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Category Archives: Commuting
It’s time for action to make borough’s roads safe for cyclists
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The plan for a green recovery in the borough announced this week meets with approval from MARCUS CHURCHILL, pictured left, but he says that the proposals are long overdue and need to be implemented urgently I fully commend … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, Environment, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Marcus Churchill
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Train operators offer advice for travelling in the ‘new normal’
During this coronavirus pandemic, not everyone works in No10 and can just drive to Barnard Castle when they fancy a day out. But as lockdown measures are eased, and there’s a gradual return to work for some, railway operators … Continue reading
‘A once in a generation opportunity to shape a new Croydon’
We’ve had red Labour. There’s been “Blue Labour”. Now, a handful of councillors from the north of the borough want to see a truly “Green” Labour in Croydon. Learning from many of the environmental benefits of the coronavirus lockdown, and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, Health, Jamie Audsley, Muhammad Ali, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon XR, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Transition Town, Green Recovery Plan, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali
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Let’s build new tram lines with routes where people want to go
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The ‘Fantasy Tram Network’ map, showing the various undeveloped extensions and new destinations which have been spurned over the past 20 years, underlines the desperate need for better public transport in south London, says STEPHEN SPARK Thanks for … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Sutton Link, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
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What might have been: how Croydon Trams should have grown
Have you ever wondered what the Croydon Tram network might look like if the Crystal Palace extension, or the much-talked-about Sutton line, had ever been built? Loyal reader Anthony Norris-Watson certainly, and he put together something which Ken Livingstone or … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sutton Link, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Crystal Palace, London, Mayor, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London
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East to go North – Network Rail wants to move a whole station
Network Rail want to make the earth move for commuters. Or, at least, they want to move East Croydon Station. The railway infrastructure body this week released the latest version of its plans for what they call the Croydon Area … Continue reading
East Croydon expansion plans are to go online from Monday
The latest stage of Network Rail’s consultation over the expansion of East Croydon Station, improvements at Norwood Junction, the rebuilding of Windmill Bridge and the unblocking of the railway bottleneck at the Selhurst junction, will be launched online on Monday. … Continue reading
Road closures make sense – now and when lockdown is over
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Road closures to motor vehicles during the coronavirus lockdown in an area around South Norwood have found approval with at least one cyclist as they travel to work. ROB CALLENDER, right, explains I work a second job part-time … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, South Norwood, Transport
Tagged Cycling, Rob Callender, South Norwood
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Pavements to be widened in South Norwood and Crystal Palace
Seven more Croydon roads, in Crystal Palace, South Norwood and Thornton Heath, are to undergo pavement widening measures next week as part of the council’s Streetspace scheme that aims to make it easier to walk or cycle during the coronavirus … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Fairfield, Parking, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Thornton Heath
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Psst! Don’t tell anyone: parking restrictions return on Tuesday
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on an announcement sneaked out deviously late on the Friday evening of a bank holiday weekend, probably in the hope that no one would notice the 25% discount on resident parking permits Anyone would think that … Continue reading
