first mate

No comment, I see, on the video posted above, showing cyclists breaking the law and cycling recklessly.

I think using comedic licence to spread distortions of what has actually been expressed is just spreading lies with a smiley face. Which posters have said they don't want any enforcement against cars that break the law, but do want enforcement against bicycles? Who has said they only want speed limits for pedal bikes? Perhaps you were just insinuating all that for comedic value too?

But you do not have to consistently maintain a speed over 20mph for it to be a risk factor, do you? Being hit by a fast moving vehicle may cause significant damage. Presumably speed limits are applied to try to reduce risk.

Or try to listen and take into account the views and experiences of others, even if they do not accord with your own.

Not if cyclists whizz through them, as many seem to do. Similarly, the widened pavements will only be a win for pedestrians if cyclists stay off them...let's wait and see.

In your view Malumbu. It is your perception and bias as a cycling activist, that anyone that disagrees with you must hate cyclists or be angry. Some of us would like to see cyclists adhere to speed limits, not jump red lights, and want them to stop cycling in pedestrian only areas, including paths.

And that photo flies in the face of any claim our council makes to being green and a environmentally aware- it is all empty rhetoric on their part and deeply cynical.

Take note how daring to voice disagreement with traffic and road measures in your local area on a local forum is reframed as a "relentless anti council agenda".

I just do not understand why cyclists would want to exceed designated speed limits.

I am sure many of us find this appalling. I support fining speeding drivers and much stronger penalties for repeat offenders and abhor this sort of behaviour. So there you go, Earl. Probably not the response you expected.

Your consistent attempts to conflate those who disagree with your views on local traffic changes with far right political groups is risible. It is clear what you are trying to do and does you no favours. Posters on here who happen to agree with views on local traffic and road layout changes as expressed by One Dulwich, are fed up locals who know the council is not interested in their views. Something that has been demonstrated again and again when the council has proceeded with its preferred agenda, without mandate, rejecting consultation results. It is the Council, not One Dulwich, that has the power. It is the Council that in this issue is treating locals with contempt.

This is the point. We can see the effects of the erosion of democracy elsewhere in the world right now; it is disturbing to see a Labour council turn a blind eye to what a consulted majority think and instead impose the agenda it wants. The council had no mandate to make these local changes, but it has gamed the system to make them anyway.

It is the pro crowd that frequently frame anyone that does not agree with them as 'raging', 'angry', 'hating' and less recently, as having mental health issues. I am even beginning to wonder if use of these descriptors is something that is suggested in an LCC 'how to quash debate' primer?

Agreed, and councillors have the power to do stuff. Infiltration of The Dulwich Society transport sub-committee by individuals with an agenda to get expensive changes to local junctions, against the will of many locals, is far more significant.

According to some, it will have been children wot did it. As we head towards warmer weather and fair weather cyclists start to increase, I think we will see many more hire bikes blocking access on pavements.

Wondering about impact of Gala on all this too?

Really, I have no idea. What about you Snowy? You comfortable with it?

Having discovered that Lime is partly funded by Google Ventures and Uber, is it a good idea to give them the 'freedom' of our streets to the degree Southwark seem to want? I think they are dangling some sweeteners to make the "deal" happen.

I totally agree. The consultations have been clearly in the majority, against.

Even Southwark refer to the Dulwich LTN as not a true LTN, whatever that means. I also do not understand the '5 years later' response. If people are unhappy with changes to road and layout then the time that has elapsed since initial changes were introduced is beside the point.

https://x.com/NFBUK/status/1787211980027101194

The broader point is how TJ GP Practice continues to get away with it. They were given an amazing site, you really could not ask for better, but the outfit (GP super practice) that runs it has an extremely poor history, going back many, many years. Which begs the question, how this shower were ever given such a wonderful, prime site in the first place? It is truly appalling and a huge loss to the community.

I do see a fair few younger cyclists, often dressed in dark clothing, no reflective gear, no helmet and no lights.

Any sensible person wants safer, cleaner roads but you don't get that by turning up the thumbscrews as tight as you can on those driving cars, while allowing a massive proliferation of another type of powered transport, almost unhindered with zero checks. The pace of change is too fast and more to do with political box ticking and revenue grabbing than genuine environmental concern, in my view. If the council were so concerned about the environment, just consider for a moment what they are happy to allow to happen with GALA on Peckham Rye. Utter hypocrisy on their part. FWIW I am not and never have been a car lobbyist. As I have said, until I am blue in the face, I cycle more than I drive- but sometimes I need a car; rather like you, Malumbu.

Same old games. There are parking pressures on many roads where Southwark have increased double yellows, ostensibly for safety reasons, but where a very useful (to them) result is also to reduce parking spaces on that road. Then add in roads adjacent or close by CPZ, they will also have reduced parking because they will now be taking those cars that cannot easily park in the CPZ zone. It is laughable that you try to pretend you are not aware of this. I would have so much more respect for the cycle activists on here if they simply admitted, you want rid of as many cars as possible, one way to do that is to create a parking nightmare. At the same time you get to virtue signal and but also help Southwark get loadsa money in parking fees.