Over the last nigh on two decades, Transport for London have spent many millions of tax payers money on transport systems that have done no more than add to the gridlock and congestion.
State of the art 'CentreComs' at Palestra, sensors in the roads, sensors on beacons, auto signal re-phasing, forcing traffic from side-streets onto main routes....etc.
So how are they going to make good, all the damage they've done to the arteries of the capital.....simple, they are going to throw many more millions of rate payers money at he problem.
Outside, third party consultants, think tanks, along with systems designed by engineers who don't live or commute in Central London, their only experience is with computer modelling.
Transport for London (TfL) have now announced plans to develop a new control system for road management which will see access to data highlighting potential congestion points. (Didn't we hear all this before in 2012?)
Whatever happened to their state of the art 'CentreComs' control centre at Palestra, that could access rich data highlighting potential congestion?
Many millions were spent on systems that proved to be useless in reality and only added to traffic problems daily.
In a recent statement, TfL say they bid to reduce the impact of congestion on the roadways in London, with new software, provided by Sopra Steria, which will grant access to data about road traffic, bus performance, weather and roadworks.... which will result in improved response times for TfL. Immediate updates of road incidents, and the actions taking place to resolve them, will be part of the collective shared data scheme.....we won't be holding our breath as we've heard this all before.
Adrian Fieldhouse, Sopra Steria’s Managing Director for Government, said: “Our vision is to empower government to make a difference to everyone, everyday, through the services we design and deliver. The new control room system will make use of rich data to enable TfL to keep citizens and visitors alike safe and on the move through the city’s road network.”
TfL is not only responsible for the management (or mismanagement) of 580km of London’s roads, but also manages (mismanages) London’s 6,000 traffic lights, tunnels and several bridges. (Look at the mess TfL made of the Hammersmith Bridge fiasco)
In June 2018, TfL awarded a contract to Siemens to develop and install new Real Time Optimiser (RTO) technology across London, which was supposed to dramatically improve TfL’s ability to control its traffic lights in response to real life incidents and conditions. We've got news for TfL.....it's not working.
TfL say their partnership with Sopra Steria aims to further the efficiency of detection and response to incidents which, in turn, will reduce road danger.
We say their partnership is more akin to....the blind leading the blind.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT :
Some ask why TFL have allowed London pavements to become no go zones or obstacle courses for the partially sighted and the blind.
How long before an elderly partially sighted or blind individual seriously injures themselves, who should they SUE, the council,bike supplier or TFL ?
4 comments:
Well at least the mini cab drivers will be paying for it. Us cabbies are in decline. In a few years time, all that will be left, are the fellas, paying out all their fares in finance agreements, cc/app fees, and the long list of other out goings that the trade are now saddled up with.
I remember when I was in my early 30's a freehold cab and worked the hours around my family life, now the American corruptors who make their middle man money by stripping the assets whilst the passengers know no difference to getting a quality & Safe taxi service as they cram into a passenger saloon car with no idea of what or who they might turn up especially lone females.
As I watch the bexit debarcle daily unfold, it only enforces the whole universal system of corrupt powerful people turning a deaf ear to what is right and proper to replace it with a cheaper and benificial product to suit the rulers who require your vote to do as they like.
Every driver who takes the shilling for their cab from the decommisioning con is making it worse for the trade especially as the age limit reduction rigged your proper decision making and created a quiet panic of otherwise loss, The uber bean counters are astonished we have lasted this long particularly with tfl in their pocket.
Profitabillity is getting tougher and tougher and if the competition get out of the red we truly are up the creek, so keep you bills as low as you can and shop around.
Judging TfL's performance over the last five or six years, they allocate and delegate, and do very little in-house.
They farm everything out.
What do we know?
We know TfL cannot be trusted.
Helen Chapman vouched for thirteen thousand unchecked PH drivers.
Why? It saved money
Before the 2012 Olympics they closed roads and it seemed that it was going to be a nightmare when the games began.
But lo and behold, all the time the Olympics ran, the traffic flowed like magic.
They knew how to make it work when the world was watching us, but when it was all over, it was all back to normal.
We all know this whole thing has been deliberate from the start, making roads a political tool. Clog the roads up then blame the motorists for the pollution, charging them more.
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