was naughty.
eg www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/33828...

Tory Hayes (an ex transport minister) proving again that he's a muck-racking bar steward
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Rear wheel shroud from a TfL Santander-sponsored hire bike. The rest of the bike is absent.

I think there's a few bits missing 🧐

Not only younger teens ...
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Friday evening, I hear tweep-tweep-tweep ahead of me, and meet a middle-aged women using a, er, hacked lime bike to pedal her shopping home from Sainsbury's, bags on each handle, giving me a broad smile as I passed.
Not only yoof having fun.

Only the middle section in the screenshot has had its dates changed (from the TfL webpage for the bridge works)

Have a feeling that the planned 18 July switch to working on the southern side of Lambeth Bridge has been delayed by a week.

I did spot a sign in the wilds warning of likely delays on 25-28 July due to 'Lambeth Bridge closure'.
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Fyi @lambethcyclists.bsky.social @westminster-lcc.bsky.social

20p per mile for *business* related bicycle mileage.
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If you want an Avenue Verte jolly to count, book a business meeting in Paris afterwards

As we know, hi-vis doesn't work.
An old story ...

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Combo shot of the electronic display on the CS3 cycle journey totem showing "cyclists today 12064" and "cyclists this year 1692888", in twilight

Friday 4 July'25, gone dark o'clock: #CS3Count on Victoria Embankment recorded 12,064 cycle journeys today, and 1,692,888 YTD.

Using @westcountrytim.bsky.social 's earlier post, Thursday 3 July saw 18,230 journeys ... once remarkable, but 18ks are the new normal.

cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

So they still don't want to join GLA, unlike Slough perhaps?

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Cool places to work when London is hot Air-conditioned pubs, cafes and libraries (mostly) with architectural flair and where you can hear yourself think

Where to work in London when it's too hot to think? My top 10 pitch-ups with WiFi, air con and relative peace in my Substack this week.

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Sadly, the bus only bus stop bypasses have tragic consequences

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Streetview of the A24 in Balham with a historic bus stop on an island with a road behind it. The island does not have a marked crossing from the pavement and buildings behind. There is a pandemic era bus stop island with a cycleway CS7 bypass, with a zebra crossing from the historic island.

I give you an example of a double bypass on cycleway #CS7 in Balham.
Guess which one they're grumpy about? Yes, it's the one *with* the zebra crossing

Streetview of the A24 in Balham with a historic bus stop on an island with a road behind it. The island does not have a marked crossing from the pavement and buildings behind. There is a pandemic era bus stop island with a cycleway CS7 bypass, with a zebra crossing from the historic island.

I give you an example of a double bypass on cycleway #CS7 in Balham.
Guess which one they're grumpy about? Yes, it's the one *with* the zebra crossing

The usual crowd are pushing the idea the Equality Act makes floating bus stops unlawful. Of course it doesn’t. It doesn’t create a hierarchy of protected characteristics & floating bus stops have both accessibility benefits & risks to those within several protected groups that must be weighed 1/2