I know what’s on your Christmas list @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social

Hey @samuelstafford.bsky.social will the NDMPs be released in time to make it into this year’s @50shadesofplanning.bsky.social quiz?

Happy World Town Planning Day, Everybody.

I can recommend two aural accompaniments to this most special day.

Firstly, episode 152 of Fifty Shades of Planning.

pod.co/50-shades-of...

Secondly, ‘Music To Plan Towns To'. The ultimate town planning-themed playlist.

open.spotify.com/playlist/73J...

I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:

railmapper.net

Do you work in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning?

If so I would be grateful if you could take a few moments to have a read of this (and even more grateful if you would then share it as widely as possible).

samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2025/07/life...

Le petit et le grand bassin de baignade dans la Seine en face de la BNF de part et d’autre de la passerelle Simone de Beaubourg Ils ne communiquent pas ensemble comme le montre la troisième photo.

New drawing: Hire bike

Notes on this cartoon: open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

Paging @roadscholar.bsky.social

“I am part of a generation brought up being told cars equal freedom… it’s what everything in this country - housing, roads, motorways, car parks, shopping centres, supermarkets, jobs, factories was geared up, developed and created to serve, cater for and encourage”

Good read this.

New analysis of relationship between car weight and fatal collision rates in the UK finds “ppl driving heavier cars are disproportionately involved in more fatal collisions”.

Particularly the case for those involving other cars or pedestrians.

Available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

How would children improve transport?

This list looks good to me.

Government support for these actions is an investment in future generations, and has long term benefits for public health, communities and the environment.

Great work from Sustrans & Halfords.

Do you want to make UK transport better? There’s one thing you can do about it. But you’ve got to do it before tomorrow evening.

One for the tram lovers.

Key point is that our cities should have far more powers to raise funds & make transport investments locally.

David (of @createstreets.bsky.social) is right, this kind of thinking should be central to Labour’s house building plans (ie enabling transit oriented development)

If you listened to the 50 Shades of Planning podcast and would be interested in it's possible return, please have a look at this. If you did not and are not, please don’t.

samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

Help us and the Local Government Association work openly to find examples of where local government works better than centralised approaches. Read our launch blog to find out more and join in. #PowerOfLocal

open-innovations.org/blog/2025-01...

Where in the UK is doing (or planning) good things with traffic network management? I'm thinking Ghent-style circulation plans, innovative methods, bold traffic restrictions etc.
Birmingham? Oxford? Edinburgh?
#Urbanism #transport

For those working in/around transport in the UK a rather daunting list of evaluations and research reports were released by the Department for Transport yesterday.

Here's a quick 🧵 on the ones I think look most interesting

Always interesting (and niche) projects in this funding programme

👀 "Kerbside Use Optimisation Tool" - aimed at allowing LAs to assess the value of kerbside space based on the carbon and other socio-economic impacts of different uses

Momentum building behind this policy area (including in Bristol)