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"unless you're the sort of curmudgeon who enjoys hearing fellow passengers' phone conversations collapse when they enter a tunnel"
*puts hand up*
Scott | Homepage | 18.04.19 - 8:01 a.m. | #
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Top story on the BBC this morning. More Crossrail delays...
.ap | 18.04.19 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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My first thought when I read what was covered (and more importantly what was not) is perfectly summarised in your very last sentence.
Tim | 18.04.19 - 8:13 a.m. | #
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Of course the other way the Mayor has been reducing bus emissions has been by culling routes and frequencies.
andy c | 18.04.19 - 8:17 a.m. | #
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I do wonder what the educated guess (ie not mine) is now on Crossrail. Not a peep in a presser a third of the way thru 2019...
dg writes: Read today's BBC news article.
Kevin | 18.04.19 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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Ha! Thanks!
Kevin | 18.04.19 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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Where to temporarily site parliament? Doh, I don't know. Brexit? Doh, I don't know. Elizabeth Line? Doh, I don't know. Tails wagging dogs everywhere.
B | 18.04.19 - 9:18 a.m. | #
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I find it annoying that TfL can spend time and money on producing this sort of pointless guff but can no longer be bothered to produce bus maps.
M | 18.04.19 - 10:41 a.m. | #
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Having tried the "new improved" hire bikes once, immediately resolved to only use them if nothing else was available. Much less stable.
Timbo | 18.04.19 - 10:57 a.m. | #
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A cynic (ie me) would suggest that this is an early shot in the Mayor's re-election campaign.
Ned | 18.04.19 - 11:22 a.m. | #
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...most of the issues would be solved/improved by setting a cap/placing a limit on London's population. Maybe going so far as to actively reduce it. Instead it seems to be left unchecked and allowed to run-wild...which will only bring more problems.
Grumpy Anon | 18.04.19 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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Early Mayoral election leaflet. He’s running scared already.
Mark | 18.04.19 - 11:53 a.m. | #
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it's great that Sadiq gets London tax payers to fund his re-election campaign !
back in August 2018 some "Mayor of London" posters went up in Tube stations with content such as:
"Everyone should have a place to call home. The Mayor, Sadiq Khan, is doing everything in his power to build a London for everyone. That's why he's - Building thousands of homes for ownership to help first-time buyers - Making it easier to find an affordable home with our new online portal - Blocking developers' plans if they don't include enough genuinely affordable housing"
Somebody seemed to realise this was going too far - and they disappeared fairly quickly. I got photos whilst they were up originally - really felt like what you'd expect from those fake elections we seeing happening in foreign countries!
ADS | Homepage | 18.04.19 - 12:14 p.m. | #
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Is the tube wifi actually available these days? Every time I've tried it's been only for customers of a handful of mobile phone networks (not including mine) - a real shame for a programme that would be very useful for foreign visitors otherwise.
lmm | 18.04.19 - 12:46 p.m. | #
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Item 7 is important information, the rest of it just seems to be PR. I wonder how many trees were cut down to make these leaflets. What would be much more useful would be a leaflet on travelling with greater needs for a seat and what the rest of us need to be aware of. One side could have this information and the other side could be a map of step-free Underground stations.
Richard | 18.04.19 - 12:59 p.m. | #
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Dude, capital T for 'Tube', please, unless you're talking about a generic tube-shaped thing.
neil | 18.04.19 - 4:38 p.m. | #
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This blog is not beholden to the strictures of the TfL style guide.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 18.04.19 - 5:42 p.m. | #
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I am most definitely "the sort of curmudgeon who enjoys hearing fellow passengers' phone conversations collapse when they enter a tunnel"!
Cornish Cockney | 18.04.19 - 7:21 p.m. | #
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Very reminiscent of the way politicians like to reannounce good news in as many ways as possible
A waste of money, I've no idea what the justification for this sort of puff is and home the assembly members ask questions.
Mikey C | 19.04.19 - 8:18 a.m. | #
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Very reminiscent of the way politicians like to reannounce good news in as many ways as possible
i guess Sadiq Khan is a child of New Labour
ADS | Homepage | 19.04.19 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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All part of the run in to the 2020 Mayoral election. We saw similar "haven't we done well" publicity blurb from Boris in 2012 IIRC. The sudden ability to find £5m to stop ticket office closures on the Overground and an adjusted TfL budget that magically made 50% of the planned cut to bus mileage disappear are all part of this in my view. Of course things will likely revert to past plans if re-election is achieved in May 2020. Cynical moi?
PC | 19.04.19 - 3:20 p.m. | #
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the thing is that Sadiq Khan probably doesn't even *need* to fiddle the books to win ... a poll a few months ago had him winning 55% on the first round !
ADS | Homepage | 19.04.19 - 3:39 p.m. | #
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