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Maybe I should have said Cllr McAsh foolishly wrote on his blog on LTNs 😉 .......this stuff can haunt you especially when you are both the local councillor championing those LTNs and now Cabinet Member for Clean Air, Streets and Waste - so his comments are very important. I suspect he is a little bit more politically savvy now as this did happen around the time of some other politically naïve decisions and actions. Accountability needs to be high on any politicians' radar and if you say something that doesn't materialise surely you have a moral obligation to address it? What he promised has not materialised - is everyone supposed to just turn and blind eye and pretend it doesn't matter. This is why politicians of all persuasions have such an awful reputation and trust in politics is at an all-time low - with party and politics being put before people.

But not their customers who try to access their networks. I really thing this is something councillors should be getting involved with as everyone is frustrated by it - a compromise needs to be found.

Well, it didn't did it? Just to remind you (again) the council did not monitor the whole area as major displacement routes like Underhill. Crystal Palace and Barry Road were not monitored. So any claims of traffic falling across the whole area is a wildly inaccurate falsehood spun by the council and parrotted by the pro-LTN lobbyists. And as Cllr McAsh famously wrote on his blog LTNs cannot be considered a success if they do not reduce traffic for everyone. And they haven't- so by his own bar they are a failure. Hurrah, well all that momey spent, delays to emergency service and massive displacement was worth it then because a handful of people now walk to Gail's. P.S. you know the council's own data on that junction showed most journeys through that junction were part of longer journeys because it was one of the only east/west routes across the Dulwich Area? The congestion wasn't being caused by people going to the Village to buy coffee.

But you did.......and by doing so did you not just engage in hipster racism?

But Malumbu - an ex local councillor is giving their opinion based on their experience of being a local councillor - that's not them playing into the common view. The above speaks volumes - something many refuse to acknowledge. And this seems like a perfectly sensible idea to address the issues. The current council have their priorities all wrong and have (perhaps deliberately) overlooked pedestrians and public transport and identified cycling as the cure-all. When they finish splurging millions on Dulwich Square compare that to the state of Lordship Lane if you want a visual metaphor on where their priorities lie.

It's not often that I feel compelled to come to DKHB's defence but there is a first time for everything...;-) And I cannot believe we are now arguing over whether Carnival or East Dulwich has a higher crime rate. And I am no Rachel Aldred but it seems comparing crime over a two day event where people go to party with crime over a month in East Dulwich isn't giving a true picture on the crime levels - the modelling needs to include some sort of adjustment to per day or per month! 😉 DKHB has shared the numbers for one day of Carnival not the total for the duration of the event (there were 334 arrests and 8 stabbings) and I think what concerned the Police this year was that the family day was marred by violence and stabbings (one that left one woman with life threatening injuries) and anyone who has ever gone to Carnival (and that includes me) knows that if you want to avoid the nasty folks who go there to cause trouble then it's best to go on the family day. The police deployed 7,000 officers to police the event over the weekend and I think the number who attend is nearer 1 million than two million. Unfortunately violence and crime has always been part and parcel of any event that attracts large numbers of people (I remember the risk from attending the dodgems that would arrive every bank holiday at the local park as a kid) and Carnival is no exception, in fact the police say it is one of the most taxing events for them because of the high number of people crammed into a small space (there have been repeated calls to move it to Hyde Park and if you remember a few years ago they made it a circular route as it was becoming dangerous) - in the 90s and early 2000s the risk was from "steaming", now, unfortunately it is a focal point for gangs many of whom no doubt go in search of a good time but come across other gangs doing the same and my experience has always been that if you are sensible and keep your whit's about you and your eyes open to what is going on around you - you can have a brilliant time. None of that is casual racism it's pragmatism. For the police Carnival is a massive focal point and it drains resources from across London and they have to prioritise accordingly.

You're reacting to a troll who is probably someone who posts on here in a pro-LTN capacity and recently set-up a fake account to post such pearls of wisdom - the clue is in the user name! And the detour argument is the most flawed logic there is and why displacement is such a huge issue with LTNs - people don't stop using their cars they just drive further, thus increasing pollution. It's the Achilles Heal of the LTN!

Dulwich Village residents can sleep well tonight knowing that, despite having a keen interest in everything that happens there, Malumbu has no intention to move into the area/borough….;-)

Dulwich Square doesn’t look like that…..perhaps if we rename East Dulwich to Dulwich Village then the “strapped for cash” council might find a spare £5m or so to fix the problems…..although of course in the Village they are happy to spend money on things that didn’t actually need fixing….priorities and all that…

It is surely something they would get behind - it seems ludicrous that in this modern age when so many people rely on mobile phones that there is such a gap in coverage in Dulwich Village.

This explains a lot...Peter Walker loves readers like you! 😉

Probably because, as others have said, racist graffiti is not high on their priority list to devote resources to and they know that posting his picture will get a name in time. They only posted his picture two days ago so I doubt they have made much progress. Also I am not sure how many people will have seen his picture as the reach of the police website, news outlets and the EDF is quite limited.

Malumbu, to be fair an accusation of adding comments with little relevance to the thread is a bit rich coming from you! 😉

Malumbu, out of interest why do you love Southwark Council so much? In your eyes they can seem to do no wrong and you always get upset when people try to hold them to account, yet they're not even your council. Why the love affair and fan-boi approach to Southwark Council?

That presumes they were driving, what if they used to walk from a local station or bus stop and now they get a Lime bike? That's always been my concern with these bikes, that the majority of journeys (which are according to Lime's data under a mile) are replacing walking - and walking is the most environmentally friendly of all transport modes.

It's madness that coverage is so poor in parts of Dulwich, especially the Village, and I am not buying it's because the networks don't want it. The fact that all operators have poor coverage in the area suggests it is more than just a decision on their part. If you look at Cellmapper.net you can see thetr is a big gap of masts once you go west of Lordship Lane. I wonder whether any of the local councillors could help lobby to resolve the situation as many people I speak to are fed-up with the situation.

I suspect it won't be long before he gets a knock on the door from a friendly police officer and he will no doubt start pleading his innocence and begging for forgiveness.....

Oh joy...London sells it streets to another VC funded company with money to burn desperate to try and get a foothold in London.....the cycle of flogging a dead horse continues... https://www.timeout.com/london/news/london-is-getting-a-new-e-bike-operator-and-20-000-more-bikes-on-the-streets-082224

Quite a lot of detail on her thoughts on improving cycling, lacking in detail on walking...another unbalanced investment policy heading our way per chance, over-indexing on cycling over everything....? And given her comments on her new ministerial car and not cycling in London, despite it being flat, I think Malcolm Tucker would have screamed to get her "on her *@*@*@*@* bike and make sure she cycles far, far away from any future interview!"

Does anyone know who blocks the attempts of mobile companies to provide decent coverage - so frustrating for anyone who lives, works or visits the area that it is a mobile deadspot.

Great news that the government is prioritising money for active travel. Not so great news that they are seemingly only interested in placating the cycle lobby. How depressing that she talks about investing in cycling and walking yet only focuses on cycling. What she should be saying is the government will review spending to date and see what gives the best ROI in terms of changing travel habits and then investing money accordingly. I did laugh out loud when I read this bit: She said: “I’ve not cycled in London. I don’t know why, because it’s obviously super flat. I definitely do want to get into it more, not least because I don’t have time to get to the gym. So it’s a really good alternative … I’m afraid now I have my ministerial car, I don’t know whether Dennis [her driver] would let me, he might have to drive alongside me or something ridiculous." This could be a section from an episode of The Thick of It! Malcolm Tucker would have some choice words about her words!

And another one: BBC News - Derby e-bikes scheme operator pulls out of city over vandalism - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq27q4kk3lo

And perhaps those without a car might have wanted something, you know, a bit more accessible for those without a car... Honestly.... It is really amazing how some will try to spin the council's obsession with wasting tax payers money on that junction as to some benefit to everyone in the borough....it's all getting a bit desperate (and laughable) now.

BBC News - Hundreds of injuries from e-scooter and e-bike crashes in Essex - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k38vrmgy2o E-anything seems to be a problem

Dulwich ward councillors are a weird mix of marxists and champagne socialists....they don't tend to mix well...and neither are really the best examples of socialism! It does seem very ironic that at a time when the council was trying to convince everyone their funding was being slashed by the government that they could waste so much money on Dulwich Square...but what's that saying about socialism and how great it is until you run out of other people's money to spend.