Brixton news, rumours and general chat - May 2013

[editor]

The festival is still on today and there's a lovely laid back, old-school vibe there.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/05/...stival-continues-in-coldharbour-lane-brixton/

 

[leanderman]

Scooter idiot was back in Brockwell Park late this afternoon

Do these machines have any licensing? Could not spot a number plate.

And do they remove the silencers or something?

 

[editor]

Good to see that they're getting ready to plant loads of trees along Brixton Station Road. Least that's what I assume the poles are for!

 

[editor]

Exclusive wine importers, Chix & Buck apply to open on Atlantic Road/Vining Street, Brixton
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/05/...o-open-on-atlantic-roadvining-street-brixton/

 

[lang rabbie]

How long has the licensing application with no closing date for representations been up in the window? The link from that Brixtonbuzz story doesn't appear to be live and it is doesn't appear on the "current applications" page of the Lambeth website.

 

[nagapie]

I have a little tablet for internetting and reading while travelling. Unfortunately I've cracked the screen. Is there anywhere in Brixton to get something like that fixed, if it even is worth it to get it fixed costwise?

 

[editor]

How long has the licensing application with no closing date for representations been up in the window? The link from that Brixtonbuzz story doesn't appear to be live and it is doesn't appear on the "current applications" page of the Lambeth website.

Hmm. That is interesting. I was able to read the council PDF last night but now it's password protected. I took the pic on the 23rd May.

 

[editor]

I have a little tablet for internetting and reading while travelling. Unfortunately I've cracked the screen. Is there anywhere in Brixton to get something like that fixed, if it even is worth it to get it fixed costwise?

What is the tablet make/model?

 

[nagapie]

What is the tablet make/model?

It's a Tabronics Quantam7. Just a cheap brand I found online with some ok reviews.

 

[editor]

It's a Tabronics Quantam7. Just a cheap brand I found online with some ok reviews.

You could try writing to the supplier, but I suspect you may well be better off just buying a cheapo replacement.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Invitation to Future Brixton feedback event

Did you share your views on the draft Brixton SPD?
We'd like to thank everyone who took the time to comment and invite you to our feedback event. Please come along to find out how your comments have helped shape the final document.

• On Wednesday 29 May 2013, from 6pm to 7.30pm
• At Lambeth Town Hall, Room 8
• Hosted by Cllr Pete Robbins, Cabinet Member for Housing and Regeneration

This will be an informal drop-in event and council officers will also be there to discuss how the supplementary planning document (or SPD) has been produced.


The Brixton Supplementary Planning Document will be considered by the Council's Cabinet on Monday 10 June and all documents will be published on the council's website on Monday 3 June.

The consultation closed on 15 March after 600 people had submitted questionnaires and written responses.
Find out more about Future Brixton >>

might turn up to this and heckle Pete Robbins about Carlton Mansions. (Lib Peck even had the brassneck in the most recent Lambeth Lie Life to suggest 'housing' and 'bringing back properties into use for social housing' were the council's priorities. Liars.)

 

[nagapie]

You could try writing to the supplier, but I suspect you may well be better off just buying a cheapo replacement.

That's what I thought. It was cheap but not that cheap so buying a replacement isn't really on the cards.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Good to see that they're getting ready to plant loads of trees along Brixton Station Road. Least that's what I assume the poles are for!

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As much as I agree with tree planting, they've posting some in some very odd areas where they're not needed

 

[editor]

As much as I agree with tree planting, they've posting some in some very odd areas where they're not needed

Like where?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Like where?

There's one planted on the pavement right outside Tudor Close and more on the pavement next to Rush Common further up Brixton Hill. Those particular areas have plenty of trees already.

 

[editor]

There's one planted on the pavement right outside Tudor Close and more on the pavement next to Rush Common further up Brixton Hill. Those particular areas have plenty of trees already.

What's wrong with more?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here's one. I remember noticing this one because we had to stop and let a mother pass with a pram because it's reduced pavement width. I don't object to that, but it really doesn't seem necessary in an already green area



Another one

Is there some good reason they thought it would look better on the pavement side of the wall?



and two more on pavement side of wall, along with a phone box clogging pavement. Why couldn't these be placed on Rush Common?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What's wrong with more?

Nothing's wrong with more. They're just placed in odd locations

 

[editor]

I like them.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like them.

I love trees! I just don't know why the ones on the pavement besides the Common couldn't have been placed on the Common

 

[Ms Ordinary]

There are some like that in the pavement on Milkwood Road, on the curve coming up from Herne Hill Station.
I think the idea is that they promote traffic calming once they are a bit bigger & branchier - i.e. drivers can't see a direct route ahead so they automatically slow down a bit.

So far it's just slowed down pedestrians as that's already a narrow pavement, but cars do fly down that road so any traffic calming is probably a good thing (there's already speed bumps).

 

[pissflaps]

they've put a load in on Robson road in WN. 'Traffic calming' appears to be the reasoning behind this. All they effectively do is tempt drivers to 'shoot the rapids' at speed, thereby putting vulnerable road users lives at risk.

/slowclap

 

[leanderman]

There are some like that in the pavement on Milkwood Road, on the curve coming up from Herne Hill Station.
I think the idea is that they promote traffic calming once they are a bit bigger & branchier - i.e. drivers can't see a direct route ahead so they automatically slow down a bit.

So far it's just slowed down pedestrians as that's already a narrow pavement, but cars do fly down that road so any traffic calming is probably a good thing (there's already speed bumps).

How intreeguing - I would never have guessed that.

 

[pissflaps]

how much money is wasted on road infrastructure that exists merely to compensate for motorist's inability to obey the law?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There are some like that in the pavement on Milkwood Road, on the curve coming up from Herne Hill Station.
I think the idea is that they promote traffic calming once they are a bit bigger & branchier - i.e. drivers can't see a direct route ahead so they automatically slow down a bit.

So far it's just slowed down pedestrians as that's already a narrow pavement, but cars do fly down that road so any traffic calming is probably a good thing (there's already speed bumps).

Oh well, if that's the reason, I have no objection. I'd quite happily they stuck trees in the middle of the pedestrians crossings to stop all the arseholes that jump the lights by Elm Park

 

[snowy_again]

There are some like that in the pavement on Milkwood Road, on the curve coming up from Herne Hill Station.
I think the idea is that they promote traffic calming once they are a bit bigger & branchier - i.e. drivers can't see a direct route ahead so they automatically slow down a bit.

So far it's just slowed down pedestrians as that's already a narrow pavement, but cars do fly down that road so any traffic calming is probably a good thing (there's already speed bumps).

And lots more on Brixton Water Lane / Dulwich Road too.

 

[pissflaps]

but that's the point. They don't 'calm' traffic at all, if anything they make it worse. The flawed presumption is that drivers will slow down to negotiate the obstacle, when in practice, most just floor it to get around them as quickly as possible. Railton road is notorious for this sort of behavior and it makes cycling there an utter fucking chore.

 

[lang rabbie]

I love trees! I just don't know why the ones on the pavement besides the Common couldn't have been placed on the Common

Is that stretch of Rush Common south of Upper Tulse Hill the bit where Thames Water/British Gas have some pipes under the grass which prevent trees being planted?

[Sends Minnie out with torch to look for inspection pit covers]

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Is that stretch of Rush Common south of Upper Tulse Hill the bit where Thames Water/British Gas have some pipes under the grass which prevent trees being planted?

[Sends Minnie out with torch to look for inspection pit covers]

It's the upper end between Somers Road and the top of Brixton Hill (ie. opposite Sainsbury's)

 

[lang rabbie]

Blimey, I had to do a quick check on which turning Somers Rd is! It has completely fallen off my mental map since the King of Sardinia closed a decade ago.