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"The Olympic Route Network (ORN) will enable athletes and VIPs to arrive promptly at their events by improving traffic flow on these routes. Maps showing the impact of Olympic activities on the London road network can be seen on the TfL website." TFL maps say the lanes close to non Olympic traffic on 27th July "When will the ORN/PRN operate? The ORN and Games Lanes will begin operating on Wednesday 25 July, and will end on Tuesday 14 August. " However, everybody is saying avoid from the 15th *and* we have seen warning signs about the lanes in central London that quote dates before the 25th. The question So what exactly is happening from the 15th that we need to avoid? Just a bit more traffic from preparations or is it more serious? Nobody seems to say. (anybody who has to drive into central london, like lift engineers, are going to enjoy sitting behind buses in the one remaining non olympic lane (from places like the Limehouse tunnel right into central london) -- Mike... . . . . |
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In message , Mike.....
writes ORN "The Olympic Route Network (ORN) will enable athletes and VIPs to arrive promptly at their events by improving traffic flow on these routes. Maps showing the impact of Olympic activities on the London road network can be seen on the TfL website." TFL maps say the lanes close to non Olympic traffic on 27th July "When will the ORN/PRN operate? The ORN and Games Lanes will begin operating on Wednesday 25 July, and will end on Tuesday 14 August. " However, everybody is saying avoid from the 15th *and* we have seen warning signs about the lanes in central London that quote dates before the 25th. The question So what exactly is happening from the 15th that we need to avoid? Just a bit more traffic from preparations or is it more serious? Nobody seems to say. (anybody who has to drive into central london, like lift engineers, are going to enjoy sitting behind buses in the one remaining non olympic lane (from places like the Limehouse tunnel right into central london) According to one of LBC's programmes this morning, the Olympic lanes are a bit of a shambles. The opinion was that no matter how careful lesser mortals are, they will invariably find themselves accidentally driving in the forbidden zones, and therefore risk swingeing penalties. -- Ian |
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On 11/07/2012 13:52, Ian Jackson wrote:
According to one of LBC's programmes this morning, the Olympic lanes are a bit of a shambles. The opinion was that no matter how careful lesser mortals are, they will invariably find themselves accidentally driving in the forbidden zones, and therefore risk swingeing penalties. It is almost as if they are looking for some new source of revenue to help cover the cost of the Olympics! |
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On Jul 11, 1:45*pm, Mike.. . . . wrote:
ORN "The Olympic Route Network (ORN) will enable athletes and VIPs to arrive promptly at their events by improving traffic flow on these routes. Maps showing the impact of Olympic activities on the London road network can be seen on the TfL website." TFL maps say the lanes close to non Olympic traffic on 27th July "When will the ORN/PRN operate? The ORN and Games Lanes will begin operating on Wednesday 25 July, and will end on Tuesday 14 August. " However, everybody is saying avoid from the 15th *and* we have seen warning signs about the lanes in central London that quote dates before the 25th. The question So what exactly is happening from the 15th that we need to avoid? Just a bit more traffic from preparations or is it more serious? Nobody seems to say. (anybody who has to drive into central london, like lift engineers, are going to enjoy sitting behind buses in the one remaining non olympic lane (from places like the Limehouse tunnel right into central london) -- Mike... . *. * . * *. The company I work for does a meat delivery run from central Scotland to London making 17 deliveries in 3 day. I wonder how long it will take while these farcial games are on. McK. |
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, McKevvy writes The company I work for does a meat delivery run from central Scotland to London making 17 deliveries in 3 day. I wonder how long it will take while these farcial games are on. McK. From last weeks experience, if you need to go anywhere near a venue, you should manage 3 deliveries in 17 days. -- Bill |
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:13:48 -0700 (PDT), McKevvy
wrote: The company I work for does a meat delivery run from central Scotland to London making 17 deliveries in 3 day. I wonder how long it will take while these farcial games are on. About the same if they arrange their deliveries for the middle of the night for a couple of weeks... |
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:52:11 +0100, Ian Jackson
wrote: According to one of LBC's programmes this morning, the Olympic lanes are a bit of a shambles. The opinion was that no matter how careful lesser mortals are, they will invariably find themselves accidentally driving in the forbidden zones, and therefore risk swingeing penalties. "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2030948/Let-fat-cats-bus-Olympics.html" I must say that now I know about these lanes and the lack of tickets to Londoners and the segregation of trains I would have been demonstrating on the streets to not have the Olympics. One lane into London sitting behind a loading bus is going to be slow. I see the M4 is closed to fix cracks before the event. -- Mike... . . . . |
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:48:30 +0100, Bill
wrote: About the same if they arrange their deliveries for the middle of the night for a couple of weeks... I wonder if I can get the business we need to visit to work nights instead? -- Mike... . . . . |
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"Mike.. . . ." wrote in message ... On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:52:11 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: According to one of LBC's programmes this morning, the Olympic lanes are a bit of a shambles. The opinion was that no matter how careful lesser mortals are, they will invariably find themselves accidentally driving in the forbidden zones, and therefore risk swingeing penalties. "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2030948/Let-fat-cats-bus-Olympics.html" I must say that now I know about these lanes and the lack of tickets to Londoners Why should Londoners get special treatment? There are 6 million tickets available and 6 million Londoners. So after they have had one each there would be none at all left for anybody else (and what use is one ticket?) tim |
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:16:38 +0100
"tim...." wrote: I must say that now I know about these lanes and the lack of tickets to Londoners Why should Londoners get special treatment? There are 6 million tickets Because we're the ones having to put up with all the **** from this 10 billion quid ego fest? They've already rephased the lights on some major roads like the A13 and A2 and caused traffic chaos "to test the system". They don't seem to be in a hurry to switch the test off however. So we're supposed to suffer until this nonsense has finished with no form of compensation yet we don't get any special treatment for getting tickets. Well thats fair isn't it. B2003 |
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