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Author Archives: William Perrin
‘It grieves me sometimes to see the way that TfL is blamed’ Chair of TfL, Boris Johnson
As part of our public service commitment I have dug out the debate in the Greater London Assembly on cycling safety on November 9th 2011 so that we can see what politicians of all parties said before a major media … Continue reading
Posted in Road Safety in Kings Cross
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TfL refuses to say why it didn’t act to make deadly junction comply with their own cycle design standards
Caroline Pidgeon AM (Lib Dem) Chair of the Transport Committee has been asking some probing questions of the Mayor and TfL about the deadly junctions in Kings Cross following work by this website when I went out with a surveyors tape … Continue reading
The Times #cyclesafe campaign welcome but for real impact needs to hit the Courts
It’s great to see cycle safety on the front page of a national newspaper. The Times is thundering away about the need for urban cycle safety following the serious injury of one of its young reporters who remains in a … Continue reading
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How much does Kings Cross station refurbishment cost?
The extension to Kings Cross station is taking shape on the West side. As with any new piece of architecture there’s a fair bit of hagiography in the coverage – it mainly boils down to ‘aaaaaaawwwwww, new station, priddy’ or … Continue reading
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Kings Cross cycling safety campaign – Ken Livingstone interview and Caroline Pidgeon questions to Mayor
Our campaign on road safety in Kings Cross continues to attract cross party support and the themes we have helped articulate find wide resonance with Mayoral candidates. We try here to remain non-Partisan, although that isn’t always easy. I am … Continue reading
TfL says ‘threat of Corporate Manslaughter charges against TfL’…’unhelpful and inappropriate’
The BBC covered the Kings Cross road safety issues that we’ve been campaigning on. Our very own Sophie Talbot did a lap of the gyratory with a helmet cam. I used the excellent Whatdotheyknow website to make a freedom of … Continue reading
Tonight’s Panorama inspired by Kings Cross website investigation into Network Rail overspend
We’ve followed doggedly Network Rail’s overspend on the construction of their own offices and Platform Zero at Kings Cross station and the bizarre behaviour of DfT as they kept it from the Secretary of State. Tonight’s Panorama goes into detail … Continue reading
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Live webchat with Borough Police Commander Thursday 19 January 1830
We’re delighted to help out the local police and work with Islington Gazette to run a live webchat with the Borough Police Commander Mike Wise on Thursday (tomorrow) at 1830 to 2000 (half past six ’til eight on old money). … Continue reading
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Kings Cross Environment 