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Forum: London Transport November 4th 03, 08:29 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,211
Posted By nmtop40
Road speed cameras

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Forum: London Transport September 26th 03, 11:51 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,926
Posted By nmtop40
traffic - is it me?

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Forum: London Transport September 14th 03, 10:43 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,495
Posted By nmtop40
Enfield to Putney - which route?

But if you are on the A10 (Great Cambridge Road) then you'd be better
off joining the A1080 up to Wood Green then join the A105 to Manor
House and the A503 there.

That's Green Lanes...
Forum: London Transport September 14th 03, 04:47 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,495
Posted By nmtop40
Enfield to Putney - which route?

To get from Enfield to Cricklewood either go round the North Circular
anti-clockwise to Henly's Corner, then go through Temple Fortune and
Golders Green, or take the M25 anti-clockwise to South...
Forum: London Transport September 14th 03, 11:25 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,495
Posted By nmtop40
Enfield to Putney - which route?

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Forum: London Transport September 14th 03, 10:05 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,495
Posted By nmtop40
Enfield to Putney - which route?

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My immediate instinct is to go down the A10 until Seven Sisters, then
the A503 through...
Forum: London Transport September 13th 03, 11:10 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,495
Posted By nmtop40
Enfield to Putney - which route?

My immediate instinct is to go down the A10 until Seven Sisters, then
the A503 through Camden, towards and around Regents Park into Baker
Street, right into Marylebone Road, left into Old Marylebone...
Forum: London Transport September 13th 03, 10:59 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 969
Posted By nmtop40
Glos Rd to Wembley tomorrow

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I need to drive from the northern section of Gloucester Road to the Wembley
Park area...
Forum: London Transport September 11th 03, 06:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,256
Posted By nmtop40
still live possible chat

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What you should do...
Forum: London Transport September 10th 03, 08:22 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
Posted By nmtop40
thankfully no motorways in Islington!

What is the road that connects Upper Street with Liverpool Road?

But you are right there is a sign from the Holloway Road entrance - how long
has it been there?

From Upper Street you can...
Forum: London Transport September 10th 03, 08:17 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,093
Posted By nmtop40
Fake dead ends

I live in such a road. On most maps (A-Z, Street Finder, etc.) it
looks as though my road goes into the docks near Canary Wharf. In
reality there is only a pedestrian access to Mill Harbour...
Forum: London Transport September 9th 03, 07:26 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,093
Posted By nmtop40
Fake dead ends

Hi all,

I have recently found several roads which have dead-end
signs at both ends but are not dead ends at all. For instance
in North Pinner, Barrow Point...
Forum: London Transport September 8th 03, 09:06 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 811
Posted By nmtop40
rat runs


'Rat runs', in my view, are those residential roads which were built
principally to provide residential access but can also be used by
through traffic. Not roads which have always been...
Forum: London Transport September 8th 03, 03:57 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
Posted By nmtop40
thankfully no motorways in Islington!

There's a road near me where the speed bumps (which are of the two
separate hump variety) are practically unnoticeable if you drive over
the middle of them between the two humps. As a result,...
Forum: London Transport September 8th 03, 03:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
Posted By nmtop40
thankfully no motorways in Islington!

This must be a 'suggested' speed limit otherwise they would have to erected
speed limit signs in every entrance to Liverpool Road for people to obey the
permit speed limit.

daveF

Which...
Forum: London Transport September 7th 03, 01:14 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
Posted By nmtop40
thankfully no motorways in Islington!

Hmmm. I've read somewhere that speed bumps create more pollution
because of the slow-down/speed-up/slow-down/speed-up driving pattern
that results, but never that they cause any deaths.
...
Forum: London Transport September 7th 03, 01:08 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
Posted By nmtop40
thankfully no motorways in Islington!

"df" wrote in message ...

Liverpool Road is technically part of a 20mph zone, and such zone have
to be self-enforced...
Forum: London Transport September 4th 03, 10:21 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
Posted By nmtop40
thankfully no motorways in Islington!

Why is Islington council closing schools but yet able to spend
thousands/millions on speed bumps?

If you wonder down the side streets they have installed about 3 different
kinds of bumps...
Forum: London Transport September 2nd 03, 10:03 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 917
Posted By nmtop40
Victoria - Waterloo

Is it Eurostar or Waterloo BR?

If the latter, you can go from Victoria to Vauxhall on the Victoria
Line (do mainline trains go from Victoria to Vauxhall?), then back
from Vauxhall to Waterloo.

Or...
Forum: London Transport August 28th 03, 11:33 AM
Replies: 3
RED
Views: 968
Posted By nmtop40
RED

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Why are London Buses red?

blends in with all the traffic lights
Forum: London Transport August 24th 03, 12:11 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 17,673
Posted By nmtop40
Box Junction Penalty

- Appropriate parking facilities

In most places there is sufficient space to park. Where parking is limited
this is due to lack of available space not the lack of willingness from
local...
Forum: London Transport August 24th 03, 10:42 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,612
Posted By nmtop40
Camera like sensors on top of traffic lights

I don't know exactly where these signal controllers are used.

But they certainly should detect when a carriageway is completely
empty and therefore does not need to remain on green while there...
Forum: London Transport August 22nd 03, 03:26 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,612
Posted By nmtop40
Camera like sensors on top of traffic lights

Sensors / detectors are a very good idea and should be put into all
signal-controlled junctions, not just to detect the presence of a
vehicle, but to detect any traffic-pileups and use this to...
Forum: London Transport August 22nd 03, 03:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,756
Posted By nmtop40
A40 traffic lights rephased?

That junction is, I think, called Scotch Corner, and is a terrible
bottleneck for Westbound traffic, partly because the Eastbound
carriageway has a longer green to allow right-turning, and...
Forum: London Transport August 14th 03, 09:46 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 6,831
Posted By nmtop40
Northern Line - again!

If you split into two lines then the obvious split is Edgware-Charing
X branch, Barnet-Bank Branch because that would mean there would be
no need for the trains to cross at Camden Town.

While some...
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