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Category Archives: Transport
Stop making our Postal Rail a tourist attraction and get back to it carrying mail!
The Royal Mail infrastructure of tunnels that connect East London Whitechapel with the Ventral London Mount Pleasant Postal Sorting Office and the West London Paddington Station and which was closed in 2003 will scandalously reopen in September 2017 as a … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, New, Noise, railwayslands, Transport
Tagged 15-20 Phoenix Place, air pollution, Art Fund Finalist, Bloomsbury History, Camden, Camden History, community action, corporate spin, Holborn, Holborn History, Kings Cross, London Environment, London History, London Local History, London Lorries, London Pollution, London Post, London Post Museum, London Traffic, London Underground, London WC1X 0DA, Mail Rail, Mail Rail Exhibition, Mail Trains, Mail Transport, mail transportation, Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Post Office, Museum of Post, noisepollution, Paddington, Phoenix Place, Post London, Post Museum, Post Trains, Postal Museum, Postal Museum London, postal rail, Postal Train, Postal Trains, Postal Transport, Postal transportation, Postalmuseum.org, Postmuseum, public ownership sold, railway, Ride Mail Rail, road congestion, Royal Mail, Royal Mail Museum, Royal Mail Train, Royal Mail Tunnel, Story behind, Trucks, Underground Post, underground railway, Visit Postal Museum, WC1X ODA, wiping under the table
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Kings Cross remains a Race Track against promises to change it!
We are not willing to continue to take the pollution by cars that are forced through our streets, nor do we wish to accept their noise nor the dangers posed by continuously speeding vehicles.
Good that I have an email from Sadiq Khan, where his assistant promised to look into the traffic at King’s Cross, before he got elected on 11/3/16:
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Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Gyratory consultation 2016, New, Transport, Travel
Tagged Acton Street, Caledonian Road, consultations, Gyratory, King's Cross Road, Kings Cross, rat runs, Sadiq Khan, short cuts, speeding, Speeding in London, Swinton Street, traffic accidents, traffic calming
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It’s been a long time coming, but we know changes to the King’s Cross gyratory are gonna come
For many, many years local campaigners have doggedly pushed for the dangerous, dirty and unfriendly traffic gyratory system to be removed and replaced with quality public space and safer, healthier roads for all. Their impressive unfailing commitment to achieve a seemingly impossible dream … Continue reading
Local Kings Cross memories from 7 July 2005
If local people would like to share their memories of the events ten years ago please do so in the comments below (or mail me and I’ll post them for you). It seems to be popular online as an act … Continue reading
Posted in Kings Cross local history, Transport
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CallySouth want Caledonian Road two way traffic system removed
Local residents group CallySouth organised a public meeting attended by 50 people at the Driver pub on Monday June 8. The meeting’s aim was to discuss ways to return traffic levels on Wharfdale Road to those that existed before the new … Continue reading
Cally south two way traffic public meeting
Taken from callysouth.co.uk: In just over a week, local residents will have the opportunity to discuss the problems caused by the implementation of the two-way system on Caledonian Rd with one of our local councillors, Paul Convery, plus two representatives from Islington Council. … Continue reading
Posted in Noise, Noticeboard, Road Safety in Kings Cross, Transport
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Traffic backing up on Wharfdale Road and York Way – and news of a residents meeting
A local resident who lives with their family on Wharfdale Road has sent in these pictures of the traffic backed up at 1738, 0317 (in the morning) and 2040. The resident says it’s like this ‘day and night’, ‘we have … Continue reading
Cally Road single yellow lines removal – does anyone know what is going on?
Bad news for local traders on the bottom of the Cally Road as the council proposes taking away some of the the single yellow lines to be replaced by double yellows. There are two single yellow sections – opposite … Continue reading
Posted in Road Safety in Kings Cross, Transport
Tagged #callyroad, parking, statutory notice
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