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For the record, if you want a civilised debate with me, cool.
If you're just going to insult me, however, I'll block you. Life is too short to deal with idiots.
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Car-dependence was the biggest and most destructive con in history.
People call bike lanes ‘social-engineering’ without realising that their reliance on cars was never inevitable, but the result of actual oil lobby sponsored social engineering without their knowledge or consent
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Where are the 288 articles, paid ads and the social media vitriol onslaught about this Cambridge professor caught red handed in Reform sleaze??!!
I can't work out the difference between James Orr and Dr Jason Arday??
Anyone help me?
Your regular reminder that you have to build cycle networks, not cycle lanes.
On the Emajõgi River, Estonia’s second city Tartu has quietly built a status as the country's cycling capital. Its approach is simple but ambitious—build a complete and connected network, treat cars as guests where space is tight, and make e-bikes readily available to everyone.🧵
ALT Cyclists in casual autumn attire ride along dedicated cycling infrastructure lined with buildings and trees on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.
ALT Cyclists in casual autumn attire ride along dedicated cycling infrastructure lined with buildings and trees on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.
ALT Cyclists in casual autumn attire ride along dedicated cycling infrastructure lined with buildings and trees on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.
ALT Cyclists in casual autumn attire ride along dedicated cycling infrastructure lined with buildings and trees on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.
Over three years since I wrote this article, still think it's a great idea:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.o…
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Two kids in crashes last week. One dead, the other critical.
But the AI-generated Uxbridge by-election culture war continues apace.
Thank you to everyone who has already signed our petition opposing @BhamCityCouncil planned blanket 20mph speed limit.
They should focus on tackling uninsured and unlicensed drivers and localised taregted measures not blanket ones.
Add your name here:
birminghamconservatives.org.…
Your reminder that cars are a virus that attack cities. Drop your defences for a minute, and they attack.
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The Treasury is asking for ideas for the Autumn Budget.
Help us to make the case for sustainable transport by filling in the Treasury’s survey transportactionnetwork.org.u…
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‘A study of cyclist casualties in London has found that painted advisory cycle lanes increase the risk of cyclist casualties’
Who knew?!! 🤦♂️
road.cc/news/advisory-bike-l…
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You’ve got to wonder how much degradation and neglect the UK’s most historic grassroots arts street will be allowed endure before anyone in power steps up and issues a Compulsory Purchase Order on behalf of REALLY angry Brummies? – at Birmingham, England
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To the Birmingham politicians who bleat on endlessly about a ‘war on motorists’. Look in the eyes of the hundreds of families and lives destroyed by cars in Birmingham and may you never sleep soundly again.
birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…
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Providing safe cycling infrastructure is not a technical challenge. It is only a political one.
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It’s a good car free scheme in an area well served by public transport, community infrastructure and amenities.
Council tenants were informed there was no parking and there’s a residents covenant.
Anyone caught breaching that covenant should have to move elsewhere.
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There are lots of drivers who intimidate pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers, damage property such as paving and street furniture and put people at risk with their dangerous driving endlessly but we don’t see it reported because we’ve normalised that constant threat.
Riders on powerful electric motorbikes are intimidating pedestrians, damaging property and putting people at risk by riding dangerously through towns and villages, communities have warned.
More here: bbc.in/4hEP3Cw
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*Foot* traffic improves places
Through traffic destroys them
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Make it easy for people to get around without a car, and people get around without a car.
(Always an added bonus if you're able to bring receipts, like these bike counters.)
Come on Birmingham, we can do the same (but quicker!)
Since @sadiqkhan was elected in 2016, we've delivered a fivefold expansion of London's network of Cycleways to over 450km - enabling millions & millions of greener, cleaner, safer & healthier journeys 🚲🚲🚲
And we're not sitting back in our saddles, there's much more to come...
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Classic example of shock doctrine used on public spaces and buildings of cultural/historical importance.
Run it down enough to be declared an eyesore, create consent for its destruction, replace with giant glass piece of shit. Rinse and repeat.
