Patrick Ives

Gardener, cyclist, sailor, concerned about deteriorating air quality in London. All tweets my own personal opinions.

[Karin Tearle @BELLEGREENWICH]

A very productive morning weeding outside ⁦⁦@growingforgold⁩ ⁦@EGRA_London⁩. Not a drop of glyphosate in sight! It’s so good to get out there and do something for the local community.I’m sure others will agree! ⁦@ElthamEnviros⁩ #GreenerGreenwichCommunityGroup

[The Greenwich Wire @greenwich_wire]

NEW: Long waits for Greenwich line trains will be cut - but not in the next timetable change, Southeastern's boss has promised ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ https://t.co/OSDbg6ulac

[The Greenwich Wire @greenwich_wire]

EXCLUSIVE: The Greenwich planning chair who approved the 36-storey Morden Wharf development with his casting vote has now joined a firm working on the project https://t.co/UkDNtJSENj

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@BELLEGREENWICH @HardwickRalph @willnorman @sabrodrigues61 @Royal_Greenwich @EnvAgencySE @EGRA_London Planning application 19/3298/F regarding expansion of the site to include taking over the adjacent public jetty. Resubmitted last year but still no plans to improve the very narrow Thames Path around the site and no dust or noise mitigation.

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

Egra newsletter https://t.co/7WyfMndb5K

[BlackheathStandardResident 💙 @RichardT135]

Bit concerning to see a @Royal_Greenwich employee telling @KateM45 she’s not allowed to film him as he drives down the wrong side of Vanbrugh Hill in a council vehicle. I trust the council will take this seriously. @MPSGreenwich

[Kate Middleton @KateM45]

⁦Vanburgh hill - a fatal accident waiting to happen. Crossing is terrifying due to drivers coming around the blind bend at speed or using the wrong side of the road- like this guy who told me it was allowed because they are ⁦@Royal_Greenwich⁩ security. @DanLThorpe⁩

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@Chris_C_Lloyd Well said Chris. Having lived in a rat-running area (Christchurch Way/Azof St/Bellot St) before and after it became an LTN in the 90's, the difference was amazing. Supported @EGRA_London calls for LTN's in Pelton and Walnut Tree Roads to stop rat-running because of that.

[Murky Depths @TheMurkyDepths]

With over 100 trees threatened due to Silvertown tunnel work, campaigners are attempting to halt felling https://t.co/GpTT0GgHXG

[The Greenwich Wire @greenwich_wire]

NEW: Maze Hill and Westcombe Park low-traffic neighbourhood 'just the start', council says https://t.co/iKAqbHiMcS

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@RichardT135 @deptforddame @EGRA_London For years in the 90's both lifts were decommissioned as they were being rebuilt. Got very used to carrying a bike up and down the nearly 100 stairs at either end. That was then. Couldn't imagine trying to do it with a much heavier electric bike.

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@TfL @willnorman @Heidi_LDN you've taken away the proposed tunnel from Rotherhithe to the Isle of Dogs, how about this as an alternative.

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@TfL @willnorman @Heidi_LDN have you seen what your cameras are picking up at the Blackwall Lane and Woolwich Road junction of the new cycleway in East Greenwich? Time to fix this. #StreetspaceLDN.

[Greenwich Society @GreenwichSoc]

Greenwich society and EGRA gardeners joining residents of Highbridge Wharf in planting the beds in front of Trinity Almshouses on the Thames Path. Huge thanks to @theroyalparks Greenwich for the many wonderful bedding plants and @growingforgold for plants and tools.

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@RichardT135 Biggest issue is the crossing at Rodmere Street. Pedestrian light green for 5 seconds - no red light to stop cars still in the junction driving through as pedestrians try to cross.

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

Doubt this would have been possible without the modal filter in place on this quiet street formerly a very nasty rat-run.

[BlackheathStandardResident 💙 @RichardT135]

Sunday afternoon strolling through a low traffic neighbourhood in East Greenwich and came across a harpist playing the most amazing music in her front garden - all socially distanced! 🙂 #community @EGRA_London @SarahJ_Berry @DanLThorpe @Chris_C_Lloyd

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@stillnotclare @aidanmasmith @EGRA_London Great mornings work. Wallflowers donated to the Rose Garden Park by local resident Alan from Alan's Plants Garden Centre on Woolwich Road. Other plants and tool share from @growingforgold Christchurch School Community Garden.

[The Greenwich Wire @greenwich_wire]

Greenwich Council wants to cut car use in the borough by 45 per cent by 2030, its new climate emergency plan says https://t.co/XrdjBeuE5a

[Patrick Ives @ptives]

@EGRA_London @Royal_Greenwich @dscottmcdonald @Chris_C_Lloyd @Brain1Brain At 9 the bollard was back up. Probably replaced by a parent concerned about the safety of children using Pelton Road to get to school. Still no lock though.

[Sarah 🍓 @SarahJ_Berry]

One thing I think drivers don't get is that the inconvenience they're experiencing from school streets, LTNs and cycle lanes is miniscule in comparison to the inconvenience other road users have been asked to take for the benefit of drivers over the years.