rjsmall

I did like the line in Cllr McAsh's update where it said "Normally when the council alters the road layout it would first go through a lengthy consultation - like in the case of the controlled parking zone." He unfortunately forgot to add the next step where the council ignores the consultation results and do what they had already decided to do.

Yep - saw / heard them too but I think they were the Upland Road / Piermont Road area. It was a bit late even on a Saturday to be setting off fireworks in a residential area.

I ran along East Dulwich Grove and through the Village this afternoon about 5pm and it looked chaotic - the traffic was very heavy. If this is what it is like when a number of the schools are closed I can only imagine it would be worse when the schools go back in the autumn. As there are no dedicated bus lanes there isn't even an advantage to getting on a bus - it would be quicker to walk. Idling car engines aren't exactly going to contribute to improving the air quality.

jamesmcash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pavement widening > It is possible that this can be considered in the > next tranche of traffic measures. Please make sure > they are logged on the commonplace map. > > That said, I cannot promise anything. We are > constrained by lack of funding. And we want to > make sure all measures are carefully considered > for potential negative effects. So the council can find the money to go against pretty strong public opinion in order to close roads and alter traffic flows at the Dulwich Village intersection (a couple of years after re-doing it) yet you want to use the excuse that there is a lack of money and even more laughably that you want to make sure all measures are carefully considered. The situation is starting to feel like a practical joke.

I'm still not sure how the P13 and P4 are meant to cope with an increased passenger load if people stop using their cars. Pre CV19 the buses were full during the school rush time - with restricted CV19 capacities this situation will be even worse. With traffic being pushed on to the South Circular which is pretty much a car park at these times I cannot see how these routes will cope. Cycling or walking with young children is fine during late spring / summer / early autumn but not in the darkness of winter. It demonstrates a lack of a holistic view of the traffic situation in East Dulwich and Dulwich Village. Looks very much like a piecemeal approach.

One of the problems appears to be that Southwark's default solution to a traffic problem is to close a road / make it impassable. By closing or restricting the Dulwich Village intersection the council appear to assume that people will stop using their cars and instead use the P4 or P13 buses. From my experience these buses are unreliable in the afternoon / evening (the P13 is pretty good in the morning) and both suffer from slow journeys along the South Circular. Both buses are usually full with school children of most ages. With the added capacity restrictions on the buses currently I am not sure what the council think people are going to do instead of drive. Cycling with young children is not too bad in the spring and summer but not so attractive on a wet evening in winter.

Charlie's response also raises the question of how informed or involved are the local councillors made about decisions in their area. Were our local representatives aware that Free Amigos tree sellers would be taking a chunk of Goose Green in advance along with the paraphernalia that would go along with the operation?

That change would be strange considering that until a year or so ago the petrol station on East Dulwich Road was a BP before becoming an Esso. Not sure whether these businesses operate under a franchise type model or are owned by the petroleum company.

> I 100% agree with you that public services should > be provided free at the point of use, and funded > through progressive taxation. Under a future > Labour Government, I hope that the brutal cuts to > local government under Tory and Tory-LibDem > austerity are reversed. Sadly, at the moment, > Southwark Council has only 50% of the central > government grant it had ten years ago. This leaves > the council with only two options: raise revenue, > or make cuts. I (and I am sure many others) ppreciate you actively engaging on the forum but sometimes it would be good to leave out some of the party advertising after all it was a Labour minister who said there was no money left after the last Labour government. (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/17/liam-byrne-note-successor)

I catch the P13 most mornings around 8am and at that time it is every 15 minutes https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/p13?direction=inbound&fromId=490010346S

I'd also recommend to check out Charles Booth's maps https://booth.lse.ac.uk/map for an overview and description of your street.

I recall that some years ago (2010 / 2011) Rye Lane was closed for similar works. In that case the buses heading north had a temporary stop on Copeland Road at the corner of Bournemouth Road. It would be helpful for this to be set-up again for the duration of these works.

jamesmcash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > This issue demonstrates very clearly the negative > effects of privatisation. Royal Mail has decided > that having a sorting office in East Dulwich is > not profitable. They may well be correct in their > assessment! But in my view the question is rather: > is there a justifiable community benefit for > having one? And the answer to that is demonstrably > 'yes'. > I am not sure that is entirely correct as the building was deemed unsuitable and from reading the other thread regarding the closure the postal workers were mostly in agreement with that assessment. So the private / public status doesn't really affect the suitability of the building.

It wasn't running up Whatley / Underhill this morning. Frustratingly the TfL live bus arrival website was showing it until about 5 minutes before arrival time when it would disappear. I assume they are just going straight along Lordship Lane towards the library.

Depending upon where you are in East Dulwich it may be easier to get a bus to Peckham Rye station. You can get a train to London Bridge or Elephant and Castle and take the northern line to Moorgate.

FWIW I submitted a report via the Southwark website on the condition of Underhill Road between Friern Road and Langton Rise. There are many potholes and the humps are breaking up. The road surface has deteriorated rapidly and is becoming pretty bad.

Lucyalexandra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There seems to be more build up > turning right from the village into the junction > too I have noticed that the time allocated to the right turn filter light (i.e. turning right from Dulwich Village into Carlton Avenue) seems to be a lot shorter than it was previously. Only about three cars can get through on the green light but because of the long entry into the junction a couple more go through when the light has gone amber / red. This in turn risks collisions when the other lights go green. I guess in theory cars shouldn't enter then junction if they don't have a clear exit but in this case the result would be that even fewer cars would get through resulting in congestion further back along Dulwich Village.

I'd recommend Funky Moves (http://www.funkymoves.com/kids) - they run the classes in a hall just off East Dulwich Grove. My 6 year old daughter has been going for over a year and loves it. rjsmall

MissWiggy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 161 Kirkdale I think. 161 Food and Drink is the name but you are correct that the address is 161 Kirkdale. More bar snacks / sharing plates than meals but definitely worth a visit.

My wife and I use the P13 in the morning to take our daughter to school and barring the odd breakdown it is pretty reliable. In the evening however it is a different story with the bus timing being very irregular. I find this frustrating but I think it is hard to regulate the service due to the traffic flow along the South Circular. I use the TfL website to check the arrival time for the bus - doesn't help get it there any more quickly but at least you have an idea of how long you are going to have to wait. A couple more buses at peak times would be helpful.

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is no way they pay their staff LLW on ?5 a ticket! Without knowing what rent they pay or seeing their financials then it isn't possible to say this for certain. I would imagine that having being established for some time that their rent is substantially lower than the Picturehouse's.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Titch is right, just because somebody is doing the > job, that doesn't make it OK. Otherwise why have > any minimum wage, maximum hours, and other worker > protection at all? The living wage isn't a legal, safety or worker protection issue though - it is a voluntary scheme that employers sign up to.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > there are other ways to increase profit than > driving down staff costs That is assuming that they are trying to increase rather than just maintain profits. The term "driving down staff costs" makes it seem as if they are attempting to reduce the current pay rate rather than maintain it the level the staff were employed at. It isn't at the LLW level but I would assume the employees knew what the salary was when they signed their employment contract. A slight side issue but I do find it strange that people sign up to work for companies such as Deliveroo, Uber etc knowing they are doing so as contract staff and then complain that they don't have the same benefits as a fully salaried employee.

MDMDPD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why can't, as an "interim" measure, TFL take over > running some Overground metro services between > London Bridge and Croydon. There is a publicly > owned track and someone just needs to run a train > on it. And the 5 carriage Overground trains > stopping at manned stations could be DOO as per > the rest of the Overground. > I think the issue was this is that this would show that the Southern services could run as DOO and therefore the unions (possibly more the RMT) would be up in arms about it.

johnhinton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The whole referendum was premised on a desperate appeal by > David Cameron to pacify his "bastards", not on the > desire to allow the country as a whole to exercise > their democratic freedoms. Even before Article 50 > is triggered, the vote has done immense damage to > the country and worse is to come - this is a > profoundly undemocratic government, determined to > protect its narrow interests at the expense of the > whole country. In reality the Conservatives went into the election saying that if they had a majority there would be a referendum on EU membership and when this happened (against the opinion polls) they followed through with the referendum. Again the pollsters got the figures wrong which probably lead to a complacency amongst the politicians on all sides of the house. Not sure how you can say a democratically elected government acting of the result of a referendum that they said they would hold if elected is "profoundly undemocratic"