Category Archives: Transport

Stop making our Postal Rail a tourist attraction and get back to it carrying mail!

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

The Royal Mail infrastructure of tunnels that connect Whitechapel with Mount Pleasant Postal Sorting Office and Paddington Station and which was closed in 2003 will scandalously reopen in September 2017 as a Postal Museum tourist attraction called “Mail Ride” (see … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross remains a Race Track against promises to change it!

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

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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It’s been a long time coming, but we know changes to the King’s Cross gyratory are gonna come

Posted on October 28, 2015 by

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 →

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Local Kings Cross memories from 7 July 2005

Posted on July 7, 2015 by

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 →

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CallySouth want Caledonian Road two way traffic system removed

Posted on June 13, 2015 by

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 →

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Cally south two way traffic public meeting

Posted on May 29, 2015 by

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 →

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Traffic backing up on Wharfdale Road and York Way – and news of a residents meeting

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

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 →

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Cally Road single yellow lines removal – does anyone know what is going on?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by

  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 →

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