Transport, planning, climate change and local history in Beckenham, South East London. https://nitter.cf/t.co/xTie57CtpJ. https://nitter.cf/t.co/ouHibiiX0M
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Speeding and the sheer volume of road traffic are the two biggest transport issues for residents in Beckenham. So where are all the speed- and traffic-reduction schemes? We're looking hard but struggling to find many!
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The video is making the point that there is a double standard: when Lime bikes are incorrectly parked they are banned from the borough, when cars do it, residents are asked to fill out an online form (which many of us have filled out countless times, with no significant change)
Local MP @LiamConlon2 recently challenged LimeBike after incorrectly parked e-bikes forced a disabled resident onto the road in Penge. @SimonFawthrop_1 @LBofBromley also said they would take tough action.
We're glad to see our MP and council take leadership on this - now do cars?
Another polluted & congested Saturday on #Beckenham High Street. Limits on through traffic, separated cycle lanes, and making the parking spaces loading zones & blue badge only, would transform the high street at minimal cost. Boroughs across London are doing this - why not here?
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Open Meeting on SHORTLANDS – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Saturday, 16 November at 10.30am Harris School, bottom of Kingswood Road, marking the 90th Anniversary of Shortlands Residents Assoc. Presented by Mike Ricketts who last night gave excellent talk at RVR meeting. Recommended
Bato Coffee opening soon on Beckenham High Street, in what used to be the Sinclair Hammelton office
ALT Photo of a shop on Beckenham High Street that is currently being refitted, with a sign in the window reading 'Bato Coffee opening soon'
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Markets, comedy and cinema coming to Crystal Palace Subway #Croydon @CPTriangulation @cpneighbours @OurGipsyHill @TimeOutLondon insidecroydon.com/2024/11/01…
More recent signage improvements in #Beckenham - this is at the bottom of Foxgrove Road, indicating that cyclists can use the toucan crossing on Southend Road @London_Cycling @LiveableBromley
UPDATE: as of this morning there is a painted cycle lane too
Cycling infrastructure in Beckenham is woeful. Yet, in the spirit of recognising even small improvements, new signage around the Westgate Road bridge makes it clearer for cyclists to safely travel northbound against one-way vehicle traffic @LiveableBromley @bromleycyclists
Cycling infrastructure in Beckenham is woeful. Yet, in the spirit of recognising even small improvements, new signage around the Westgate Road bridge makes it clearer for cyclists to safely travel northbound against one-way vehicle traffic @LiveableBromley @bromleycyclists
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Our river restoration sessions at Beckenham Place Park are in full swing!
Come along on the 23rd, 24th, and 30th of Oct. to get involved in volunteering activities by the River Ravensbourne. 😉💦
Register here: thames21.org.uk/events/list/… 🔗
See you there!
#thames21
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This Saturday there’s a spooky ride starting from outside @NationalTheatre and heading to Ruskin Park. Join @IBikeLondon and @solveschoolrun… IF YOU DARE… 🎃 👻 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 🌙 🦇
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🌿💦🌱Join us for hands-on river restoration sessions at the east side of Beckenham Place Park along the River Ravensbourne! We have upcoming volunteer events on the 19th, 23rd, 24th and 30th of this month.
Learn more and register here: ow.ly/ONoE50TKI5L
#thames21
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South London Singers concert Maurice Darufle's Requiem and other choral works with Nicholas Wibberley conducting and organist Jack Stone
Buy tickets online southlondonsingers.org.uk
#beckenham #bromley #singers #concert #choral #music
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'Worse congestion and longer delays' are entirely the fault of the number of cars on U.K's roads doubling to 41 million in the past 30 years. Nothing to do with the odd cycle lane which is always is always a convenient excuse lazily used to distract from the obvious cause
Worse congestion and longer delays are precisely the point of new cycle lanes. The main reason councils install them is to push people out of their cars and restrict mobility, not to help cyclists, many of whom continue to use the roads in any case. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10…
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SELO's first performance of the season is just one day away! We're playing in Dulwich (not Beckenham), and the concert is tomorrow; not Sunday 👍
Tickets: buff.ly/3XBkaTP
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As a disabled drive & resident of Bromley, I am appled at the lack of consideration given to disabled drivers, in Bromley, in this case Beckenham High Street.
The images show two Blue Badge bays taken over by a construction company. The bays are still in service.
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Absolute bloody disaster. Hyde Housing Association should be blacklisted. #housing #CountyHouse #Beckenham
"Sadiq Khan's first ever "London Living Rent" tenants have told LBC they were “sold a false dream”, as they face eviction after years of dealing with substandard living conditions" Sadly predictable from Hyde housing: lbc.co.uk/news/questions-sad… #ukhousing @SHAC_Action
