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hot wash with spin cycle
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Fri, 19/08/2016 - 14:48.
Blog | 2012 Jobs | Economics | Jobs | Rio de Janeiro 2016
a state of public calamity
We're fairly inured by now with the idea of the Olympics providing a state of exception but 50 days before the 2016 Opening Ceremony Rio has now gone one better announcing a state of public calamity. Or perhaps Citius, Altius, Fortius just got lost in translation.
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Fri, 17/06/2016 - 21:44.
a bridge too far
Today finally sees the re-opening of Lea Bridge Station, closed for the last 31 years. Trumpeted parenthetically last week in a tweet from the Standard's Ross Lydall as following a "£5m Olympic windfall".
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Mon, 16/05/2016 - 08:43.
Blog | 2012 Transport | Legacy | Public transport | Railways | Regeneration | Waltham Forest
London Legacy Seminars - don't expect critical thinking
This is the lineup for a panel to discuss the London2012 sports legacy for the London Legacies Group Seminar entitled: 'Has the Sports Legacy from the 2012 lived up to the commitments made?' Every single participant has a connection to the London Olympics.
Richard Sumray: Chair
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Wed, 13/04/2016 - 16:53.
Blog | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sport | Legacy | London 2012 | Sport
row, row, row…
…your boat/
gently up the creek without a paddle
Sometimes the arrogance of these elite athletes (or at least their governing bodies) is beyond parody:
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Fri, 04/03/2016 - 22:02.
Not so many aboard! London bus use declined in 2012
Another transport titbit from 2012. This article showing that the number of passengers using London's buses declined during 2012 for the first time in over a decade slipped past Games Monitor's dedicated team!
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Mon, 01/02/2016 - 16:23.
Blog | 2012 Transport | London 2012 | Public transport | Transport
that legacy of rough sleeping
they still seem to be forging ahead with their efforts to make London a world class centre of excellence for rough sleeping:
Number of people sleeping rough in London doubles in past five years
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Sun, 21/06/2015 - 09:50.
Blog | 2012 Legacy | Displacement | Housing | London
newham goes supernova
Convergence is coming, that long anticipated regeneration supernova is starting to explode:
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Sat, 02/05/2015 - 13:28.
Blog | Displacement | Legacy | Newham | Regeneration | Thames Gateway
