Bicycle-Riding Motorist
@grahamecooper.com
Dr Grahame Cooper.
Grandad, retired Prof, naturist. I walk, I cycle, I drive, I use public transport.
Hitchens's razor applies.
Grandad, retired Prof, naturist. I walk, I cycle, I drive, I use public transport.
Hitchens's razor applies.
The forecast is looking good for tonight's Bolton Critical Mass. Hope to see everyone there. #BoltonCriticalMass #CriticalMass #Bolton.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The forecast is looking good for tonight's Bolton Critical Mass. Hope to see everyone there. #BoltonCriticalMass #CriticalMass #Bolton.
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Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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NEW by @benquinn75.bsky.social with some minor help from me*: Reform said last week they had saved £331m at councils they run, but they have yet to produce a list showing how, and what information they have given is both £260m short and not 100% convincing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK claim to have saved £331m at English councils – but do the numbers stack up?
Experts say councils face limits on cuts as Reform’s savings on IT deals, office moves and EV projects are disputed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NEW by @benquinn75.bsky.social with some minor help from me*: Reform said last week they had saved £331m at councils they run, but they have yet to produce a list showing how, and what information they have given is both £260m short and not 100% convincing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#BoltonCriticalMass has crept up quickly this month. Let's make it a good one.
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November 28th 2025
The Winter is Here ride. The last ride before Christmas. Possiblity the last ride of the year. A pleasant, gentle ride with a jolly winter-themed playlist including some Christmas ones. D…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#BoltonCriticalMass has crept up quickly this month. Let's make it a good one.
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So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
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Labour, like the Tories is no friend of active travel.
They like cars. It's grim.
They like cars. It's grim.
Whilst the UK government is reported to be planning to cap the Cycle to Work Scheme, the Dutch government commits €1 billion to cycling infrastructure to connect new homes.
Dutch government commits €1 billion to cycling infrastructure to connect new homes
It is part of a €2.5 billion package to create roads, cycle paths, tunnels and tram lines to residential areas
road.cc
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Labour, like the Tories is no friend of active travel.
They like cars. It's grim.
They like cars. It's grim.
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Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Billionaires Junk Tanks and BBC “balance” blocking action on climate change. Excellent from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social as usual.
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Billionaires Junk Tanks and BBC “balance” blocking action on climate change. Excellent from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social as usual.
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
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Look away now 🫣
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Look away now 🫣
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
Last year, I did a (poor) recording of a song I wrote about naked cycling. This summer, Col & Sadie (@freewilders.bsky.social) gave me the massive honour of singing it as part of their handfasting. I've now recorded a new, extended, better? version. Listen here:
freemusicarchive.org/music/graham...
freemusicarchive.org/music/graham...
Grahame Cooper - Yes You Can (long version) - Free Music Archive
freemusicarchive.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Last year, I did a (poor) recording of a song I wrote about naked cycling. This summer, Col & Sadie (@freewilders.bsky.social) gave me the massive honour of singing it as part of their handfasting. I've now recorded a new, extended, better? version. Listen here:
freemusicarchive.org/music/graham...
freemusicarchive.org/music/graham...
🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. That's why I've signed the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stop-sha...
Stop shady crypto cash flooding our politics
🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. That's why I've signed the petition to stop s...
act.38degrees.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. That's why I've signed the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stop-sha...
Only five of us for the 51st #BoltonCriticalMass ride last night, but the weather stayed fine and we had a good ride.
November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Only five of us for the 51st #BoltonCriticalMass ride last night, but the weather stayed fine and we had a good ride.
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Share the hell out of this!
Why vote Reform when it means paying for healthcare?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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September 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Share the hell out of this!
Less than 24 hours until our Halloween #BoltonCriticalMass ride. Come down to Bolton town centre for a spooky, slow ride to a ghostly playlist, and dress up if you wish.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Less than 24 hours until our Halloween #BoltonCriticalMass ride. Come down to Bolton town centre for a spooky, slow ride to a ghostly playlist, and dress up if you wish.
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The next Bolton Active Travel Forum is scheduled for 12th of November.
www.facebook.com/events/64573...
www.facebook.com/events/64573...
Bolton Active Travel Forum November Meeting
Event by Bolton Active Travel Forum on Wednesday, November 12 2025
www.facebook.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The next Bolton Active Travel Forum is scheduled for 12th of November.
www.facebook.com/events/64573...
www.facebook.com/events/64573...
This podcast contains nothing that we (I) haven't already repeated ad nauseum to our council in the Active Travel Forum, but it is said in a way that really brings home how utterly sh1t our urban environment is in Bolton. Link is in the post, and lasts about 15 minutes.
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
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#2541 Countering Car Culture - Bike Talk
Bike tech: Dynamo lights and pocket compressors (0:19). Charlie’s News (4:21). Two authors on what we’ve lost by making kids car dependent: author of A Love Letter to Suburbia Diane Alisa interviews c...
biketalk.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This podcast contains nothing that we (I) haven't already repeated ad nauseum to our council in the Active Travel Forum, but it is said in a way that really brings home how utterly sh1t our urban environment is in Bolton. Link is in the post, and lasts about 15 minutes.
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
BL66AAF. Warning letter from @gmpolice.bsky.social for this. The driver cut me up when changing lanes unnecessarily. (Both lanes are ahead-only.) I was surprised to see only a warning letter for this because ...
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BL66AAF. Warning letter from @gmpolice.bsky.social for this. The driver cut me up when changing lanes unnecessarily. (Both lanes are ahead-only.) I was surprised to see only a warning letter for this because ...
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Hit someone with a car inside the workplace and a Health & Safety investigation is launched, to ensure it doesn’t happen again
Hit someone with a car in the street…
<tumbleweed>…
“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄
Hit someone with a car in the street…
<tumbleweed>…
“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄
Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom
A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was…
A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was…
Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom
A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where staff describe his condition as serious. The Health and Safety Executive have been informed and their enquiries into the incident are continuing…
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hit someone with a car inside the workplace and a Health & Safety investigation is launched, to ensure it doesn’t happen again
Hit someone with a car in the street…
<tumbleweed>…
“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄
Hit someone with a car in the street…
<tumbleweed>…
“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄
YX69NTD. Annoyed that I didn't get round to submitting this one to @lancspolice.bsky.social . Overtaking too close, at speed, over a double white line, forcing an oncoming driver to swerve onto the verge. Also a repeat offender (2nd clip) - warning letter sent by @gmpolice.bsky.social back in May.
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
YX69NTD. Annoyed that I didn't get round to submitting this one to @lancspolice.bsky.social . Overtaking too close, at speed, over a double white line, forcing an oncoming driver to swerve onto the verge. Also a repeat offender (2nd clip) - warning letter sent by @gmpolice.bsky.social back in May.
MA63JFU. Warning letter from @gmpolice.bsky.social for this one. Given the huge amount of space available in the lane, I can only conclude that this was a deliberate close pass. If so, the warning letter is not educational, because the driver already knows they are doing wrong. 1/2
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
MA63JFU. Warning letter from @gmpolice.bsky.social for this one. Given the huge amount of space available in the lane, I can only conclude that this was a deliberate close pass. If so, the warning letter is not educational, because the driver already knows they are doing wrong. 1/2
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This is absolutely bizarre. These LTNs, which from the start always had majority local support, & which were paid for by TfL, are now uncontroversial in practice. Removal of £2million OBGR improvements would be an unprecedented act of social vandalism & financial waste. Shameful stuff.
October 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This is absolutely bizarre. These LTNs, which from the start always had majority local support, & which were paid for by TfL, are now uncontroversial in practice. Removal of £2million OBGR improvements would be an unprecedented act of social vandalism & financial waste. Shameful stuff.