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Author Archives: William Perrin
Give & Take Free community event and swap shop Saturday 31 March 10.30am-2pm Somers Town Community Centre
Just in from Camden – last minute news of a promising community event Give & Take to the West of Kings Cross. There are some pics of the last Give and Take over in Facebook. >>Free community event and swap … Continue reading
Fire Drill problems on York way
Some odd scenes are reported by a local resident with a bird’s eye view of York Way as fire drills on the railways lands site appear to go awry. We received a copy of an email to a University of … Continue reading
Kings Cross Station refurbishment – long term retrospective
So Network Rail has almost finished the refurbishment of the station and is merrily PR-ing it. I was pleased that Tom Edwards at the BBC picked up on our long term work here exposing the cost over runs and … Continue reading
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Caledonian road fire aftermath
No one hurt but a charred motorbike
Did TfL weaken pro cycling recommendations for killer Kings Cross junction as long ago as 2007?
In 2006 TfL commissioned Colin Buchanan, traffic engineers to produce a cycling strategy report for Kings Cross. This report isn’t widely known locally and I am indebted to Kaya Burgess from The Times for drawing my attention to the final … Continue reading
TfL advised engineers to ignore cyclists at killer Kings Cross junction, despite cyclists being 20% of casualties #cyclesafe
From 2005-2009 road engineers Colin Buchanan and Partners conducted traffic flow modelling and measurements in the Kings Cross area on contract to TfL. Buchanans is the daddy of traffic flow engineers and they developed a computer model to analyse the effects of … Continue reading
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Do strippers belong in a modern Kings Cross? Flying Scotsman seeks to renew adult entertainment licence
For the local flesh trade the Flying Scotsman is like the ravens at the Tower of London. It’s been a fixture at the bottom of the Cally Road offering striptease for what seems like decades. Should it go, then it’s … Continue reading
Kings Cross Environment 