London Banter - Boris's draft strategy released

MIG wrote:
On 12 Oct, 17:50, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:
Jeremy Parker wrote:
It's onhttp://mts.tfl.gov.uk
Bonus points for recognising the view on the front cover.
Sorry, forgot to include the word "thanks".

Let me guess: "I plan to take credit for some of the things that Ken
was going to do, and cancel the rest."

A homonym for 'draft is 'unwelcome puff of air'. I suggest they
misspelled the title...

Would you believe that the Dagenham Dock extension (proposal 15) and the
Thames Gateway Bridge (proposal 39(d)) are in there?

Piccie on front is The Cut, SE1, facing west. The recent scheme along
there is mentioned in the doc as an example of what Boris wants to do,
which considering they've just traffic calmed the hell out of it at a
cost to TfL of £2m (out of a total £3m, half the remainder coming from
the EU) is going to annoy the motoring lobby to the point of frothing
rebellion, particularly as it was done by, er, Lambeth Council during
Livingstone's reign, and incientally shows that the old newt fancier
presided over a regime that did such Boris-like things such as improving
the public realm, allowing pedestrians, cyclists and motorists to
coexist more happily, planting trees, putting up bike racks etc. Which
begs the question 'what was the point of all that then?'.

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/...=0&Opt=3#AI344
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/News/Press...nalAward.h tm

Worse still, it was done in collaboration with the Cross River
Partnership, who proudly support, er, the Cross River Tram:

http://www.crossriverpartnership.org...il.asp?id=1698

I quote:

"Chapter five
Case study: The Cut, SE1
The Cut, spanning Southwark and Lambeth, is now a lively ‘better
balanced’ street which includes housing, shops, restaurants, both the
Old and Young Vic theatres and a college. Previously dominated by
traffic, it has undergone a transformation. The project was a successful
collaboration between the Cross River Partnership, TfL, the boroughs,
the local community and business groups who have delivered a ‘better
balanced’ shared space street. It features:
• Improved pedestrian access by providing widened footways and raised
tables, redesigned carriageway and junctions
• Improved quality of the shared urban realm, with quality materials
(York stone), rationalised
elegant street furniture, demarcated outdoor dining and new cycle stands
• Improved sense of wellbeing and personal safety of people using the
street, with the introduction of improved lighting levels and a strict
time-restricted waste management system, new trees and solar-powered
parking meters
• Improved trading environment for local businesses – pedestrian
surveys show that evening and weekend footfall on The Cut has increased
by more than 35 per cent which has greatly enlivened the area and
benefited local businesses
The transformation has also encouraged the use of more sustainable means
of transport, with average traffic speeds dropping from 29mph to 17.4mph
and lower vehicles numbers, creating a more pleasant and safer
environment for pedestrians and cyclists."

The first green shop front is a Tote betting shop, curiously enough.
The second one is a cycle shop.

I'm getting the impression Boris didn't write very much of this, really.

Tom