tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post5617352550597587709..comments2024-03-16T11:52:39.489+00:00Comments on Leon Daniels: London-Surrey Cycle RaceLeon Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204869899460566340noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-86433661649346028852011-08-21T06:04:20.955+01:002011-08-21T06:04:20.955+01:00not about the race, sorry, but i thought this - ab...not about the race, sorry, but i thought this - about two-way working in tottenham court rd, and how buses and cycles could benefit - might interest you<br /><br />http://voleospeed.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-discussion-of-dutch-style.htmlmiroir du fouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907710520777159589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-38934360511150166252011-08-18T12:15:58.867+01:002011-08-18T12:15:58.867+01:00Leon, one of the simplest positive suggestions wou...Leon, one of the simplest positive suggestions would be to have advertised this closure via the TMC traffic channel. The large percentage of people who use gps would have been automatically rerouted onto an open route. If the highways agency can update this channel within seconds of an incident, why can't Tfl with weeks to plan? Beyond this my biggest concern in the chaos of Sunday was that Matt Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795507113008457577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-89886526697106368812011-08-18T12:14:36.403+01:002011-08-18T12:14:36.403+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matt Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795507113008457577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-72399255285748709242011-08-17T17:39:27.812+01:002011-08-17T17:39:27.812+01:00I am glad to hear that the test cycle event was, o...I am glad to hear that the test cycle event was, on the whole, successful. It is only by doing these things that one can learn of the problems. Although not directly affected I was aware of the considerable disruption to public transport because of my interests. A friend here in Bromley who set off for Heathrow using a bus and connection to the X26 (having become wary of trying to use the Daddysgadgetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892897553855129226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-37440231716893965742011-08-16T18:51:11.125+01:002011-08-16T18:51:11.125+01:00I went to a wedding at a hotel in Wimbledon, left ...I went to a wedding at a hotel in Wimbledon, left at 11am, no one mentioned this the night before or AM, I live in Chiswick so a 20 min journey took 2 hours, the Stewards I spoke to (polite)were unable to help tell us where to cross the route, we ended up going to a busy M25! home 2.5 hrs later. A waste of time and petrol. OR another view 'UK productivity and Carbon emissions'.<br />OriginalThinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098043630117112990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-24693075020678140772011-08-15T22:30:46.411+01:002011-08-15T22:30:46.411+01:00It just occurs to me to ask, in the light of your ...It just occurs to me to ask, in the light of your warning about more general road closures during the main event, whether TfL / LOCOG are going to do a test "set the roads up as for the main Olympics" event soon?<br /><br />If Tfl want to concentrate the minds of businesses and commuters as to what is going to happen to London during the Olympics next year - doing a full scale test of Dirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705955530112144136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-90155422133556871432011-08-15T22:26:01.005+01:002011-08-15T22:26:01.005+01:00All positive suggestions welcomed, of course!All positive suggestions welcomed, of course!Leon Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204869899460566340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-77554387609566648372011-08-15T22:25:35.403+01:002011-08-15T22:25:35.403+01:00Just to be clear TfL doesn't organise sports e...Just to be clear TfL doesn't organise sports events. We are obliged to facilitate the road closures and the consequences. And you don't take out this much road capacity without causing some difficultiesLeon Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204869899460566340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-21128082927469659552011-08-15T22:22:12.672+01:002011-08-15T22:22:12.672+01:00Sadly I have to agree with quite a lot of the nega...Sadly I have to agree with quite a lot of the negative comment.<br /><br />One observation I would make is that, somehow, TfL will have to inform most of the SE of England, including all the Home Counties and probably at least one layer of County beyond that. <br /><br />I am presuming that there are reasonably up to date traffic surveys that allow TfL to prioritise the sort of notice required toDirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705955530112144136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-14252095490345056682011-08-15T19:07:20.357+01:002011-08-15T19:07:20.357+01:00I really do hope TFL take this as an example of ho...I really do hope TFL take this as an example of how much preparation needs to be taken for next year! What a mess!<br /><br />Staff had no idea where the buses were stopping/picking up from. It was poorly advertised on the bus stops with the information sheets going up less than a week before the event in some areas. At Heathrow there was no poster about the changes on the X26 which was one of Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16291137718303625913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-50514404085535659972011-08-15T10:16:15.720+01:002011-08-15T10:16:15.720+01:00"The great news is that it was a success...&q..."The great news is that it was a success..."<br />"Thousands of people lined the route..."<br />And millions (on their day off work) had their freedom to travel curtailed. It would be interesting to know just what percentage of the population care a fig about cycle racing.littlejimbuseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409820705705194429noreply@blogger.com