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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · May 14

Like cicadas emerging every 13 to 17 years, every 2 or 3 years or so Silicon Valley emerges to reinvent the bus.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · May 14

Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters

Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch

Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one

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Richmond and Twickenham Friends of the Earth @rtfoe.bsky.social · May 8

#CargoBike fair - coming to Richmond in June richmond.gov.uk/news/news_ma.... In the meantime check out this great video from @richmondcouncil.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tujq...

Join the Cargo Bike Movement! | Richmond upon Thames

YouTube video by Richmond Council

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · May 8

Ken’s standby driver was Pope Leo.

Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · May 7

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · May 6

Happy Birthday cycleways #CS3 and #CS6
🧵by @hackneycyclist.bsky.social

Latest figures show, when working, the counters have recorded over 24 million cycle journeys (and missed a few million more when offline)
#LondonLovesCycling
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · May 6

Exactly 9 years ago today - May 6 2016 - the East-West and North-South Cycle Superhighways opened in London. Wide, Dutch style cycling infrastructure right across Central London, including over the river. A game changer for the city

Mayor London in 2016, Boris Johnson, opens CS3 on Embankment

Andrew Gilligan, Cycling and walking Commissioner in 2016, kisses the Cycle Superhighway

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Brian Williams @briw74.bsky.social · Apr 27

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · Apr 6

🚲 Planning on heading out on a family ride in the Easter holidays?

🗺️ Check out our page on safe routes in London to know how best to map out one that all of you can enjoy: bit.ly/44aDXOI

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[email protected] @francescrook.bsky.social · Apr 6

The Israeli government has turned its young people, conscripts, into assassins and murderers

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

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Tufnell Park Cycles @tpc2s.bsky.social · Mar 21

An Illustration of Where the Real Danger Lies at a Bus Stop Bypass www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2467771...

Bus stop near Thornbury Barracks 'wiped out' following car crash

These images show what is left of a bus stop after a late-night crash.

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Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🇵🇸🚲🐟 @onebiskuit.bsky.social · Mar 21

I do tend to bang on a out this, I know, but - Heathrow has an enormous area on which solar PV could be installed - shelter over surface car parks, dead space separating the runways etc - which could make it close to self-sufficient in electricity. Perhaps exploding substations wouldn’t matter then.

Heathrow airport closed: counter-terrorism police deployed in ‘routine’ investigation into substation fire - live

Investigators believe fire was not result of deliberate act but say authorities are monitoring fire that led to power outage at airport

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · Mar 19

#UnconfinedWalks cloud in the west today so not much of a sunset. Much warmer though

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · Oct 22

On the third anniversary of my first #UnconfinedWalks post on Twitter, it seems an apt time to bring the thread there to an end and restart here. Today a glorious morning in Richmond Park

View down a grassy slope with some red deer in the mid-distance to two small lakes (Pen Ponds) with clear blue sky overhead

Looking under the branches of a horse chestnut tree with dew on the grass, other trees further off and a bright sky as we are looking towards the sun

Another view the same way as first picture, the lower lake visible on the left, but highlighting the red leaves appearing on some of the trees on the right as the autumn colours develop

View over North Kingston. On the right a maple is gradually turning red from the top down, green leaves remain toward the lower branches. The tree is in full sun. There is a blue sky over the suburban view with some cloud on the horizon

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 16

Good from the @financialtimes.com - we might get to Mars before we get women's equality.

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 16

Nerdy but important - making elections and democracy work better: www.electoral-reform.org.uk/electoral-ad...

Electoral administrators call for an overhaul of elections

A fresh call for modernising democracy came last week from the people that run our elections.The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) have published a new report, New Blueprint

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · Mar 15

Three bikes, capable of carrying 30 children and four adults, make their way back to nursery through the streets of Amsterdaam

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Norwich Cycling Campaign @norwichcycling.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our video nasty of the Colney Lane roundabout continues to make waves.

The story features in the latest #BikeIsBest newsletter, as @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social dubs the video “a masterclass on all that is wrong about UK roundabout design”.
www.bikeis.best/p/we-know-wh...

We know what works for cycling, #154

We just need to do more of the good stuff, less of the bad, please.

www.bikeis.best

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Not really, because gridlock would show up in poorer bus times, for example, though I'd agree other measures are still important

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Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🇵🇸🚲🐟 @onebiskuit.bsky.social · Mar 12

If I understand correctly, it is currently being resurfaced and some restrictions apply meanwhile, but it will reopen fully for pedestrians and cyclists, and not for motors - there are no plans for the foreseeable future to spend the necessary money to do that.

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Main span expected to be open to cycling within the month.

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Paul Campbell @paul0campbell.bsky.social · Mar 12

Bike journeys have increased by 30% across the West London Bridges from 2018 to 2024. And that is before cyclists get their very own brand new dedicated route across Hammersmith Bridge

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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · Mar 11

For the first time, the Norwegian government has calculated the value to society of the health benefits of increased walking and cycling.

🚲 ~€2.8 for each additional km of cycling
🚶‍♀️ ~€4.2 for each additional km of walking

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · Mar 11

Samfunnet tjener mye på at folk går og sykler!

Nye tall fra Helsedirektoratet viser at vi sparer:

🚲 33 kr for hver km folk sykler
🚶‍♀️ 49 kr for hver km folk går

Det er sammenlignet med at folk ikke er i fysisk aktivitet, f.eks. om de kjører bil.

Dokumentasjonsrapport: Helseeffekter av fysisk aktivitet per km gange og sykling

Helsedirektoratet.no retter seg mot deg som arbeider innen helse- og omsorgstjenesten.

www.helsedirektoratet.no

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Pandemic is the only reason I can think of - could be they do have the data, but it's meaningless because of when it was collected....

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you! All well, but work is keeping me very distracted at the mo.!

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

@peterwalker99.bsky.social would probably interest you too - TfL include analysis in the actual FOI response too.

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Alex Ingram @nutty.bsky.social · Mar 12

Removing capacity for motor traffic has cut traffic in West London.

Now we can see (again) what increasing capacity will do in East and South East London, when Silvertown opens next month.

Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hammersmith Bridge hasn't made traffic worse. Nearby bridges all showing less traffic since 2018, in new TfL data.

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hamm...

Image shows bar chart where combined trdffic volumes on Hammersmith and nearby bridges fall from 2018 high, even ignoring Hammersmith volumes

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Tim Lennon @timlennonlondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hammersmith Bridge hasn't made traffic worse. Nearby bridges all showing less traffic since 2018, in new TfL data.

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hamm...

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