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Author Archives: Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski
The Wait continues for Changes to the Kings Cross Gyratory
TFL says it needs more time and more consultations on Kings Cross. It is not an unknown. In fact, most people in London will recognize Kings Cross as a manic place for traffic, pedestrians and cyclists. We at Kings Cross … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Gyratory consultation 2016, Kings Cross Station Refurbishment, New
Tagged Acton Street, Caldeonian Street, cycling in London, Gyratory, gyratory system, King's Cross Road, Kings Cross, Pedestrian crossings, Pentonville Road, Peton Rise, Rodney Street, Sadiq Khan, Swinton Street, TfL, traffic calming, Traffic Flow, Traffic lights, Transport for London, Urban centre
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Time for… Brand New Community Cafe / Centre opened on Pentonville Road
On your search for an Indie Cafe that truly supports the local community and can serve as a local hub for events of all sorts at Kings Cross, you may mostly not be lucky. Kings Cross has increasingly become … Continue reading
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Stop making our Postal Rail a tourist attraction and get back to it carrying mail!
The Royal Mail infrastructure of tunnels that connect East London Whitechapel with the Ventral London Mount Pleasant Postal Sorting Office and the West London Paddington Station and which was closed in 2003 will scandalously reopen in September 2017 as a … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, New, Noise, railwayslands, Transport
Tagged 15-20 Phoenix Place, air pollution, Art Fund Finalist, Bloomsbury History, Camden, Camden History, community action, corporate spin, Holborn, Holborn History, Kings Cross, London Environment, London History, London Local History, London Lorries, London Pollution, London Post, London Post Museum, London Traffic, London Underground, London WC1X 0DA, Mail Rail, Mail Rail Exhibition, Mail Trains, Mail Transport, mail transportation, Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Post Office, Museum of Post, noisepollution, Paddington, Phoenix Place, Post London, Post Museum, Post Trains, Postal Museum, Postal Museum London, postal rail, Postal Train, Postal Trains, Postal Transport, Postal transportation, Postalmuseum.org, Postmuseum, public ownership sold, railway, Ride Mail Rail, road congestion, Royal Mail, Royal Mail Museum, Royal Mail Train, Royal Mail Tunnel, Story behind, Trucks, Underground Post, underground railway, Visit Postal Museum, WC1X ODA, wiping under the table
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Kings Cross remains a Race Track against promises to change it!
We are not willing to continue to take the pollution by cars that are forced through our streets, nor do we wish to accept their noise nor the dangers posed by continuously speeding vehicles.
Good that I have an email from Sadiq Khan, where his assistant promised to look into the traffic at King’s Cross, before he got elected on 11/3/16:
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Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Gyratory consultation 2016, New, Transport, Travel
Tagged Acton Street, Caledonian Road, consultations, Gyratory, King's Cross Road, Kings Cross, rat runs, Sadiq Khan, short cuts, speeding, Speeding in London, Swinton Street, traffic accidents, traffic calming
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Save the Kings Cross Pond – Sign here!
After a publicity stunt with a flashmob in cold water, the petition to save the swimming pond in Kings Cross is in full flow. The organiser, Imogen Radford, says she would like to reach the 5000 signature mark, before she … Continue reading
South of Kings Cross is for independent Coffee!
A boulevard of coffee shops, independent shops and some restaurants, along Kings Cross Road was a long term vision some locals in the South of Kings Cross always had, and it seems that this vision has taken on shape now … Continue reading
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Your turn to save most progressive cycle path stretch in South-Camden
A trial structure of a segregated two-lane cycle path on Tavistock Place in Bloomsbury, adjacent to Kings Cross / St Pancras (leading to Torrington Place), is under threat of being demolished, due to a disgruntled group of a handful, but … Continue reading
Posted in New, Road Safety in Kings Cross
Tagged Ampton Street, Bloomsbury, campaigns, car-pollution London, consultations, cycle paths, cycling in Camden, Cycling in Kings Cross, cycling in London, Judd Street, London Cycle Campaign, Pancras Road, reducing car pollution, Sidmouth Street, Tavistock Place
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Children at Kings Cross: New independent grassroots user group for the betterment of Coram’s Fields
Come and join us on Sunday the 19th. of June 2016, 17.45 Fellow parents and carers of the wider Kings Cross and Bloomsbury area have worked for eight months to set up a user group of interested stakeholders (e.g. parents, children, … Continue reading
Posted in New, Young People
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