Comments for Richard Taylor

Comment on Liberal Democrat Position on the Cambridge Congestion Charge by Dan

Dan — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:30:16 +0000

Those pesky local residents, eh, with their cars and their parcels! Why can’t they leave Cambridge to be an international shopping destination and University theme park experience?

Cambridge (UK)

Comment on Crime Mapping - Enabling Police Accountability by Colin Drane

Colin Drane — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:55:59 +0000

Originally from the UK, now living in the U.S.

I think there is an argument to be made of having an independent repository of crime data. Open crime maps are not the panacea, however, it is an excellent start. The administrative cost to execute is minimal because the data is already being collected, and there exists companies like mine that will do it for free.

Having google as a platform affords massive resources and sustainability. While other mapping systems may exist, it would seem the public will gravitate to a format that is common and familiar. Ease of use and access, should increase usage, awareness and sharing.

Comment on Liberal Democrat Position on the Cambridge Congestion Charge by john hipkin

john hipkin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:31:48 +0000

Well said! The Lib-Dems are addictive eqivocators on this issue.

John Hipkin (Independent)

Comment on Cambridge City Development Map by Richard

Richard — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:01:25 +0000

Interestingly shortly after I wrote a post mentioning Northstowe I got a visit from 217.205.144.178 an IP address registered to Communique Public Relations who are responsible for the communications and consultation strategy for Northstowe.

Comment on CCTV - Martingale Close by bernie

bernie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:25:35 +0000

Hi Richard
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Comment on Cambridge City CCTV by admin

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:53:57 +0000

By October 2007 the signs had still not gone up, so I reminded Mr Beaumont and he replied:

Mr Taylor

Thank you for your E-mail. We fully intend to get these signs up asap.
However there has been a delay in receiving the banding equipment to
enable us to secure the signs to the lampposts. I hope to have this
equipment within the next two weeks and then we will get the signs up.

Martin

Comment on Cambridge City CCTV by Richard

Richard — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:50:23 +0000

Martin Beaumont Promptly Replied:

Dear Mr Taylor in answers to your points below:

The camera at Elizabeth Way is one of our’s and you are right that some cameras do not have signs at the moment. These are now on order and we expect delivery very shortly and then all cameras WILL be signed. I do not agree with the councillor about not signing cameras and we will put them up.

The sign opposite the main Post Office in St Andrews St is there to indicate a camera location. However with the building works going on for the new Bradwell Court area we had to temporarily remove it but again it will be back up in the next few weeks.

The size of signage and distribution of the same is a difficult one and we have to work with the County Council who control the highways. They are rightly concerned about the large number of signs that are around the city and also about the size of the signs. So we are complying with their wishes.

I will state again that this CCTV system does not use covert or hidden cameras nor will we use dummy cameras.

The Annual Report was sent to our IT people in April for inclusion on our website. There have been some problems but that is no excuse and I will chase this up today.

I hope this answers your questions. Finally I attach a copy of the last Annual Report for you.