I believe Paul was a regular here some time ago (and was very
knowledgable about LUL and buses).

I've just been informed that he died last Sunday 24 November 2019 from
cancer.

He will be sorely missed.

London calling wrote:
I believe Paul was a regular here some time ago (and was very
knowledgable about LUL and buses).

I've just been informed that he died last Sunday 24 November 2019 from
cancer.

He will be sorely missed.

Very shocking news.

He hadn't been active here for some time, but I had no idea he was ill. As
you say, he was very well informed, and always balanced and polite in his
postings. A real gent, and very professional.

Very sad that he'll not be back.

On 27/11/2019 22:12, London calling wrote:
I believe Paul was a regular here some time ago (and was very
knowledgable about LUL and buses).

I've just been informed that he died last Sunday 24 November 2019 from
cancer.

He will be sorely missed.


He was by far the most knowledgeable person here on TfL issues, and was
far from old... late 50s maybe. Let's hope he's gone to a place that has
fewer overheating problems than the top of a Roastmaster.

[Crossposted to uk.railway]

--
Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
Tap Tap - 2006 - Lanzafame

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:12:00 +0000, London calling
wrote:

I believe Paul was a regular here some time ago (and was very
knowledgable about LUL and buses).

I've just been informed that he died last Sunday 24 November 2019 from
cancer.

He will be sorely missed.

This is very sad news. I always scanned threads for his replies as
they were most interesting and informative.

His Flickr photos are he
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24759744@N02/

--
jhk

Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:12:00 +0000, London calling
wrote:

I believe Paul was a regular here some time ago (and was very
knowledgable about LUL and buses).

I've just been informed that he died last Sunday 24 November 2019 from
cancer.

He will be sorely missed.

This is very sad news. I always scanned threads for his replies as
they were most interesting and informative.

His Flickr photos are he
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24759744@N02/


I see he posted this message there five months ago:

"Just a message to explain the lack of uploads recently. I have been
diagnosed with a very serious medical condition. This means photography is
pretty much out of the question. At this point in time I've no idea how
long recovery may take or even if it that is likely.

I have set things up that my account will auto renew shortly for a year so
my full set of photos will remain online for your enjoyment. Thank you all
for your continued support of my Flickrstream."

Yes this is very sad, particularly at a fairly young age. I was wondering
why he no longer posted in this forum.

Robin9 wrote:

Yes this is very sad, particularly at a fairly young age. I was
wondering
why he no longer posted in this forum.

I think he dropped out if here before the illness. I think he may still
have been active elsewhere till about five months ago.

Does anyone know his age? I couldn't locate him on LinkedIn.

I found this that he tweeted on 29 Oct:
"Personal update - am no longer at home. Am in local palliative unit at
Whipped Cross hospital. Had become too weak to manage independently so
possibly best place for me now. Both GP and new consultant involved in
decision."

I wish I'd followed him on Twitter, as he provided regular news on his
worsening illness.

On 28/11/2019 16:04, Recliner wrote:
Robin9 wrote:

Yes this is very sad, particularly at a fairly young age. I was
wondering
why he no longer posted in this forum.

I think he dropped out if here before the illness. I think he may still
have been active elsewhere till about five months ago.

Does anyone know his age? I couldn't locate him on LinkedIn.

I found this that he tweeted on 29 Oct:
"Personal update - am no longer at home. Am in local palliative unit at
Whipped Cross hospital. Had become too weak to manage independently so
possibly best place for me now. Both GP and new consultant involved in
decision."

I wish I'd followed him on Twitter, as he provided regular news on his
worsening illness.

He is in a better place, one has to believe, regardless of whether that
person is religious or not.

"Recliner" wrote in message
...
Robin9 wrote:

Yes this is very sad, particularly at a fairly young age. I was
wondering
why he no longer posted in this forum.

I think he dropped out if here before the illness. I think he may still
have been active elsewhere till about five months ago.

Does anyone know his age? I couldn't locate him on LinkedIn.

I found him on twitter after reading this thread. Sounds like a rough final
few months.

From some mentions of how old he was when certain songs came out in other
tweets, I would estimate he was born in 1964.

James

In message , at 16:04:23 on Thu, 28
Nov 2019, Recliner remarked:

Yes this is very sad, particularly at a fairly young age. I was
wondering why he no longer posted in this forum.

I think he dropped out if here before the illness. I think he may still
have been active elsewhere till about five months ago.

Does anyone know his age? I couldn't locate him on LinkedIn.

The almost most recent posting I have here is July 2018:

TfL press releases, board papers and reports are littered with
such errors. No one bothers to properly proof read this stuff
which means appalling errors are made and then published for the
public to see.

[mode = old git] "Wouldn't have happened in my day"

From about five years ago I got the impression he'd been 'let go'
perhaps prematurely from TfL after a career in ultimately
customer-facing IT (such as Oyster and barriers) and then became an
inveterate critic of the continuing regime.

Such as (and not saying his self-imposed role was right or wrong, but it
was very much his entitlement to do so)

"Something has to give very soon because you can't keep
prioritising Crossrail if it means a newly electrified line
can't use electric trains *and* it may also lose its existing
diesel trains. That is the sort of farce that is almost up there
with the utter, utter shambles that is Thameslink / Great
Northern."

"TfL do produce assessments of broken trips, longer wait times
etc. The only time I've seen one published was for the extensive
New Addington changes 3 years ago. It showed the numbers of
people affected, demand levels, costs and benefits of the
options considered etc. It was genuinely interesting. However
I suspect TfL take the view that the public aren't bothered with
such things or would not understand them. They've not published
one since, sadly. The cynic in me says they don't like to
release too much detail in case it is turned against them by
someone who might spot flaws or inconsistencies in the
assumptions, data or calculations."

"The Hopper fare is being used to justify the loss of many
sections of bus route. Part of the 27 is being lost in
Chiswick, the 224 is being axed in Wembley, the mass of cuts in
and around Oxford St. There are also many more route massacres
on their way. To coin a phrase "you ain't seen nothing yet".
It's an accountant's wet dream as it allows the bus planners to
rip the bus network to bits and leave the passengers (those that
will be left) with the effort of taking multiple buses whereas
today a journey can be done on one bus. One day I shall have
to ask Caroline Pidgeon, who campaigned for the Hopper ticket,
whether she also expected the bus network to be destroyed off
the back of her initiative. Talk about unintended
consequences."
--
Roland Perry