2011-03-21
Love Trees
In the last few weeks, I’ve noticed more and more of these cropping up in my contact’s Flickr photos:
They’re a modification of London’s standard signs, used to warn double decker drivers that they may want to avoid high branches. (I’ve been on plenty of buses that have run into them, making a disturbing but - usually not actually damaging - impact.)
They first started showing up (with a slightly different sticker design) in March 2010:
It seems they’re produced by an organisation called Climate Rush, and one of the nice things about them is that they’re subtle, and don’t actually stop the signs from performing their usual job. More like this.
Photos by Alistair Tse, Islington Now, Patrick Wilken, Alice, Quasor, Andrea Vail, and Eric Hands.
2011-02-28
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The Tube map’s depiction of the East London Line’s extension to Highbury and Islington, which opened today. There’s pictures and analysis at Londonist. As they put it, “not good news for those who favour a less cluttered approach”.
2011-01-07
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I’m not sure why the Freeing Its Data, London Turns Access Into Apps article in Time should be a photo essay, but it is. Still, some of the photos are nice, like this one. (via Dan W.)
Photograph; Dan Kitwood / Getty Images.
2010-07-27
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New Victoria line trains ‘23 times less reliable’ than the old ones says the Evening Standard.
Things they don’t mention:
- running two signalling systems alongside each other is the tricky bit of an upgrade
- trains usually need a while to “bed in”
- TfL only started running these at rush hour in the last few months; it’s no surprise they’re finding issues
Also, as the comments note, I’d like to know where the suspiciously mathematical “23 times” figure comes from.
2010-03-31
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2010-03-17
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Transport minister Lord Adonis, on how the Mayor ought to be handling the finances of Transport for London.
From London Reconnections’ dissection of the PPP Arbiter’s Final Report, via teflon.
2010-02-12
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On the left, the new(ish) Google-based bus maps from TfL. On the right, Alf Eaton’s onabus.com, as first seen last year. Both are showing the 19, Finsbury Park - Battersea Bridge (south side).
2010-02-04
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2009-12-01
TfL Interchange Guidelines
I find it a bit odd that this site includes Vauxhall as a case study. In particular, the line claiming that “Interchange is compact with short movements required between modes.” comes as a bit of a joke for anyone who has to walk down the entire length of the “striking, contemporary structure” to get from the Underground (or National Rail) station to the bus stop for the 77, 344 and 360 northbound, which is at the far south of the station.
Still, they correctly note that “Issues include … pedestrian connectivity between the bus interchange and the local area via at-grade crossings that are not always located on desire lines resulting in more circuitous routes.” Getting from the aforementioned stop to Tesco involves waiting at, if I remember correctly, four different pedestrian crossings. The alternative is a mad dash across three lanes of gyratory.
Mind you, it’s better than the awful bridges they had there before 2002. Just.
