JDB

Will do, thanks.

Apologies for taking this slightly off point, but we could really do with having two blue bins. Is it as simple as ringing the council and ask them to provide me with a second or do we only strictly get one? For information purposes, I'm a Camberwell resident.

It happens to me occassionally on busy bustling streets by people wearing charity bibs and carrying clipboards but I wouldn't classify Upland Road as a busy street, I don't get abused when I deny them my time and they are not normally on bikes. Is it just me or does anyone else find it difficult to identify/understand a motive for the person's behaviour?! Burglary/mugging?! Another thing to consider here is mental illness and there are certainly plenty of people walking the streets with behavioural issues which we might consider, and certainly appear to be, threatening but are attributes of this person's condition.

These occurrences are extremely rare. I have cycled to work in the city for the last 15 years. 7 years from Catford and the last 8 from Camberwell via Burgess Park and, like Jimbo1964, at all times of night and day. I have never witnessed a single incident as a third party. I did cycle into the lake about a year ago as I attempted to avoid a couple of West Highland terriers! Not my finest moment. What I'm trying to say is don't let this isolate incident deter you from getting on your bike.

Does anyone know what time this was?? I commute daily through Burgess Park, around 9-9:30hrs, and the park was quite busy with dog walkers, joggers, park staff etc.

What is meant by 'simply beefing up' the 176 and the 35 buses?! As someone has previously stated, the 40 and the 45 have very different beginnings and endings to the 176 and 35. Why you would include the 176 as a comparative beggars belief! I occasionally use the 40 and the removal of this service would be rather annoying. I live on Camberwell Road and admittedly there are a lot of buses but there's no alternative as this is a main artery. An idea to muse would be to restrict 'general traffic' on this road or absurdly toll it (bad idea) but this would only move congestion elsewhere. I think we have to be pragmatic and hope that Camberwell Green may one day be the home of a tube station en route to East Dulwich. I'm a cyclist, queue abuse, and I'm an Option B advocate. Why can't buses operate the tap in/tap out service like the Tube? I suppose TFL consider the system as it is a good earner.