Pete Dyson
@petedyson.bsky.social
Behavioural science & transport University of Bath. Bicycle Mayor of Bath. Co-author 'Transport for Humans' http://amz.run/52F9
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Will the 3p-per-mile EV charge split the difference?
In this article I offer commentary ahead of the UK Budget on Thursday 27th November, previewing the context, behavioural change principles and implications of this potential new policy. If the policy ...
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Here's my analysis of the 3p-per-mile EV charge, already proposed ahead next week's UK budget. The policy has strengths of simplicity and fairness, two countries already do it, so I review the potential debate around charging equity and vehicle efficiency. www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
Updated based on today's Budget. I explain how the charge 'splits the difference', it is consistent (not confusing) to offer a grant while also introducing a fee to balance cost of usage, and how it has opened the door to increasing fuel duty in 2026.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Updated based on today's Budget. I explain how the charge 'splits the difference', it is consistent (not confusing) to offer a grant while also introducing a fee to balance cost of usage, and how it has opened the door to increasing fuel duty in 2026.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
Here's my analysis of the 3p-per-mile EV charge, already proposed ahead next week's UK budget. The policy has strengths of simplicity and fairness, two countries already do it, so I review the potential debate around charging equity and vehicle efficiency. www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
Will the 3p-per-mile EV charge split the difference?
In this article I offer commentary ahead of the UK Budget on Thursday 27th November, previewing the context, behavioural change principles and implications of this potential new policy. If the policy ...
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's my analysis of the 3p-per-mile EV charge, already proposed ahead next week's UK budget. The policy has strengths of simplicity and fairness, two countries already do it, so I review the potential debate around charging equity and vehicle efficiency. www.linkedin.com/pulse/3p-per...
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Bath’s streets are better when filled with bikes and laughter! 🚲🥳
Join our next Kidical Mass family cycle ride at 2pm on Sat (13 September) - starting at Orange Grove.
www.facebook.com/events/79625...
Join our next Kidical Mass family cycle ride at 2pm on Sat (13 September) - starting at Orange Grove.
www.facebook.com/events/79625...
September 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bath’s streets are better when filled with bikes and laughter! 🚲🥳
Join our next Kidical Mass family cycle ride at 2pm on Sat (13 September) - starting at Orange Grove.
www.facebook.com/events/79625...
Join our next Kidical Mass family cycle ride at 2pm on Sat (13 September) - starting at Orange Grove.
www.facebook.com/events/79625...
This is welcome news for EV transition, but the ratio of EVs to chargers is a key metric for prospective owners. In the UK, the number of EV is also increasing fast (in 2025, roughly +450,000 which is +33% YoY), so I made to chart to show ratio over time. www.transportxtra.com/publications...
July 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is welcome news for EV transition, but the ratio of EVs to chargers is a key metric for prospective owners. In the UK, the number of EV is also increasing fast (in 2025, roughly +450,000 which is +33% YoY), so I made to chart to show ratio over time. www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Indeed, less discussed among policymakers and politicians, but common place in day-to-day frustrations (when an obscenely loud vehicle passes by) and bigger life choices (like where to live).
Sustainable transport sorely needs more widely popular policies, designing/regulating/policing noise 👍
Sustainable transport sorely needs more widely popular policies, designing/regulating/policing noise 👍
One of the less discussed impacts of transport.
“Noise pollution is often overlooked, considered just an annoyance of everyday life. However, long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant. Children are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise…”
“Noise pollution is often overlooked, considered just an annoyance of everyday life. However, long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant. Children are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise…”
Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds
About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Indeed, less discussed among policymakers and politicians, but common place in day-to-day frustrations (when an obscenely loud vehicle passes by) and bigger life choices (like where to live).
Sustainable transport sorely needs more widely popular policies, designing/regulating/policing noise 👍
Sustainable transport sorely needs more widely popular policies, designing/regulating/policing noise 👍
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One of the less discussed impacts of transport.
“Noise pollution is often overlooked, considered just an annoyance of everyday life. However, long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant. Children are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise…”
“Noise pollution is often overlooked, considered just an annoyance of everyday life. However, long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant. Children are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise…”
Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds
About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
One of the less discussed impacts of transport.
“Noise pollution is often overlooked, considered just an annoyance of everyday life. However, long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant. Children are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise…”
“Noise pollution is often overlooked, considered just an annoyance of everyday life. However, long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant. Children are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise…”
Bikes go a long way, if our minds and bodies let them 😀. Cycling non stop from London to Edinburgh in 17hrs was a personal challenge, also fundraising for a local charity. In this case not a scalable mode of transport, but shows what's possible at a human scale! 🚲 🏴 🏴 ☀️ share.google/ybbfT4KMW1Zz...
June 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Bikes go a long way, if our minds and bodies let them 😀. Cycling non stop from London to Edinburgh in 17hrs was a personal challenge, also fundraising for a local charity. In this case not a scalable mode of transport, but shows what's possible at a human scale! 🚲 🏴 🏴 ☀️ share.google/ybbfT4KMW1Zz...
I discussed developments in cycling safety and active travel more generally. Thanks to RWK Goodman for hosting us: a barrister, a lawyer and a BYCS bicycle mayor for Bath :)
🚲What progress has been made on cycling safety and active travel in the South West and beyond?
Find out in our latest podcast featuring @charlottewebbrwkg.bsky.social , @petedyson.bsky.social and Patrick West of @stjohnschambers.bsky.social.
Listen now: www.rwkgoodman.com/legal-thinki...
Find out in our latest podcast featuring @charlottewebbrwkg.bsky.social , @petedyson.bsky.social and Patrick West of @stjohnschambers.bsky.social.
Listen now: www.rwkgoodman.com/legal-thinki...
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I discussed developments in cycling safety and active travel more generally. Thanks to RWK Goodman for hosting us: a barrister, a lawyer and a BYCS bicycle mayor for Bath :)
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Excellent @who.int webinar launching their impressive new toolkit for promoting walking and cycling.
www.who.int/publications...
Great to hear mention of the WHO HEAT tool during the discussion.
www.who.int/tools/heat-f...
www.who.int/publications...
Great to hear mention of the WHO HEAT tool during the discussion.
www.who.int/tools/heat-f...
May 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Excellent @who.int webinar launching their impressive new toolkit for promoting walking and cycling.
www.who.int/publications...
Great to hear mention of the WHO HEAT tool during the discussion.
www.who.int/tools/heat-f...
www.who.int/publications...
Great to hear mention of the WHO HEAT tool during the discussion.
www.who.int/tools/heat-f...
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@petedyson.bsky.social told me why a focus on rigid metrics risks distracting us from the things that users most care about, and how groupthink threatens the quality of our decision-making.
He’s passionate that behavioural science has much more to offer the transport.
bit.ly/3VIlvIr
He’s passionate that behavioural science has much more to offer the transport.
bit.ly/3VIlvIr
Pete Dyson on Transport for Humans — Freewheeling
Pete Dyson is the author of Transport for Humans. In this episode, he explains why our focus on rigid metrics risks distracting us from the things that users most care about, and how groupthink thre...
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December 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM
@petedyson.bsky.social told me why a focus on rigid metrics risks distracting us from the things that users most care about, and how groupthink threatens the quality of our decision-making.
He’s passionate that behavioural science has much more to offer the transport.
bit.ly/3VIlvIr
He’s passionate that behavioural science has much more to offer the transport.
bit.ly/3VIlvIr
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Net Zero hinges on transformational behavior change ✅
But, do nations have behavioral policy in place? ❌
NEW analysis keeps receipts. It maps:
🚶♀️ Key green behavior domains 🚗🏠🥗
🏛️ Across the policies of the top 20 emitters
Stunning snapshot @worldresources.bsky.social
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3z762c
But, do nations have behavioral policy in place? ❌
NEW analysis keeps receipts. It maps:
🚶♀️ Key green behavior domains 🚗🏠🥗
🏛️ Across the policies of the top 20 emitters
Stunning snapshot @worldresources.bsky.social
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3z762c
December 9, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Net Zero hinges on transformational behavior change ✅
But, do nations have behavioral policy in place? ❌
NEW analysis keeps receipts. It maps:
🚶♀️ Key green behavior domains 🚗🏠🥗
🏛️ Across the policies of the top 20 emitters
Stunning snapshot @worldresources.bsky.social
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3z762c
But, do nations have behavioral policy in place? ❌
NEW analysis keeps receipts. It maps:
🚶♀️ Key green behavior domains 🚗🏠🥗
🏛️ Across the policies of the top 20 emitters
Stunning snapshot @worldresources.bsky.social
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3z762c
Storms are a reminder the UK maintains a live digital map (One.Network) of road closures that affect vehicle traffic, feeding into sat-navs for re-routing.
If walking and cycling really is national infrastructure, I wish we could replicate this for pavements, footways, paths (esp rivers/canals). 🙏
If walking and cycling really is national infrastructure, I wish we could replicate this for pavements, footways, paths (esp rivers/canals). 🙏
Causeway one.network
One platform to plan, monitor, communicate and analyse traffic disruptions.
one.network
December 7, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Storms are a reminder the UK maintains a live digital map (One.Network) of road closures that affect vehicle traffic, feeding into sat-navs for re-routing.
If walking and cycling really is national infrastructure, I wish we could replicate this for pavements, footways, paths (esp rivers/canals). 🙏
If walking and cycling really is national infrastructure, I wish we could replicate this for pavements, footways, paths (esp rivers/canals). 🙏
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I love this @financialtimes.com article - too much efficiency is inefficient: “The truth about efficiency” on.ft.com/3OEQvoI by Guru Madhavan
The truth about efficiency
As our immune systems demonstrate, we need built-in redundancies to function during crisis
on.ft.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:09 AM
I love this @financialtimes.com article - too much efficiency is inefficient: “The truth about efficiency” on.ft.com/3OEQvoI by Guru Madhavan
Bus stops ought to grab our collective attention, which is why I enjoyed contributing Campaign for Better Transport report (not yet on BSky). It's worth read, full of colour, evidence and testimony showing the good, bad and potentially brilliant designs.
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Campaign for Better Transport on LinkedIn: We've launched our new report Better Bus Stops: Creating a National Bus…
We've launched our new report Better Bus Stops: Creating a National Bus Stop Standard today. The report, which is supported by Trueform Manufacturing &…
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December 3, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Bus stops ought to grab our collective attention, which is why I enjoyed contributing Campaign for Better Transport report (not yet on BSky). It's worth read, full of colour, evidence and testimony showing the good, bad and potentially brilliant designs.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Promising to see Transport For Humans included in today's announcement for a national integrated transport strategy from DfT SoS Louise Haigh MP. In about 6-9 months time we'll see what big and small actions burst forth. Call for ideas is 👌
Speech: lnkd.in/e_NFHm8r
NITS details: lnkd.in/ewz4_qct
Speech: lnkd.in/e_NFHm8r
NITS details: lnkd.in/ewz4_qct
November 28, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Promising to see Transport For Humans included in today's announcement for a national integrated transport strategy from DfT SoS Louise Haigh MP. In about 6-9 months time we'll see what big and small actions burst forth. Call for ideas is 👌
Speech: lnkd.in/e_NFHm8r
NITS details: lnkd.in/ewz4_qct
Speech: lnkd.in/e_NFHm8r
NITS details: lnkd.in/ewz4_qct
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Hi - will be posting here on matters related to transport, climate change and energy, transport policy, social equity and generally interesting stuff I pick up on the way. You can see more about my current work here: in-fuze.org.uk and here www.edrc.ac.uk/research/pla...
Call home - INFUZE
in-fuze.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Hi - will be posting here on matters related to transport, climate change and energy, transport policy, social equity and generally interesting stuff I pick up on the way. You can see more about my current work here: in-fuze.org.uk and here www.edrc.ac.uk/research/pla...
I used @blueark.app to transfer all my historical posts from Twitter/X to BlueSky. The service charged $5 but I think it's worth keeping that content and it went to a decent cause. It's a more long-term solution, I think.
November 14, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I used @blueark.app to transfer all my historical posts from Twitter/X to BlueSky. The service charged $5 but I think it's worth keeping that content and it went to a decent cause. It's a more long-term solution, I think.
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Pete Dyson is the author of Transport for Humans, a book with influential readers. Louise Haigh took it out of the House of Commons library and enjoyed it.
I’m not surprised: it is essential for anyone involved in the transport and mobility sector. Here’s why
www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...
I’m not surprised: it is essential for anyone involved in the transport and mobility sector. Here’s why
www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...
Pete Dyson on Transport for Humans — Freewheeling
Pete Dyson is the author of Transport for Humans. In this episode, he explains why our focus on rigid metrics risks distracting us from the things that users most care about, and how groupthink thre...
www.freewheeling.info
October 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Pete Dyson is the author of Transport for Humans, a book with influential readers. Louise Haigh took it out of the House of Commons library and enjoyed it.
I’m not surprised: it is essential for anyone involved in the transport and mobility sector. Here’s why
www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...
I’m not surprised: it is essential for anyone involved in the transport and mobility sector. Here’s why
www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...
Promising to hear the wider case for walking and cycling investment being made by @LouHaigh https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/20/labour-investment-cycling-walking-unprecedented-louise-haigh and for behavioural sciences to support road safety initiatives too....
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Promising to hear the wider case for walking and cycling investment being made by @LouHaigh https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/20/labour-investment-cycling-walking-unprecedented-louise-haigh and for behavioural sciences to support road safety initiatives too....
They've arrived! What do all the UK election manifestos have to say on *transport*? I've scoured every document so you don't have to... 🧵1/5 PDF summary available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AqjIakkhfv1XgcsqPtk8pV1cs4CJFQ?e=baiSUS
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November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
They've arrived! What do all the UK election manifestos have to say on *transport*? I've scoured every document so you don't have to... 🧵1/5 PDF summary available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AqjIakkhfv1XgcsqPtk8pV1cs4CJFQ?e=baiSUS
I published an article in Local Transport Today about the language used in travel behavior change.
'Carrots and sticks' has strengths, but also many weaknesses. Time to fill the gaps with alternatives. Free to read here - (just make a free account) https://tapas.network/44/dyson.php
'Carrots and sticks' has strengths, but also many weaknesses. Time to fill the gaps with alternatives. Free to read here - (just make a free account) https://tapas.network/44/dyson.php
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
I published an article in Local Transport Today about the language used in travel behavior change.
'Carrots and sticks' has strengths, but also many weaknesses. Time to fill the gaps with alternatives. Free to read here - (just make a free account) https://tapas.network/44/dyson.php
'Carrots and sticks' has strengths, but also many weaknesses. Time to fill the gaps with alternatives. Free to read here - (just make a free account) https://tapas.network/44/dyson.php
Well, so much for hybrids being a 'bridging' technology. Sad to see the 2030 debate descend into 'fossil' vs.' electric'. Clarifying hybrids could be available after 2030 would have eased anxiety a great deal. Shame, this ZEV plan was sound but not read.
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November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Well, so much for hybrids being a 'bridging' technology. Sad to see the 2030 debate descend into 'fossil' vs.' electric'. Clarifying hybrids could be available after 2030 would have eased anxiety a great deal. Shame, this ZEV plan was sound but not read.
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Based on the current UK commitment, when do you think is the *last day* a new petrol or diesel car can be sold in the UK?
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Based on the current UK commitment, when do you think is the *last day* a new petrol or diesel car can be sold in the UK?
Delighted to be appointed Bicycle Mayor Of Bath. An independent position coordinated by @BYCS_org across 120 cities. I'll be taking over the reins (/bars?) from @SaskiaHeijltjes.
Representing cycling in all its forms. Lots to do. Ideas for Bath welcome.
Representing cycling in all its forms. Lots to do. Ideas for Bath welcome.
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Delighted to be appointed Bicycle Mayor Of Bath. An independent position coordinated by @BYCS_org across 120 cities. I'll be taking over the reins (/bars?) from @SaskiaHeijltjes.
Representing cycling in all its forms. Lots to do. Ideas for Bath welcome.
Representing cycling in all its forms. Lots to do. Ideas for Bath welcome.
The warmth and concision of this Irish Ferries radio advert is something to behold. Very much transport for humans. From experience, that Holyhead-Dublin ferry is a real melting pot of cultures, crying out for a TV documentary.
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
The warmth and concision of this Irish Ferries radio advert is something to behold. Very much transport for humans. From experience, that Holyhead-Dublin ferry is a real melting pot of cultures, crying out for a TV documentary.