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.
2009-11-27
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Tessa Jowell, Minister for London, quoted in the TfL press release: King’s Cross St. Pancras Tube station doubles in size as state-of-the-art ticket hall opens.
Of course, that’s “opens” as in “photo-op with Boris” as opposed to “opens” as in “can be used by the public”; that’s on Sunday. I’m looking forward to the posts from the usual suspects already.
2009-05-13
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Why does TfL hate Travelcard users?
(To clarify: this is my journey history page on the Oyster online site. As it says, it only shows PAYG journeys, but of course the whole point of a travelcard is that you rarely have to pay extra for anything. Even if I did primarily use PAYG, it still wouldn’t show the journeys, unless I’d paid for credit online. Sigh.)
