Had a nice chat with Andy this evening on Video Skype. Almost did an audio-chat with Paul earlier, too. Interruptions, of course, while I was trying to record a Slam Idol show, but very welcome. I really miss those guys. Hope we can record a 3-way podcast some time soon.
This is my second blog post for Salmon... "Ghost users" driving up traffic using Facebook mobile ads This was an interesting by-product of a change that Facebook made on their end...
Here is my new blog post over at LinkedIn: 3 counterintuitive things, that excellent IT service teams do Here are 3 counterintuitive things, that excellent IT service teams do, that make the difference between mediocrity and excellence.
Petition The premise seems to be that Berko needs more parking spaces, and that the traffic infrastructure is able to accommodate extra traffic. However, according to the council's own report , our largest car park only gets 73% full, and the Lower Kings Road already gets 93% congested at the weekday evening peak - so the traffic congestion problem is already worse than the car park utilisation, and they predict the traffic queues on Lower Kings Road will increase by about 30%. If you want to know the detail... Let's start with that first part: that Berko needs more parking spaces. Looking at the council's own Transport Assessment that they have submitted to support this planning application, it says that the railway car park gets only 73% full at its busiest hour in the week. So there are already a significant number of free spaces in Berko just a few minutes walk from the centre. And as for the Lower Kings Road car park, the report tells us this can get up to 97% ...
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