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Ms Ordinary said:
Mostly it is easy to move into the road, especially as they’re so much quieter now. But I’ve started noticing a few bottlenecks where there's say, a bus stop taking up the whole pavement, and a road busy enough that it would be dangerous to dart onto it - bus stop by the Half Moon Lane entrance of the Herne Hill Tesco is a perfect example. But it’s possible to cross the road & avoid, if you need.

Main problem is wheelie bins & parked cars along the pavements. Since the cars aren’t going anywhere in the near future (I mean, Londoners aren’t getting of their cars yet) maybe a low cost intervention would be to designate side streets where residents cars had to be parked along the centre of the road. No through traffic, and instantly wider paths for pedestrians.

I haven’t thought it through! For a start it would only work where the ‘pavement plus half a lane’ was wide enough for emergency vehicles. And I don’t think having road cyclists share that space would work.

But the ‘20s plenty’ thing (which sounds great) got me wondering about short / medium term interventions... which might stay afterwards.
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You have still not thought this through properly.
 
teuchter said:
Yes, it's been proposed as a national measure.

www.20splenty.org

20's Plenty for the NHS

We support those communities that want 20mph where people are
www.20splenty.org www.20splenty.org
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Yey lets have the 20mph limit rolled out across Uk, in residential / urban areas

The 20s plenty campaign has been going for a number of years and similar limits are common across Europe especially in urban areas - its good for the environment as it uses less fuel etc, etc etc. Maybe there are more people dying of this virus atm but thosands are killed and maimed by cars every year and people just seem to accept that as if somehow its ok.

I'm not sure whether the 20s limit is widely observed in London, as a pedestrian I can't tell the difference, I didn't realise it was a temp thing here in Lambeth (is it?) it would be interesting to see what data about the effect the 20s plenty campaign has had. I would have thought in London (in 'normal times' I think the average speed in Central London is often about 12mph) it wouldn't make much difference to journey times.

UK road casualties
  • In 2018, there were 1,784 people killed on the roads in Britain;
  • In 2018, 25,511 people were seriously injured on the roads in Britain;
  • In 2018, there was a total of 160,597 casualties of all severities in road traffic crashes;
www.brake.org.uk

Knowledge centre | Brake

Learn about safe and healthy mobility with our fact and advice pages
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friendofdorothy said:
Yey lets have the 20mph limit rolled out across Uk, in residential / urban areas
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To me it's just common sense. I find it hard to see why anyone would be able to justify having to speed at double the speed or whatever through residential streets.
Given the recent pedestrian deaths in my area from speeding shitheads, I'd like to see automatic car confiscation and five year driving bans for anyone caught wildly exceeding the speed limit. Well, I can dream....
 
So: went to the Big Sainsbury's on Water Lane, The queue was almost non existent, stocks were pretty good everywhere with a few exceptions (grapes, baked beans, cereals) but got enough for the next 4 days or whatever.
 
Took my daily walk late today and it was very strange seeing Brixton so completely deserted on a Saturday night. I popped into Sainsbury's by the tube and there was only one other customer there.

There's still quite few homeless people out there and they must be really struggling, as must me the lone dealer who came out to me and asked if I wanted to buy grass.
 
The lockdown has sucked the life out of Brixton. This was such a depressing walk

In photos: Saturday night in lockdown Brixton, 18th April 2020


In photos: Saturday night in lockdown Brixton, 18th April 2020


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In photos: Saturday night in lockdown Brixton – closed bars, deserted streets and an eerie silence, 18th April 2020

Around 11pm on a typical Saturday night, Brixton is usually jam-packed full of noisy drinkers, pubbers, clubbers, hustlers, drunks, dealers and people rushing from one place to another. But now now…
www.brixtonbuzz.com www.brixtonbuzz.com
 
Grove Adventure playground is of course closed. So instead "Grove TV " has started . Great idea.



Its "Grove Adventure Playground" in YouTube.
 
editor said:
This is shocking. 23 dead in one day alone :(

www.southwarknews.co.uk

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports fourth highest death toll in England

King's College NHS remains one of the trusts hardest hit by the COVID-19 outbreak as it records the fourth highest
www.southwarknews.co.uk www.southwarknews.co.uk
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Interesting I thought that not only blood testing is done by Viapath at Kings, but also mortuary services.

Mortuary Services at King's

www.viapath.co.uk www.viapath.co.uk

Its really weird how there is a profit centre embedded in KCH - and has been since for twelve years by the look of it.
So it is a New Labour thing, not just a coalition/Tory thing.

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SYNNOVIS GROUP LLP - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
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Funnily enough the company - whose largest shareholder is SERCO was originally called GSTS Pathology LLP.
Presumably the suits though Viacom would be more appealing?
 
Gramsci said:
Ive started cycling to Sainburys in Nine Elms, Vauxhall in evening for shopping. After nine pm its empty. About ten shoppers. Social distancing is easy. Closes at ten pm weekdays.

No flour. But everything else.
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Thanks for this tip Gramsci
I've been avoiding supermarkets for 3 weeks as I was getting very anxious about the number of people and lack of distancing but went to Streatham Lidl tonight at 9.15 and there were only about 5 people in there. They didn't have everything, but enough to be getting on with. :thumbs:
 
Volunteer opportunity for Age Concern. Its home based talking on phone to isolated older people.

greeter.co

Age UK Lambeth Phone Friends Induction webinar

Thanks for wanting to become one of our volunteer Phone Friends. This 45-minute webinar will introduce the service to you and offer you some basic training to get you started. The service enables some of Lambeth's most isolated citizens to receive a friendly phone call once or twice a week...
greeter.co greeter.co
 
Some photos of the Lambeth Food Distribution Hub Ive been volunteering at.

Its a big operation. Packing and delivering food to those in need.

Its a joint project between Lambeth Council and the Healthy Living Platform.

healthylivingplatform.org

healthy living platform

healthylivingplatform.org healthylivingplatform.org

The council is making food deliveries to the borough’s most vulnerable residents from a newly established distribution hub at Brixton Recreation Centre. The council has set up a helpline for vulnerable people which is contactable via an online form or on 020 7926 2999.
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love.lambeth.gov.uk

Love Lambeth

Lambeth Council has worked with its community partners to rapidly increase support for vulnerable people in the community, and boost community resilience in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
love.lambeth.gov.uk love.lambeth.gov.uk

The Council deserves credit for making it possible. They have seconded some of own staff to work there alongside Healthy Living Platform. Also I understand they are putting in funding for it.

Heard this is one of the biggest in London. Mixture of paid and voluntary staff run it.

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editor said:
Update Sit/Don’t Sit – Lambeth’s confusing message about park benches
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I believe we have been taken over by nudge theory. In other words if you want to sit on park bench, including Windrush Square Park, you are obviously not to be relied on to avoid spreading the virus. Its a sort of techno heresy - whereby all arms of the state enforce conformity.
From an accountancy point of view I am intrigued by what this will have done to London Buses, where free public transport is now provided for essential workers, and anyone else with a weak enough conscience to get on the bus and withstand taped messages about the bus only being for those doing essential work.

Final point - masks. Frontline shop staff seem to have individual choice on this..I notice that in Tesco Express LJ some of the staff have masks, and some don't. The tills have been altered so only one person can use self service at a time, and only one can use the cashier service. All isles have arrow marks to indicate direction of flow in shopping, though not all customers comply. I have seen rubber gloves available for shopping, though I haven't actually seen any customers using those.

In Lidl Acre Lane they had cut out every other self-service checkout - to make space. Last Wednesday however all of the self-service check outs were back in use again with no extra spacing. Staff members seem to wear masks - or not - at their own discretion, though I noticed security all wearing masks.
 
A bit more on the Brixton Rec Food Hub from the Transition Town newsletter. In

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Lambeth's Covid-19 Emergency
BASICS: Lambeth's COVID-19 response page with help-line number is here. The latest update from the Lambeth COVID Mutual Aid is here also with help-line number.

TTB warned of the dangers to food (and medicine) supply from a No-deal Brexit. When the crisis became real in March Lambeth turned to Sue Sheehan, co-founder of TTB, the Lambeth Food Partnership, Incredible Edible Lambeth and the Healthy Living Platform to organise the amazing operation that is the Lambeth Food Hub. (picture shows hundreds of food boxes ready to go out by bike to vulnerable households, cleaned boxes and stores inc a Himalaya of loo roll beyond). Watch this short film as Sue takes us round the operation. Healthy Living Platform will be needing volunteers soon. Keep an eye on the TTB Facebook page for a call-out.
TTB has produced a DIY Draught-busting guide. We may be shut up at home through next winter so use the remains of cooler weather outside to find those draughts and terminate them. Increase comfort and reduce bills and emissions. Please adopt, adapt and share the guide.
 
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