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Ultimately, irrespective of how people touch in (or don’t touch in) the free-for-now DLRs/buses are a poor substitute for a modern, step-free pedestrian and cycle crossing. None of these exists east of Tower Bridge, and the Silvertown scheme fails to deliver one.

It's almost as if they haven't really thought it through and are scrambling to say "we've done something green! we've done something green!" as they prepare to open their new motorway tunnel ;)

They're both fine. They might prefer that you have your coffee in a bag or a closed flask so it remains upright and doesn't spill on the trays, but liquids are OK. Pastries are fine too. I've got all the way to the train and halfway through the Channel Tunnel with my Greggs sausage bap before.

It’s been part of the “green and fair” package to greenwash the Silvertown Tunnel since it was announced. (That’s not a joke, that’s literally what it’s called.)

No-one who's had a few to drink or is determined to cause trouble is going to listen to an announcement warning them about body-worn cameras or being reported to the police. Meanwhile for the majority of normal people, it (a) adds additional verbal noise (b) creates the impression that the...

Plenty. If you have a UK passport I wouldn’t expect this to be a problem at all.

Quite. One presumes that since a tram was involved, RAIB will produce a report at some point. Generally they have been very thoughtful when it comes to reporting on crashes involving trams. e.g. the crash where a kid on his bike rode out in front of a tram. Yes, you can say "well the child...

Hear hear. My first instinct was that this is the classic British management solution of having ticked the box on the RA to say “we’ve mitigated it, please don’t sue us” without any consideration as to whether the mitigation actually does anything or leads to better outcomes. Add to this that...

Irrespective of the wording (“final call,” “ready to leave,” “all aboard” etc.) some kind of improved customer information for trains about to depart would be beneficial. Right now you get a poorly stitched-together announcement and… that’s it. Maybe the flashing departure lights you get at...

An obvious and common-sense measure would be to allow those with Advance tickets who've missed their train to have their booking moved to the next train for a small (low double-digits) fee, effectively making all Advance fares similar to the LNER "70 min flex" fares. It wouldn't stop the...

Look, at some point the rail operators need to recognise that sometimes people will arrive late for their train and they will run to make their connection. It’s all well and good to say “well they should get here earlier” but that’s the reality of how people move and exist. Buses get stuck in...

But no-one enjoys paying for transport. Nobody stans commuting by bus. Maybe on this forum, but in the real world people don't think "oh wow, I can't wait to pay £12.20 for two returns from the station to my nan's house on a rattly plastic bus that'll get stuck in traffic doing a loop-the-loop...

So many people on this thread have never had to make every penny work, or had £1 be the difference between having lunch and going hungry… and it shows. The bus fare cap for working-age adults was £2. It is now £3, a 50% increase, and fares may well skyrocket when this cap expires. If someone...

But they are worse off than they were with a £2 fare cap. That’s the simple fact. Yes minimum wage has increased, but in real terms wages have stagnated. Fuel duty, meanwhile, has been frozen. And if the long term plan is to eliminate the cap entirely and return to the world of inflated fares...

I’m sorry but this is nonsense. Those people who may have been tempted onto the bus by the £2 fare cap have now seen a 50% increase at the fare box. That’s the price they pay, which frankly is all that matters. And it does hurt, and it’s going to drive people back to their cars. If we want a...

I believe the answer to both is “as and when funding become available.” So don’t hold your breath for it being very soon.

Ultimately a plastic hat is just a plastic hat & it will only protect you in specific circumstances. Preventing collisions and near misses with infrastructure has been shown to be much more effective than relying on PPE. I wouldn’t mind a change in mindset on lights . I hate the arms race of...

Of course, rain is famously something that makes cycling absolutely impossible, as we know from famously very dry, not-windy countries with warm and fine weather such as *checks notes* The Netherlands.

Much like gynaecology benefiting everyone, everyone benefits from high quality cycling infrastructure, if it's good enough that people end up using it & switch their journey from the car (thereby reducing congestion for those who must drive.) On a related note, it might be worth looking at why...

I think you’ll find a lot of them are using somewhat questionable kit off AliExpress or similar, much of the time also converting the bike to an illegal electric motorbike. Electrical safety doesn’t seem to be especially good from many of these DIY conversions either. More reputable...