Rob
@navarthian.bsky.social
Health professional, cycle commuter, jogger, boulderer
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Yet Lewisham's vast Besson Street site in New Cross has been vacant for nearly 20 years now since residents and business owners were evicted.
Approved plans include zero social homes on public land.
Approved plans include zero social homes on public land.
London faces a choice: the politics of protest, or the politics of progress.
We’re building homes. Others are blocking them.
My op-ed in @thelondonstandard.bsky.social
on why Lewisham, @london.gov.uk and our #Labour government are up for the fight.
We’re building homes. Others are blocking them.
My op-ed in @thelondonstandard.bsky.social
on why Lewisham, @london.gov.uk and our #Labour government are up for the fight.
‘Just as Lewisham reached the point of turning years of consultation into meaningful change, Jeremy Corbyn swept into the borough at the eleventh hour’
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Yet Lewisham's vast Besson Street site in New Cross has been vacant for nearly 20 years now since residents and business owners were evicted.
Approved plans include zero social homes on public land.
Approved plans include zero social homes on public land.
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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
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Last year I realised something that has changed my perspective on advocacy
At @walkridegm.org.uk we noticed social media wasn’t having a meaningful impact on active travel delivery, so we shifted our focus to more constructive spaces
At @walkridegm.org.uk we noticed social media wasn’t having a meaningful impact on active travel delivery, so we shifted our focus to more constructive spaces
October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Last year I realised something that has changed my perspective on advocacy
At @walkridegm.org.uk we noticed social media wasn’t having a meaningful impact on active travel delivery, so we shifted our focus to more constructive spaces
At @walkridegm.org.uk we noticed social media wasn’t having a meaningful impact on active travel delivery, so we shifted our focus to more constructive spaces
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Oh hello you beauty! #LIFF2025
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Oh hello you beauty! #LIFF2025
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
Rachel Reeve's seat voted remain by a solid margin
The problem is Reeves, Nandy, Philipson, Cooper et al all have seats in Brexity Northern Reform constituencies. So many of the Cabinet buy into the McSweeney bollocks out of supposed self interest.
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Rachel Reeve's seat voted remain by a solid margin
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Really pleased to see JP go for this. Behind the scenes he's got so much done to increase growth and accelerate devolution for North England. Consistently more right and more polite than me. A bit less gobby, but we can work on that.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Really pleased to see JP go for this. Behind the scenes he's got so much done to increase growth and accelerate devolution for North England. Consistently more right and more polite than me. A bit less gobby, but we can work on that.
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Are we still debating LTNs? If so, this very thorough meta-study about LTNs in London by @centreforlondon.bsky.social says they are generally more popular than believed, and that there is strong evidence they work well. So there we are.
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
www.centreforlondon.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Are we still debating LTNs? If so, this very thorough meta-study about LTNs in London by @centreforlondon.bsky.social says they are generally more popular than believed, and that there is strong evidence they work well. So there we are.
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/u...
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🛑 20mph speed limits?
The research is in and …
yep, they work
#VisionZero #roadsafety #TransportøkonomiskInstitutt
#AudTennøy #urbanmobility
www.itsinternational.com/feature/its-...
The research is in and …
yep, they work
#VisionZero #roadsafety #TransportøkonomiskInstitutt
#AudTennøy #urbanmobility
www.itsinternational.com/feature/its-...
It’s official: 20 (or 30) really is plenty
A study has looked at what 20mph (30 km/h) speed limits mean in terms of road safety – and the answers are encouraging. Alan Dron speaks to transport researcher Aud Tennøy…
www.itsinternational.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🛑 20mph speed limits?
The research is in and …
yep, they work
#VisionZero #roadsafety #TransportøkonomiskInstitutt
#AudTennøy #urbanmobility
www.itsinternational.com/feature/its-...
The research is in and …
yep, they work
#VisionZero #roadsafety #TransportøkonomiskInstitutt
#AudTennøy #urbanmobility
www.itsinternational.com/feature/its-...
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Every city should be closing streets to cars. Cities are for people, not cars.
Residents of Paris vote in favour of pedestrianising and greening 500 more streets
-> an average of 5 to 8 streets per neighbourhood will be transformed over the next three years
-> an average of 5 to 8 streets per neighbourhood will be transformed over the next three years
Residents of Paris vote in favour of pedestrianising and greening 500 more streets
An average of 5 to 8 streets per neighbourhood will be transformed over the next three years as the "garden city" takes shape.
theprogressplaybook.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Every city should be closing streets to cars. Cities are for people, not cars.
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This is an extremely bad decision. The combination of e-bikes and public transport makes all of the capital accessible to many more people, reducing the need for car ownership. Banning them is the wrong reaction to a very small number of issues.
This is why, following a comprehensive review of the safety of e-bikes, TfL is banning all non-folding e-bikes on tube and rail services. I have asked TfL to continue to work with government and partners to improve e-bike safety as we build a safer London for everyone. (2/3)
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This is an extremely bad decision. The combination of e-bikes and public transport makes all of the capital accessible to many more people, reducing the need for car ownership. Banning them is the wrong reaction to a very small number of issues.
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Work starts on Monday to make Downham Road a bit more dangerous and hostile road to cycle on, directly outside at primary school. This must be one of the worst road schemes implemented by any London council for many, many years. A horrific and deadly layout is coming
March 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Work starts on Monday to make Downham Road a bit more dangerous and hostile road to cycle on, directly outside at primary school. This must be one of the worst road schemes implemented by any London council for many, many years. A horrific and deadly layout is coming
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March 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Includes this nice picture of the building where I think any such library should be. Unsurprisingly, I think location is a key part of any decision.
March 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Includes this nice picture of the building where I think any such library should be. Unsurprisingly, I think location is a key part of any decision.
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This needs to involve lots of bollards and not just tarmacing them over for easier parking like we did in south Tyneside.
North Tyneside Council has agreed to work on 'hazardous' green verges
North Tyneside Council agrees to works on green verges and improve parking
North Tyneside Council agrees to works on green verges and improve parking
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This needs to involve lots of bollards and not just tarmacing them over for easier parking like we did in south Tyneside.
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Excellent and in-depth article from Zoë here on the abolition of NHS England, it's especially interesting to know that there's talk of merging or partnering local ICBs with the new metro mayors.
A source close to Wes Streeting told me that major structural reform of NHS England had not always been Labour’s plan when they got into govt
But over the last few weeks it had become “increasingly clear” that abolishing NHSE would be “inevitable”
My dive behind the govt’s latest big gamble 👇
But over the last few weeks it had become “increasingly clear” that abolishing NHSE would be “inevitable”
My dive behind the govt’s latest big gamble 👇
Abolishing NHS England Became 'Inevitable' – But What Happens Next?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished and absorbed into the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), in...
www.politicshome.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Excellent and in-depth article from Zoë here on the abolition of NHS England, it's especially interesting to know that there's talk of merging or partnering local ICBs with the new metro mayors.
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It’s not mentioned here but I have read elsewhere that a photo has to be taken also. If a PCN can be issued based on a photo why not allow online reporting?
March 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s not mentioned here but I have read elsewhere that a photo has to be taken also. If a PCN can be issued based on a photo why not allow online reporting?
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I honestly don't know how we managed without the Elizabeth Line, proposed for decades, opened 4 years late and yet was clearly needed. And yet the same reluctance to build or reopen rail lines persists,I don't get it. The Elizabeth Line undeniably makes the case for rail expansion across the country
March 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I honestly don't know how we managed without the Elizabeth Line, proposed for decades, opened 4 years late and yet was clearly needed. And yet the same reluctance to build or reopen rail lines persists,I don't get it. The Elizabeth Line undeniably makes the case for rail expansion across the country
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"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*."
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
March 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*."
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
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The king should show up personally to invite him for a full state visit.
President Zelensky to meet Keir Starmer in Downing St this afternoon.
March 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The king should show up personally to invite him for a full state visit.
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The clouds part and a ray of sunshine comes through:
£10m towards Temple Works being turned into British Library premises
news.leeds.gov.uk/news/stateme...
#regeneration #culture #heritage #architecture
£10m towards Temple Works being turned into British Library premises
news.leeds.gov.uk/news/stateme...
#regeneration #culture #heritage #architecture
February 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The clouds part and a ray of sunshine comes through:
£10m towards Temple Works being turned into British Library premises
news.leeds.gov.uk/news/stateme...
#regeneration #culture #heritage #architecture
£10m towards Temple Works being turned into British Library premises
news.leeds.gov.uk/news/stateme...
#regeneration #culture #heritage #architecture
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Wrote about how Leeds is an unwilling lab rat for a particular strand of Treasury thought
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
February 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wrote about how Leeds is an unwilling lab rat for a particular strand of Treasury thought
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."