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Nathan_A_RF
@nathanarf.bsky.social
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He/Him.

Graduate Transport Planner at PJA.

Roads, transport, traffic signs geekery.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · Sep 8
Very excieted to have started my career with @pja-betterplaces.bsky.social today as a Graduate Consultant. I look forward to working with the transport team in a number of different ways and on a variety of projects.
A grey building with three company logos on the side. The important one here - the middle one - is PJA's logo, consisting of white text and a white/blue/green circular dot-and-line graphic.
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crisortunity.bsky.social
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
A "trixie" crossing? One for the glossary @roads.org.uk !
assets.dft.gov.uk/trafficauths...
A plan of a segregated pedestrian, cycle and equestrian crossing, with the three crossings at a slight diagonal as they cross the road
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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john-self.bsky.social
Looking forward to the “Reform’s war on motorists” headlines.
FT story: A Reform UK council is proposing to increase parking charges and reduce litter picking, grass cutting and bus services as it attempts to avoid having to raise council tax. Durham county council has put forward a series of cost-cutting measures that also include less weed killing and vacancies for "lollipop" men and ladies not being filled.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
I'm not sure Network Rail understand suitable x-heights on signs...
This is seen increasingly more and more these days.
(picture from a friend)
A newly upgraded level crossing with lights and barriers on a rural road. There are 'KEEP CROSSING CLEAR' signs underneath the lights, potentially only 20x10cm big.
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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roads.org.uk
New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
Good to hear everyone is safe looking at that damage - notably the train driver! It will be interesting to know what similarities if any this incident has to the Carmont derailment back in 2020. Hopefully lessons have been learned.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Coast Mainline blocked as train derails in Cumbria
Avanti says it could be
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
It's nice when you know what you want to do in life at this age
A picture of me as a young child laying on the floor next to an array of handmade road signs
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
nathanarf.bsky.social
There's a few of these lining the Thames in Reading. Vintage.
@showmeasign.online
A triangular warning sign on a lamp post, warning of an unprotected quayside or riverbank. The car is of a design that makes the sign many decades old.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
nathanarf.bsky.social
The congestion charges started in Oxford today. If only they had someone check the spelling on the signs!
A sign on a lamp post. The top is a red circle with a white 'C', the bottom is a black and white plate stating "7am-7pm, Charge for (picture of a car) only, Pay on line by midnight tomorrow" (note the space between "on" and "line")
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
Was quite nice to stumble across this last week in the Chilterns. The Centre for Outdoor Accessibility has a lot of gates for testing!
A field with four rows of fences close together and various gates, gaps and barriers in esch one. Grass is mown around the fences A lone small gate in a field with far reaching views across Oxfordshire in the background. The wooden hate has a large metal and plastic pad in the middle to press to open the gate. A view the same as image 1 but from the other direction, showing different gates. A green sign with the text "Centre for Outdoor Accessibility Training" with the Natural England logo in the top right corner
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
One added benefit of seeing @jayforeman.bsky.social and @markcooperjones.bsky.social launch their excellent book in Bristol on Thursday was I got a taste of some Dutch kerbs!
A newly constructed pavement in amongst roadworks. A number of large sloped kerbstones form a ramp along the kerbline for around 3m. Behind thr pavement is a cycleway still under construction.
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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roads.org.uk
Right now there are a lot of Union Jacks hanging from streetlights and St George's Crosses on mini-roundabouts. Kent is bucking the trend by permanently adding EU flags to its road signs. Just what is going on in Dover? www.roads.org.uk/blog/red-whi...
Red, white and blue
Kent County Council is run by eurosceptic nationalists. So why are they putting EU flags on their road signs?
www.roads.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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scssoft.com
We trust you have your proper cup of tea ready, for it is with the greatest pleasure that we announce the Project UK Rework for Euro Truck Simulator 2 🇬🇧

We’re ever so pleased to share a little more about our forthcoming plans ☕️

Read more at our blog: blog.scssoft.com/2025/10/proj...
Project UK Rework
SCS Software's official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.
blog.scssoft.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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johnmacpherson.bsky.social
1980's advert, still one of the best I've seen for making a fundamental point, simply.
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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roads.org.uk
You can catch a train to France if you want, but back in the 80s there were hopes you'd be able to drive there too. Meet EuroRoute, the unbelievable plan for a road across the Channel via bridges, a tunnel and two artificial islands. www.roads.org.uk/articles/eur...
Artist's rendering of a long cable stayed bridge stretching away into the distance over a choppy sea with a yellow sailing boat in the foreground and a cargo ship away on the horizon Artist's rendering of an artificial island, shown as a cut-away so the interior is visible. A cable stayed bridge carries a road onto the island which spirals down underground, while buildings and a marina are visible around the edges Diagram showing a small part of the Kent coast with Dover visible; projecting out across the Channel are two lines, one representing a rail tunnel and the other a long road bridge to an island and a tunnel on from there Sketch of an artificial island, with a cable stayed bridge leading to it, which has a large marina surrounded by hotels and casinos
October 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
A sump buster for @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social and some interesting use of advisory speed signs for @showmeasign.online
A single lane road with a cycle lane heading towards a bus stop and a sump buster, a petruding metal and concrete lump, in the background. A pair of blue and yellow pedal cycle and bus only signs are in the foreground either side of the road. Below them are 'max speed 10' signs, and a yellow warning sign for the sump buster.
October 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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roads.org.uk
Manchester City Council have lowered the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. Or at least they say they have - but creating a 30 limit on a motorway is, legally, almost impossible. So what is the speed limit now? #manchester www.roads.org.uk/blog/schrodi...
Schrödinger’s speed limit
In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.
www.roads.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
Nice to see more Dutch kerbs being installed
nathanley.com Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · Sep 30
🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling

Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings

Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
nathanarf.bsky.social
Settling in to Reading well, it's a lovely place but the cycle infrastructure is almost non-existent. Shall join the local cycling campaign group at their next meeting to see if I am of any use.
A view of the River Thames at Reading, with the single-tower cable-stayed Christchurch Bridge crossing the calm blue river. A boat is moored on the nearside bank, with another sunk vessel in front of it.
September 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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willnorman.co.uk
They aren’t just flower beds!!!

Fascinating peak beneath the surface of one of London’s new Cycleways - you can see the complex drainage system that ensures bike lanes help protect the capital from heavy rain & the effects of climate change.

And don’t they look great when they’re finished? 💚🚲👍
September 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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peterwalker99.bsky.social
While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.
September 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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sfrost.bsky.social
Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago

Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979

👏 Evidence-led policy
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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20splenty.bsky.social
Good to see the demand for 20mph in villages throughout Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire villages interested in 20mph zones reaches 150
Villages and communities across Gloucestershire express an interest in bringing in 20mph limits.
bbc.in
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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cityinfinity.bsky.social
For some upcoming training, we've redesigned a client's junction for them to show the art of the possible - a Cycle Optimised Protected Signals (CYCLOPS) junction. There's a trade-off with the floating crossings, but this is a good way to manage the three modes.

#JunctionDesign #SustainableMobility
An engineering plan of a signalised crossroads. There is a pale red orbital cycle track which passes around 4 pedestrian crossing islands on each corner of the junction which cross the cycle track with zebra crossings. The zebras are offset by about 45 degrees from the signalised crossings of the main road. The north-south arms have two traffic lanes approaching the junction (right and ahead/ left) and one on each of the east-west roads. The north-south cycle tracks have verge buffers and east-west has wide cycle lanes.
September 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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jayforeman.bsky.social
🗺️ NEW MAP MEN VIDEO!!!!!! 🗺️

Have you ever wondered why Britain has twin towns? Or which two are the silliest?

Share and enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zte_...
The real reason Britain has twin towns
YouTube video by Jay and Mark
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM