Report on the Cambridgeshire guided busway
Council report: http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/council2.nsf/c3cf865e3cc1131380256a6b0037e439/759179cacced8509802576e1003c7df2?OpenDocument
Response: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/thebusway/
The council commissioned a report to describe exactly why the busway seemed to have just... not turned up. After all several years and late is a bit of a record for a bus, not to mention the eight-figure cost overrun.
The report is fairly short and surprisingly helpful and easy to read; if you're curious about the state of the busway I highly recommend skimming it.
In short the busway is behind schedule. The northern half is about finished, but with several major defects that don't really impede it opening, but are likely to go wrong several years down the line. The council claims that these are not up to spec, and Nuttal should fix them. Nuttal say they were perfectly reasonable. Neither side wants to accept liability for them.
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Koch on The dutch parliament
I remember some friends talking about Dutch politics, but I didn't know anything about it at ALL tunil now.
Introduction to the history: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
Introduction to the blog: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/blog/
Via Making-Light, Koch, known for work on browser compatibility, writes an introduction to the parties of the Dutch parliament. It's a marvellous example of making a topic most people didn't have a prior interest in entertaining and informative, and of describing what a foreigner needs to know, both the written rules, the unbreakable customs, and the different political axes the parties break down along, as compared to UK politics.
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It's really interesting, you should go and read the introduction, even if you hadn't thought you would.
Google Streetview covers all of UK
Wow. Practically all the UK, including many tiny lanes, has been dropped into google streetview. I feel like I'm living in the future where cyberspace has a defined geography!
Council report: http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/council2.nsf/c3cf865e3cc1131380256a6b0037e439/759179cacced8509802576e1003c7df2?OpenDocument
Response: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/thebusway/
The council commissioned a report to describe exactly why the busway seemed to have just... not turned up. After all several years and late is a bit of a record for a bus, not to mention the eight-figure cost overrun.
The report is fairly short and surprisingly helpful and easy to read; if you're curious about the state of the busway I highly recommend skimming it.
In short the busway is behind schedule. The northern half is about finished, but with several major defects that don't really impede it opening, but are likely to go wrong several years down the line. The council claims that these are not up to spec, and Nuttal should fix them. Nuttal say they were perfectly reasonable. Neither side wants to accept liability for them.
( Read more... )
Koch on The dutch parliament
I remember some friends talking about Dutch politics, but I didn't know anything about it at ALL tunil now.
Introduction to the history: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
Introduction to the blog: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/blog/
Via Making-Light, Koch, known for work on browser compatibility, writes an introduction to the parties of the Dutch parliament. It's a marvellous example of making a topic most people didn't have a prior interest in entertaining and informative, and of describing what a foreigner needs to know, both the written rules, the unbreakable customs, and the different political axes the parties break down along, as compared to UK politics.
( Read more... )
It's really interesting, you should go and read the introduction, even if you hadn't thought you would.
Google Streetview covers all of UK
Wow. Practically all the UK, including many tiny lanes, has been dropped into google streetview. I feel like I'm living in the future where cyberspace has a defined geography!