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still last@lastnotlost· 25d

Fri 17 July'26 #CS3Count Victoria Embankment stuck at 7983 today, resetting to zero, then restarting/ 890,440 when working since the April reboot #CS6Count Blackfriars Road 5967 today /416,889 since May reboot @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Electronic display with the quoted scores

still last@lastnotlost· 26d

#Lambeth Council strikes MoUs with hire ebike/eScooter operators for 2026-28. (Papers to Scrutiny Ctte 21/7/26 moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/ieListDocume...) Frustratingly, Lambeth have redacted the sexy bits with the actual fees and expected income! 1/n

Screenshot of opening page of ebike MOU. Alas, officers embedded the first page into the council papers as an image, rather than text. In summary, the operators agree to pay an annual fee for bikes, with different fees in three tiers up to 800 bikes/ 1725 bikes/ 2300 bikes ... but the fees themselves have been redacted.

still last@lastnotlost· 26d

When the unwind-Bank-safety stuff started in 2021, the taxi orgs rallied to "game" or "pack" the consultation responses. City officers saw what was happening and reweighted the responses. Officers may try again now, but Aldermen ain't listening, alas. Soft-Tories are keen to unwind scheme.

Taxi orgs rallying support for their position on the 2021 Bank junction consultations

Extract of 2021 consultation results, where City officers note a high number of taxi-related comments in disproportion to taxis mode share in the City

Taxi orgs asking City alderman for update on unwinding the Bank safety scheme back in 2022

still last@lastnotlost· 26d

1/2 #RBKC has a consultation running until 13 Sept'26 re "bringing the fun back to Kensington High Street" ... "including exploring ways to reduce the impact of traffic on the high street." Spoiler: there's naff all to "reduce impact of traffic", just some planters. Links in next post. #KHS #HSK

The vision: bring the fun back
Opportunity Kensington is working to make Kensington High Street more lively, welcoming and enjoyable. The high street has all the ingredients of a world-class location, but its full potential as a distinctive and thriving visitor destination remains untapped.

Bringing the fun back to Kensington High Street is about continuing to promote exciting new events, revitalising public spaces, extending activity into the evening and night-time, and a shift from convenience to choice.

The long-term aim is for Kensington High Street and its surroundings to become greener and better designed for people to spend time in, including exploring ways to reduce the impact of traffic on the high street.

1. High Street planters
The planter installation outside Ecco forms part of the wider High Street Kensington Planters Programme. This initiative will contribute to creating a more welcoming, attractive, and environmentally enriched streetscape, supporting the broader objectives to improve pedestrian experience and strengthen the character of the high street.

In development

7. Junction improvements and pavement widening
This project seeks to review the Kensington High Street to Kensington Church Street junction to identify opportunities to create a safer environment for pedestrians and cyclists.

It would involve the removal of unnecessary street furniture and widening the pavements going north and east from the junction, where they are currently most constrained. Enhanced pedestrian crossings, including a new potential crossing aligned with the Whole Foods Market entrance would also be explored.

Aspiration

still last@lastnotlost· 27d

@citylcc.bsky.social @psimonk.bsky.social Seems there were over 3,500 responses to the City's taxis-across-Bank consultation ... which might mean something, or nothing at all. (Minutes of Common Council, 25/6/26 pdf democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s2...)

The Deputy Chairman said that the supplementary question did not relate to the
original question on Bank Junction black taxi access but noted that over 3,500
responses had been provided to the Bank Junction consultation.

still last@lastnotlost· 27d

Which hire bike operators are in which London boroughs? Well, as at 23/6/26, there's Lime, Forest, Voi or none (Paper to City of London Streets Ctte 21/7/26, agenda democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/ieListDocume...) (Attempt in alt txt to unpack colours & operators per borough, or not ... )

Map of London's 33 local authorities, poorly shaded to show which operators are in which boroughs.
H&F, K&C, Westminster: Lime, Forest, Voi and Bolt
Lambeth & Southwark: Forest, Lime, Voi
Hackney Ealing: Lime, Voi
Haringey, Wandsworth Merton, Lewisham: Forest, Lime
Hounslow: Forest, Voi
Richmond, Kingston, Sutton: Forest
B&H: Voi
TH, Newham: Can ride through

still last@lastnotlost· 27d

Interesting to see what % interest local authorities pay to borrow from #CityOfLondon (or CoL deposits surplus funds with) Stockport (LibDem) 4.4%, Rochdale (Labour) 4.3%, Lancs CC (RefUK) up to 4.6% City Investment Ctte 20/7/26 democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/ieListDocume...

Screenshot with a table showing where the City Of London deposits £800 million of surplus cash. Most are deposit with banks and building societies, but c £80m is deposited (lent to) English local authorities.

still last@lastnotlost· 27d

Tory transport spokesman Richard Holden asks DfT about 20mph speed limits. BTW, Tory Richard Holden was fined for speeding in October 2024 www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2467615... bsky.app/profile/dft-...

Former North West Durham MP Richard Holden fined for speeding
24th October 2024

still last@lastnotlost· 27d

Would it be helpful if I pointed out that SEJ's official address of Durham Avenue RM2, is a traffic filtered street? find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1459... www.google.com/maps/place/D...

Screenshot of the linked google map reference, showing the entrance to Durham Avenue blocked by a row of steel bollards.

still last@lastnotlost· 27d

I suspect the noise bloke's objection to LTNs is, in part, cos (AFAIK) he found himself in the red bit of the Brixton Hill LTN. (Companies House is very helpful).

Map of Lambeth Council's Brixton Hill low traffic neighbourhoods, with the area split into 3 traffic filtered areas to stop rat-running

still last@lastnotlost· 28d

... Tory Baroness Annie, using her unelected position to pursue her (anti) cycling fetish. Baroness McIntosh *never* asks about motoring, motorists or motoring offences. bsky.app/profile/dft-...

Cycling: Road Traffic Offences
Show full question
Question for Department for Transport
UIN HL1498, tabled on 30 June 2026

Question
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Conservative
Life peer Lords
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) fines have been issued, (2) prosecutions made in the last six months following breaches of the Road Traffic Act 1988 by cyclists; and what plans they have, if any, to keep this under review.

Hide full question
Answer
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Labour
Life peer Lords
Answered on
14 July 2026

The collection of data on prosecutions is a matter for the Ministry of Justice, and they hold information up to December 2025. Therefore, no information is available for the last six months.

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 11

2/ In 2018, Tory-chaired London Assembly asked Tory gov for the VED ("road tax") to be returned - Treasury replied "get stuffed" > Letter 25/1/18 Gareth Bacon (MP) to HMT: www.london.gov.uk/about-us/lon... > Letter 13/2/18 Robert Jenrick (HMT minister) to Assembly: www.london.gov.uk/about-us/lon...

Extract of 2018 letter from Gareth Bacon MP obo London Assembly to Phillip Hammond, Chancellor of Exchequer, asking for VED to be returned to London

2018 Letter signed by Robert Jenrick from HM Treasury back to London Assembly
"Finally, I am afraid I must disagree with you on your point that it is unfair that transport passengers help to fund London's road network"

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 11

1/n If Andy Burnham wishes London to "take the cost of rent, bills and fares seriously", will he return London's VED receipts to fund TfL? London lost VED receipts when Tory Mayor Boris Johnson accepted Chancellor George Osborne's budget in the early 2010s. Tube fare income now subsidises roads.

(Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burham-london-pitch-good-growth-devolution-b1288126.html)

Andy Burnham’s three-point plan for growth in London
Utilities

All parts of the UK should be able to take greater public control of essential services such as water, housing, energy and transport, learning from the model that has transformed our bus networks in Greater Manchester.

We will set out 10-year plans to bring down the cost of these essentials to individuals, families and businesses. For London, that means housing, energy and transport. It means taking the cost of rent, bills and fares seriously. It means making sure people are not left overpaying for the basics while their wages stand still and their communities are asked to accept less.

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 10

10 July'26, 10pm, pleasant 25 degs C: - #CS3Count Vic Embankment 8671 journeys today (seems low 🤔), 820,559 since April's reboot - #CS6Count Blackfriars Road 6522 today, 366,293 since the May reboot @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 10

"The 900-kilometer (560-mile) network has been part of a wider plan to reduce the UAE’s carbon footprint and develop a sustainable transport system" ... with a diesel train. Desert express: UAE launches first national passenger rail network edition.cnn.com/2026/06/30/t... HT @lonrec.bsky.social

Picture of a modern train, with diesel fumes venting from the front engine's roof

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 10

2/ Fair to say, the bollard presence at today's much changed Spital Square is limp compared to the Victorian effort above. www.google.com/maps/@51.520...

Today's Spital Square, much changed, viewed from the pedestrianised market area with a few bollards and a basic vehicle barrier.

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 10

You all know that traffic-filtered streets are nothing new, but admire some serious bollard action in the old Spital Square, just off the City of London's Bishopsgate, as recorded in 1909. Credit to the fabulous story teller @thegentleauthor.bsky.social : spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/10/l...

"Church Passage, Spital Sq, 1733, photographed in 1909 – only the market buildings survive."

Credit: https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/10/lost-spitalfields-iii/

"Spital Sq photographed in 1909"

Credit: https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/10/lost-spitalfields-iii/

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

Just 5 boys named Nigel in 2025

Nigel, ranked 3684th, just 5 babies named in 2025

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

35 °C in London this afternoon, equalling the high from 26 June. #IsThisOK? www.timeanddate.com/weather/uk/l...

High & Low Weather Summary for the Past Weeks
Temperature Humidity Pressure
High 35 °C (26 Jun, 14:20) 94% (5 Jul, 04:50) 1030 mbar (5 Jul, 04:50)
Low 11 °C (3 Jul, 03:20) 18% (6 Jul, 17:20) 1012 mbar (26 Jun, 03:50)
Average 23 °C 57% 1020 mbar

London Weather History for the Previous 24 Hours
Show weather for:
Conditions Comfort
Time Temp Weather Wind Humidity Barometer Visibility
16:20
Thu, 9 Jul
35 °C Sunny. 3 mph ↑ 28% 1016 mbar 16 km

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

The July'26 questions to Mayor of London are up (PDF: www.london.gov.uk/about-us/lon... ) #LibDem assembly member Hina Bokhari (and Merton borough cllr), asks the Mayor about GLA funds to reopen Albert Bridge, an RBKC asset - one of the richest boroughs in the country

River Crossings (1)
Question No: 2026/2095
Hina Bokhari OBE
Following the closure of Albert Bridge in January of this year, will you commit any amount of
funding to the repair of bridge and its re-opening to motor traffic?
River Crossings (2)
Question No: 2026/2096
Hina Bokhari OBE
Will you consider conducting an evaluation of the potential economic impact of the closure of
Albert Bridge to motor traffic?
River Crossings (3)
Question No: 2026/2097
Hina Bokhari OBE
What conversations have taken place between your office and the Royal Borough of
Kensington and Chelsea regarding the closure of Albert Bridge to motor traffic?
River Crossings (4)
Question No: 2026/2098
Hina Bokhari OBE
Last year the Department for Transport announced £1bn of investment in local highways, and a
new structures fund to renew bridges, flyovers and tunnels. What conversations have you had
with Ministers to use some of these funds to repair Albert Bridge and/or Hammersmith Bridge?

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

TfL has commissioned some analysis re over-sized vehicles, including safety, will be interesting to see the conclusions later this year. (Commissioners report to TfL Board 8/7/26, agenda = board.tfl.gov.uk/ieListDocume...)

Safe vehicles
Oversized cars
We have been undertaking analysis and
expanding our evidence base to understand
the full impact of oversized cars – such
as the largest SUVs – on safety, the
efficient use of our roads and emissions,
and how these affect all road users. This
could inform any future policy proposals
in London or recommendations to
government or the sector.
We are also co-funding a study alongside
four London boroughs, which will look
into the impacts of oversized cars on
the capital’s streets, including their
contribution to road danger and related
issues. We expect outputs from this study
later this year.

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

8/ ... Wandsworth Council hasn't surveyed kids as to how they attended state schools since 2015 (it used to be annually), but only 22% of kids got to school by car then. democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/documents/s3...

Table 1. Travel mode split for Wandsworth schools
Travel mode Car Rail Bus Cycling Walking Total
No. of responses 4,467 636 3,293 685 10,861 19,942
% of survey respondents 22 3 17 3 54
11. Several individual schools have seen encouraging changes in travel
behaviour. Furzedown Primary School, SW17 (Furzedown), which achieved
Gold accreditation, has seen pupil car use decrease from 13% in 2014 to 3%
in 2015. Brandlehow Primary School, SW15 (Thamesfield) (Bronze
accreditation) has seen pupil car use down from 16% in 2014 to 10% in 2015
and Burntwood Academy SW17 (Earlsfield) (Silver accreditation) has seen
pupil car use down from 17% to 13%.
12. 2,576 pupils reported that they usually travel to school by scooter. This is 10%
of all the pupils that took part in the survey, maintaining the level of scootering
reported in 2014. The Council works with an external supplier to provide
scooter training, so that pupils are given the skills to scoot to school
responsibly and safely. In 2014/15 school year, scooter training (for children
aged 4 – 7 using push along scooters) was delivered at 31 schools.

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

7/ fee-paying Wimbledon High School, just off the hill, where 26% of kids were driven all or partly to school in its 2018 plng appl. democracy.merton.gov.uk/documents/s2...

mode share stats from Wimbledon High School in 2018. Pupils Car 20%, car share 2%, park & stride 4% = 26% driven all or part to school.

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

Wonderful news. The good folk of Clacton, and the wider political class, can enjoy more of Piers Corbyn's refreshing approach to graphical design. bsky.app/profile/samf...

Piers Corbyn and a coterie of anti-ULEZ nutters behind one his posters

Post titled High Noon Again for ULEZ ... and other stuff

Unite against Tyranny ... something about climate change is a hoax

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

6/ The private Hampton Prep School in Richmond cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/ieListDocume... > Target 27% active travel, 65% driven to school (39+8+19); > Kids being driven to school has increased; > Over half of kids live *over 5km* from school.

Travel mode share for kids going to Hampton Prep School

Breakdown of home post codes for kids going to Hampton Prep School, over half of whom live more than 5km from the school

There has been an increase in pupils who live more than 5km and less than 9km away from the school ...

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

4/ Thomas's School, north Battersea, where Prince George went to school (from Kensington Palace), expanded in 2020 with a new secondary. democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/documents/s7... Nonsense travel plan by WSP reckoned 13% of kids would drive to school (?), with a catchment area in RBKC and LBHF

Forecast mode share for pupil's attending Thomas's School in Battersea Square. Report by WSP claimed 13% of pupils would drive themselves with 10% as car passengers ... utter nonsense

These areas are considered to be less accessible in terms of public trasport or considered to be too far to walk for pupils in Thomas's Battersea. It has been observed, that, while majority of Thomas's Battersea pupils live within the Wandsworth and Kensington postcode areas, the school does have a wider catchment area including Hammersmith and Fulham

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

3/ Elsewhere in Wandsworth, between Tooting and Wandsworth Commons is the private Broomwood School, where in its 2017 plng appl to expand, stated that half the kids get driven democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/documents/s5... Private primary school, reflecting a very large 'catchment' area

The table below shows the schools recent STARS report survey. STARS (Sustainable
Travel Active Responsible Safe) is a programme introduced by Transport for London
to recognise schools' achievements and to encourage further development of School
Travel Plans.
Mode Car Car
Share
Park &
Stride
Rail Public
Bus
School
Bus
Cycle Scooter Walking
2016 53
(23%)
11
(5%)
48
(21%)
2
(1%)
3
(1%)
8
(3%)
4
(2%)
32
(14%)
69
(30%)
2015 58
(28%)
8
(4%)
26
(12%)
0 0 23
(11%)
3
(1%)
18
(9%)
73
(35%)

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

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still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

With #Wandsworth Council's announcement that it's ripping out ped & cycle infra on Putney High Street to make more room for drivers, a thought about the private Putney High School (c300 juniors, c600 seniors) where half kids get driven, blue dots = staff, green = juniors, purple = seniors

mode share in 2017 planning application for kids and staff going to the private Putney High School

Blue dots = staff home post codes on a map of SW London

Green dots = junior kids home post codes on a map of SW London

purple dots = subset of senior kids home post codes on a map of SW London

still last@lastnotlost· Jul 9

"Burnham’s social media is excellent" ...on platforms controlled by fascists. @andyburnham.bsky.social hasn't posted anything on Bluesky for nearly 2 months, before the by-election campaign bsky.app/profile/benc...