Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 17

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 17 - September 2009)

August | October

London Transport News

Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

September

Introduction of pink Oyster validators may mean cheaper fares for people avoiding Zone 1 if they touch in Midway through their journey, at some key interchanges.

TfL will launch Countdown, a new sevice which shows when and where the next bus is for mobile and internet users.

August

More bendy buses removed

Upminster tube depot celebrates 50 years

New cameras to ease traffic

New Travel Support card launched for people with certain disabilities

Signals now use LEDs to save energy

TfL moves to Greenwich Peninsula

Extra staff on London Overground to help passengers

Serco operator to set up and run London Cycle Hire scheme

New bus lane to be installed at Piccadilly Circus

Local pedestrians and cyclists would use Henleys Corner in Barnet more if it were improved

Member News

Hello to Klomphy, Huangcjz, mattdickinson and Likelife

We currently have 76 members signed-up.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Chelsea Bridge (well done again Iridescent), and one new good article, Charles Pearson. We therefore, currently have 10 Featured Articles, 1 Featured List and 10 Good Articles although two of thse are under reassessment. Unfortunately, one former Good Article, Docklands Light Railway was demoted to B-class in July and in early August this was followed by Jean Charles de Menezes. We have 90 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved as suggested before.

However, overall assessment of articles appears to have dropped with 43% of articles now unasssessed for quality. Also, 35% of articles have no assessment or importance rating at all. This is quite an increase whereas it was only 1/4 at the start of the year.

There are concerns over what areas of the project are still in use and what are not. Please see WT:LT#Condition of the Wikiproject London Transport page.

On the Portal, the only active areas seem to be the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems to be infrequently updated with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter!

As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

From the editor

August, despite some significant changes appears to have been a quiet month. I hope this is still interesting\informative.

Thanks to DavidCane and Huangcjz for some corrections.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) (Editor and Distibutor)

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC

Timeline of the London Underground

Good Articles

GAC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

Timeline of the London Underground is currently a featured list candidate

A1 road (London) and A215 road are on good article review as part of a larger project to see whether articles should have their GA statuses retained.

Jean Charles de Menezes was demoted to B-Class.

Other announcements

Sheila Gallagher was nominated for deletion but the decision was decided to keep it as a disambiguation page.

Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

A major move request was done by MRSC, who has recently returned, at Talk:London Paddington station#Requested move. The move involves the format of names of many London stations. Please see the discussion.

Mattdickinson brought up an interesting point on correcting Live departure boards

Template:Nearest Over has been deleted.

Did you know...

...that Sir Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport wrote a book encouraging Londoners to walk round the city.
...that in the 1960s Chelsea Bridge was a venue for illegal bike racing and, in 1970, a battle took place between rival motorcycle gangs.
...that before Charles Pearson campaigned for the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, he proposed a giant underground railway terminus in Farringdon?
...that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a bottlenose whale removed from the River Thames at Battersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices of The Guardian newspaper?
...that in September 1844 a clown from Astley's Amphitheatre sailed from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge in a washtub towed by geese?
...that the Dollis Brook Viaduct is the highest point on both the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
...that the Dollis Valley Greenwalk is one of ten parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
...that Chelsea Bridge was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the lighting on if Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
...that Albert Bridge in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
...despite the many motorways serving London, only four (the M1, the M4, M11 and M25) actually enter Greater London?
...out of the 32 London Borough, six have no underground stations- all of them south of the River Thames.
...Marylebone tube station opened with the unusual name of Great Central, reflecting the main line company that ran trains out of the terminus?
...that Routemasters are still used on two heritage bus routes in London, routes 9 and 15?
...that for two years, from 1883 to 1885, the District Railway ran services along the Great Western Main Line to Windsor?

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