Mizter T wrote:


Absolutely. Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle and Camden Town are three
particularly significant 'edge of zone 1' stations that instantly
spring to mind where this tactic can fruitfully be employed - but
there are plenty of others such as Bermondsey, Whitechapel, Essex
Road, Notting Hill Gate, Royal Oak etc which might work for individual
commuters.

On which note, it'll be interesting if any of Boris's bike hire schemes
appear at edge-of-Z1 stations. They're effectively intended to give
people an alternative to bus or tube onward transport from London rail
terminals, after all.

Tom

On Apr 23, 10:10*pm, Tom Barry wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

Absolutely. Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle and Camden Town are three
particularly significant 'edge of zone 1' stations that instantly
spring to mind where this tactic can fruitfully be employed - but
there are plenty of others such as Bermondsey, Whitechapel, Essex
Road, Notting Hill Gate, Royal Oak etc which might work for individual
commuters.

On which note, it'll be interesting if any of Boris's bike hire schemes
appear at edge-of-Z1 stations. *They're effectively intended to give
people an alternative to bus or tube onward transport from London rail
terminals, after all.


Arguably TfL's Finsbury Park cycle park can fulfil a similar role for
regular commuters, though you obviously need to supply your own
bicycle!
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/9003.aspx

I've no idea how many people do use if for parking their bike
overnight. Also, one wouldn't want to get there in the evening and
find no space because it was still full up with the bike's of 'daytime
parkers'. I must sign up with them at some point just so as to check
it out and give it a test run.

I haven't really been following developments w.r.t the cycle hire
scheme - where are we (/is he) at with that then? And is it going to
work?

Mizter T wrote:


Arguably TfL's Finsbury Park cycle park can fulfil a similar role for
regular commuters, though you obviously need to supply your own
bicycle!
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/9003.aspx

I've no idea how many people do use if for parking their bike
overnight. Also, one wouldn't want to get there in the evening and
find no space because it was still full up with the bike's of 'daytime
parkers'. I must sign up with them at some point just so as to check
it out and give it a test run.

I haven't really been following developments w.r.t the cycle hire
scheme - where are we (/is he) at with that then? And is it going to
work?

Curiously enough, the first 400 sites have just been announced, and
they're not at stations apparently.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...ons/article.do
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tre/11580.aspx

It's suggested that NR aren't co-operating (presumably because they take
too much space up), but there seem to be some near enough to stations to
be useful, including the Albert Embankment near Vauxhall and in Waterloo
Road.

It's definitely being seen by TfL as part of a modal shift away from
public transport in Zone 1, though. It'll take Oyster.

TfL's press office will apparently supply a list of sites on request.

Tom

On 27 Apr, 10:14, Tom Barry wrote:
It's suggested that NR aren't co-operating (presumably because they take
too much space up), but there seem to be some near enough to stations to
be useful, including the Albert Embankment near Vauxhall and in Waterloo
Road.

Isn't that the usual Evening Standard tactic of manufacturing a
controversy that pits evil commie TfL against the honest stockbroking
rail-commuter?

Also the complaint about locks is a bit spurious - if it's going to
work anything like Velib, the whole point is you use them to ride from
docking station to docking station, rather than keeping the same bike
with you all day. I'm surprised they say you'll be encouraged to use
your own lock - I think doing so is a breach of the Velib terms.

U