malumbu

What ban? I don't think any road legal car is banned in the UK. Drivers may be if they have been naughty or surrender their license for other reasons. Not really sure what car supporters are. Do they carry rosettes and scarfs like 1960s football fans. Maybe they look like this. Anyone identify with Victor?

Oh, was in only 50? Whoops. It was a silly race track. Which I sillily raced on many years ago. I've long since seen the errors of my ways.

Oh give us a break. So a bus driver or two do not like cyclists. What a surprise. Very selective reporting. I had a fun ride on the 185 one rush hour and it was fascinating to watch the dynamic interaction between my bus and the cyclists on Camberwell New Road. We'd catch up with the slowest cyclist by the next bus stop, when they would pull away again. Essentially the bus was going the same average speed as the slowest bike. Obviously my selective take but I've not witnessed any buses being slower on any of my normal bus routes and my daily cycle rides. It may well happen but not universal. And it's not about robbing Peter to pay Paul. Drivers, usually all on their own, switching to active travel, and/or the bus is much better use of our roads and would help improve bus services as congestion would drop' Total nonsense. Cars do not need to be supersized. Average weight increased decades ago due to improved safety. The increase now is as people are choosing larger cars encouraged by fashion, perceived advantages, and the manufacturers. The lightest popular city cars are under a tonne in weight and you can get reasonable EVs around 1.5 tonnes. We've discussed this on other threads.

Daily Mail? More atmosphere down the road at Peckham FC aka Menace, Good video, sadly they day the Menace were relegated in the spring (Went to a lot of Dulwich games over the years but now more likely on the South Circular)

Some of you may have never been to a post office on a Saturday when one or more people are posting their ebay parcels and you wait yonks. Just one of those things. I'm more concerned about the speed of the Royal Mail. I may start a thread on this!

Don't be ridiculous. I made a facetious comment aimed at people who are always complaining about the LTN. Rockets chose to interpret it another way (no further comment) and now you have just followed what he said. I commented with empathy on the slippery road thread having had my own falls in the past.

Shhhh, Don't mention the Brexit. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it.. (no prizes for the inspiration)

Labour were not in charge of the country between 2010 and 2024. Growth is mainly driven by national government. @CPR DaveI'm not sure what your particular beef is with the Mayor. Here's an interesting report from the Campaign for Better Transport on increasing bus patronage (not sure if this is for England or whole of UK). Driver attitude and entrenched behaviours remains the biggest challenge. https://bettertransport.org.uk/blog/embedding-public-transport-in-new-developments/

Previous thread has gone down the line of "it's all the cyclist fault" that bus patronage has fallen and journey times are longer Reposted the link to the 2024 data on the number of journeys on all the main modes in London https://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-2024-consolidated-estimates-of-total-travel-and-mode-shares-acc.pdf I said earlier that neither my usual bus journeys have been affected by cycle routes, and similarly most of my cycle journeys. The Blackfriars cycle road has changed traffic flows and as said I find Parliament square a mess and avoid it on my bike. But after numerous increases, probably from Livingston onwards there had been a decline pre-Covid, partly blamed on increased journey times. It's of course self defeating that people give up the bus to drive, and then make things worse. The above report also shows that most car journeys in London are single occupancy - shocking eh? Covid messed up the stats as it took some time for people to return to public transport and now there is so much more working from home. Anyway, throwing it open on it's own thread. It's my pleasure

Last report from TFL (a year ago), based on trips rather than mileage. Some recovery post Covid, particularly buses. Walking fairly static. Cycling up. Low utility of cars, ie more than one person. Dreadful. Long term trends difficult to determine particularly due to the impact of Covid and more working from home. Mileage as well as number of trips would be useful - walking would drop and public transport/motorised transport increase as most walks will be relatively short distance. https://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-2024-consolidated-estimates-of-total-travel-and-mode-shares-acc.pdf None of my usual bus routes are affected by bike infrastructure beyond the odd advanced lights. There are some roads that I use infrequently that are awful such as the mess around parliament square and now extending to Lambeth bridge with the new junction layout. If I was to drive I'd use Vauxhall Bridge in any case being the main vehicle thoroughfare on the West side of central London. Make of the above what you will., I've lost the will to live on a number of threads and only posting because I am aware of where to gets some of the data.

What are you going on about? The shop had mouse infestation. Mine was a facetious comment blaming it on Southwark Council and the cycling fraternity. As they get blamed for most things by some.

Reduced bus patronage due to slower bus journey times has been an issue for a number of years. I'll let TfL and the boroughs work that out. You have posted hundreds of posts that are anti-cyclist and anti support for increasing cycling. Don't suddenly pretend you are our friend.

You really don't know what you are talking about. He goes secondary when there is plenty of room for motorists to pass him. Charlton has more roads like that than East Dulwich. I recommend you have a lesson or two.

Perhaps Southwark had gone out of their way to attract vermin through the choice of materials used on Dulwich Square and this may have been worsened by cyclists, who i expect are associated with mice. Maybe.

No there is lots of support for buses. I use them regularly. We have one of the most extensive bus networks in the world and one of the most modern and cleanest. You are just using this as a stick to beat cyclists and the mayor with.