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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 9h

Badenoch is pandering to her support base.

Starmer is turning his support base against him.

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

So very true

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

How on Earth is Starmer polling worse than Badenoch? Utter defeat from the jaws of victory

Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 11h

The Green Party are level with the Labour Party for the first time in history.

Let's see if the UK media give the Greens greater coverage to reflect their new popularity. Cannot imagine it will be anywhere near their continual talking up of Farage even when he had ZERO MPs.

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

Superb. Puts the Tories to shame.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

Superb!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

This will affect almost no vehicle owners. 2,400kg is heavier than the vast majority of cars/SUVs.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

And of course rather than spending £9bn on 12 miles of motorway under the Thames, we could have 4.5million simple zebra crossings which would cover every side street junction and 20mph main carriageway across the UK and then some.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 9h

Oh they do know, but choose to ignore the HWC (though not helped by zero direct comms from the DfT when rules do change despite having the home address of every driving licence holder in the country)

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 10h

It’s reducing risk, not minimising it. The way to minimise risk would be to ensure the vehicle occupants carry the traumatic burden in any collision with a pedestrian/cyclist.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 14h

And we’re about to double down by spending £750million per mile on a new 12 mile motorway. What could possibly go wrong?

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 15h

Injury and death have been baked into the car industry’s operating model since its inception. Nothing new here.

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 15h

And completely unfair to ask two people to work in a live environment like that surround by high powered machines with zero exclusion zones

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a bit of a con. 2,400kg is heavier than the vast majority of cars & SUVs sadly. Needs to be much more graduated.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 15h

And of course Poland has almost the same GDP/capita as the UK and half the debt. Means they can invest in their public spaces with pride

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 15h

Of course we don’t need 4.5million zebra crossings, but you get my point

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 15h

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17h

Q. Would you rather the Labour government & Heidi Alexander spend £9bn on 12 miles of motorway or spend £9bn on 4.5millon new zebra crossings (of an international standard)?

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, I'm not going to need to phone a friend for this one.

#WalkThisWay

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17h

Q. Would you rather the Labour government & Heidi Alexander spend £9bn on 12 miles of motorway or spend £9bn on 4.5millon new zebra crossings (of an international standard)?

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17h

2,400kg is still very heavy. I suspect this surcharge won’t apply to very many vehicles. Better to just charge based on graduated weight from 750kg upwards.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17h

Q. Would you rather the Labour government & Heidi Alexander spend £9bn on 12 miles of motorway or spend £9bn on 4.5millon new zebra crossings (of an international standard)?

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17h

Heidi Alexander is more interested in spending £9bn on 12 miles of road than signing off a change to zebra crossings so we can have so many more for very little cost. That £9bn would fund 4.5million new zebra crossings of an international standard.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 18h

Roundabouts are dreadful for walking. They are deliberately designed to prioritise drivers over pedestrians.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 18h

And cars have morphed into faster, higher, wider trucks

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 18h

The British design costs £25-50k for a single zebra crossing. In the rest of the world zebra crossings cost about £2k.

HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 19h

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Make Walking Easy: Adopt the International Zebra Crossing Design on 20mph Streets

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 19h

Indeed. It induces people to put themselves at risk.

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