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Forum: London Transport November 16th 17, 02:49 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-16 13:39:38 +0000, David Cantrell said:

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 03:45:02PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:

Croydon is an abject dump, which is surprising given how many well-off
...
Forum: London Transport November 16th 17, 02:48 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-16 13:28:30 +0000, Theo said:

Maybe the hangars will eventually go dark and turn into delivery depots
instead of walk-in shops?

Tesco already have dark stores, and *all* of Ocado's...
Forum: London Transport November 16th 17, 02:46 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-16 13:26:38 +0000, said:


Realistically who completes a full supermarket shop in a town centre
these days? An out of town supermarket and a Sainsburys...
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 08:19 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 18:11:35 +0000, said:

I recently went into the Elephant & Castle shopping centre for probably
the first time in about ten years, looking for a cash machine...
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 04:26 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 16:34:52 +0000, said:

And all the PT facilities the place has. I suppose the problem is it can't
decide if its a town or a suburb and whether they should invest...
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 04:25 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 16:23:45 +0000, Tony Dragon said:

But it does get the visitors to Luner House.

That place really is an embarrassment. "Welcome to the UK - now naff
off" is about what it...
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 02:45 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 15:38:07 +0000, said:

The age doesn't matter, its all down to whether the owners can be arsed to
keep it up to date and whether the locals are chav scum or not....
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 01:23 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 13:58:24 +0000, tim... said:

Bradfield is the fictional city where Wire in the Blood is set

Just thought you'd all like to know that

Oh. There is/was a big hole in the middle...
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 09:33 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 09:45:59 +0000, said:

Bad news for Croydon. The Whitgift Centre has for years been blighted
by Westfield's plans. Getting on for half of the shops are...
Forum: London Transport November 15th 17, 09:32 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,636
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Croydon

On 2017-11-15 09:10:04 +0000, Basil Jet said:

Apparently the Centrale shopping centre (which only opened in 2004) is
to be merged with the Whitgift Centre. I think this will probably
create...
Forum: London Transport November 8th 17, 09:28 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,600
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Partially pedestrianised Oxford St in 2018

On 2017-11-07 16:23:00 +0000, Robin said:

So you don't give much credence to the demand to exclude motor vehicles?

Motor vehicles are a wier issue in London.

It's a funny meaning of...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 17, 02:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,600
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Partially pedestrianised Oxford St in 2018

On 2017-11-07 15:02:26 +0000, Tony Dragon said:

There's a demand to allow parking outside Selfridges, should we allow that?

There isn't enough land for that, unlike a narrow cycleway. If...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 17, 02:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,600
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Partially pedestrianised Oxford St in 2018

On 2017-11-07 14:52:07 +0000, Robin said:

What you want patently isn't a pedestrianised zone. It's a road,
restricted to pedal cycles, with 2 wide footways.

If you'd like to call it that,...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 17, 12:56 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,600
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Partially pedestrianised Oxford St in 2018

On 2017-11-07 11:01:23 +0000, Tim Woodall said:

I disagree. If there is a cycleway then it has to be wide enough for
cyclists to miss pedestrians who will step out infront of them.

They have...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 17, 12:55 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,600
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Partially pedestrianised Oxford St in 2018

On 2017-11-07 10:10:09 +0000, Robin said:

With the cyclists having priority over pedestrians who want to cross the road?

With zebra crossings.

With kerbs to confine cyclists (which become a...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 17, 08:50 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,600
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Partially pedestrianised Oxford St in 2018

On 2017-11-07 08:34:24 +0000, Offramp said:

On Monday, 6 November 2017 15:34:18 UTC, Recliner wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41878406

That's a good idea, possibly...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 17, 08:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,256
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Does a Metro anywhere have a first class section?

On 2017-11-07 08:20:19 +0000, Offramp said:

It's odd that diamondgeezer finds it embarrassing whereas I think it's
a perfect solution.

Yeah, I see no great problem with it, and it is made very...
Forum: London Transport November 5th 17, 05:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,256
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Does a Metro anywhere have a first class section?

On 2017-11-04 10:34:59 +0000, Ding Bat said:

Does any city's mass transit have a first class section? India's
Supreme Court weighs the issue of a sitting only class in the Delhi
Metro, with...
Forum: London Transport October 31st 17, 08:35 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 622
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
London City airport expansion

On 2017-10-30 17:33:05 +0000, Offramp said:

That sounds really good. It's a step in the right direction.

As long as there is enough terminal capacity in the rebuild. Years ago
it was a lovely...
Forum: London Transport October 27th 17, 10:14 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 8,253
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Crossrail transition

On 2017-10-26 17:00:25 +0000, Clank said:

If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be
jolly irritating....

Some of the new-breed mobile-only banks like Monzo do. ...
Forum: London Transport October 24th 17, 05:46 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 8,253
Posted By Neil Williams[_3_]
Crossrail transition

On 2017-10-24 13:59:35 +0000, Roland Perry said:

As a much travelled businessman (in general terms) I can assure you
that the lack of a paper receipt/ticket to attach to my expenses claim
is...
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