marcus73

Dad, designs bridges, loves to run trails, cycles everywhere

[marcus73 @marcus73]

Hey @WorldBollard have you seen this? Actual cannon bollards in the City of London! I mean, we knew they were there, but great to have photos! Bollardollogy (the book onCoL bollards https://t.co/manCPMwITc ) has these as captured French cannons

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@schneider More room for bike lanes!

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@streetsforall @StreetsblogLA Borrow Santa Monica’s curb machine and ditch the plastic bollards.

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@joncstone Agreed, and will be way worse through Bank - Leadenhall if they allow taxis through Bank junction.

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Glad to hear The Cally Liveable Neighbourhood is going ahead. Really excited about the improvements to Rufford - Carnoustie St. it’s a great route to Kings X. Hopefully a safer cycle crossing of Caledonian Rd will come in the future. https://t.co/XMciwfqJHr

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@SCP_Hughes The best part about this development is the new fine grain walking network. Can’t wait!

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@IsSaddleThereIs Nope, this is Mildmay Rd at Newington Green. It’s going to be an awesome E-W link! Work’s going on now are the lower right side of this plan.

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Happy first day of works on the Mildmay Liveable neighbourhood to all who celebrate!

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Day 3, demolition proceeding apace. Programme for this bit is apparently a month, then they head west.

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Some actual holes in the ground today. This will be the kerb bump out + rain garden. It will be nice to have a larger outdoor space by the pub!

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@soxgnasher Slightly nicer than the existing pub!

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@MacLondon @hackney_cycling @joncstone Really feel like that should be narrower with give way signs to improve compliance. Islington seems to be doing the same thing (Notably on Colebrook Row). We’ve challenged that and asked them to look at making future filters narrower.

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@laura_nelson We really need Eric to be secretary of the grind. Make America Grind Again!

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@HistoryOfStokey @LAnderson_Frank @StokeyUpdates Totally agree, thus the initial subsidy idea. Clearly people enjoy having local shops, as several are doing quite well. I was thinking more along the lines of areas infill shops in areas that currently have a bit of a schlep to the high St to promote walking over driving.

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@MacLondon @joncstone This is awesome. Last bit of infrastructure needed for a safe cycling route E-W to Victoria Park. I would normally get off and use the zebra when riding with the kids, so this will be a nice upgrade.

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Replacement playground for St Jude St Gardens finally underway. The old equipment was quite dated, so this will be a nice upgrade!

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@HistoryOfStokey @LAnderson_Frank @StokeyUpdates I kinda feel like the council should buy and re-convert to retail some of these more local former shops, and perhaps subsidise rents for small grocery stores.

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@HistoryOfStokey @LAnderson_Frank @StokeyUpdates I was thinking more about the small backstreet shops that seem to be disappearing. There are plenty of places where it is quite a walk to the main high street, which is precisely why the shops were there in the first place.

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@HistoryOfStokey @LAnderson_Frank @StokeyUpdates I’m wondering if the councils have any power to mandate a change of use back to commercial when they’re sold.

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@StokeyUpdates I really feel that everyone should have a walkable corner shop for basics within 5min max. We use ours constantly, and even now send the kids on their own to grab something for us when we’ve run out. I feel comfortable with this because the shop keeper knows us and the kids.

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@StokeyUpdates Do you know if there are regulations in place restricting conversion of retail to residential? I really feel like to many of the hyper local retail areas are slowly disappearing (Allen Rd, etc), which likely leads to more driving as people have to go further to shop.