| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Age does weary us. | |
| Posted by: | Arthur Breens | |
| Date/Time: | 21/07/19 09:27:00 |
| Thank you Libby and N.V. Brooks, Our problem is that in Ealing we don't have the quality transport engineers they have say in France. LBE's "engineer" (Mr Cole) even brushed aside the British Standard for the design of station entrances. This promotes a disabled bay adjacent to the station entrance. In other words he was saying this guidance wasn't relevant at West Ealing Station. He never explained why he had taken such an arrogant and stupid position to ignore its guidance. What he did say was that he wanted a wider pavement for passenger mingling. I said that I had delivered many thousands of leaflets for the Labour Party and for Ealing Save Our NHS at station entrances. In doing so I had witnessed the "rush hour" but no mingling. Ealing Broadway may be different. Mr Cole refused to accept or consider this evidence. What he did say was that blue badge holders can park anywhere anyway. No that is stupid as well. As a designer you try to plan what people and motorists do. That is exactly what happens in supermarket car parks. Designated bays are provided for the disabled and for those with children so they don't interfere with the passage of other drivers entering or leaving the car parks. They may interfere with the smooth flow of other vehicles if left to their own devices. The aim of the designer/engineer is to maintain a high quality experience for all drivers to make sure they return to shop and thereby sustain profits. I will write to Cllr Rooney to try to explain the weakness of the chap in charge of Ealing Broadway Station Forecourt design as evidenced in our discussions re West Ealing Station. She might then be able to help produce a better design for Ealing Broadway. For a start a better consultation design might help. |