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Bicycle rider, likes camping by bike and train
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The Broken Binding's signed & numbered limited edition has gone public! thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...

Amsterdam is doing a very good job of upgrading all of their cycle infrastructure, street by street, block by block. However even decades old cycleways that are narrow and paved do still do a good job of keeping everyone, of all ages, safe on their bikes

“In short, our streets have been flooded with cars that are bigger, wider, taller, and more dangerous for not just people in their immediate surroundings but also for the environment” voice.cymru/an-epidemic-...

Why is #BBCNews consistently framing yesterday's oval office meeting as both leaders 'shouting over each other' and 'Zelensky has created a new enemy'? It was bullying from Trump and Vance. It was a stitch up. Pure and simple.

Saying it again - we really need to stop treating #PublicTransport as a luxury and more as an essential public utility and enabler of economic activity. It will need to be subsidised, and drivers will need to pay their fare share.

Trump & Vance’s treatment of Zelenskyy was a snub to all of Europe. And the pair of them can fuck right off. I don’t want them having a single rare earth atom from European soil. I don’t want their military bases. I want Europe to throw everything into driving Russia off Ukrainian soil.

The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.

REPOST if you stand with President Zelenskyy against Trump and Vance!

So the broken toe never did heal. The ortho recommended it comes off! 😮

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

✊SHOUT-OUT WOMEN RIDING FOR FREEDOM ✊ 🚲🔥⚡️TONIGHT WE PROTEST. 100s of women riding the worst @transportforlondon.bsky.social Cycleways in London. We demand safe routes for everyone, 24/7! Women demand freedom after dark! NEW with @forestbike.bsky.social & Madison UK lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...

FFS. It's always men. Why verbally assault a woman for her mode of travel? It is never acceptable.

They're killing people. They're killing communities. They're killing the planet. So how are these gigantic tanks still allowed on our roads?

I think there's also a few things going on here. People also lump in military assistance with foreign aid, so Ukraine, Israel, et al. even though those are military and not USAID type support. Second, they are ideologically opposed to helping anyone except at the point of a gun.

Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

I went camping near Nottingham with friends youtu.be/Wgmnzti7gGk?...

My ebikes and escooters are speed-limited not just for the safety of me, but thebsafety of everyone around me. 🙄

This is amazing re: 20mph impact in Wales - collisions on Welsh roads at their lowest level for that quarter since records began, and 100 fewer people killed on 20mph and 30mph roads. That's 100 people alive today who potentially wouldn't otherwise be here...

Saw the Thames barrier for the first time. Past Greenwich the cycle path needs improvement!

If only the pros outweighed the cons

Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.

I'm not sure how many folks in #bikesky are familiar with World Bicycle Relief, so here's a short intro. They've distributed over 800,000 bikes in Africa, Asia, & South America. They've developed a simple sustainable bike for harsh terrains. vimeo.com/1027156128

Enjoyed cycling in London.

My sister on trying an ebike for the first time yesterday “I see why everyone always talks about e-bikes now.” Such a common response! E-bikes are game-changing.

I improved it by moving the cones to make a corridor for pedestrians.

One reason I think it’s important to continue to highlight the disparity on our streets is that most people just don’t see it. Despite it being obvious to some, so many people don't have clarity because we have done such an incredible job of normalizing this imbalance.

"Morse, who had convictions for 128 previous offences including failure to stop and driving whilst disqualified, only possessed a provisional driving licence at the time of the collision as he had previously been disqualified for other driving offences." Why not a lifetime ban as a minimum?

More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech. Increasingly deadly vehicles plus irresponsible driving equals people being injured and being killed.

DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into disabled man’s death

Bloody climate change protesters making a mess as usual. 🙄

Strange how “maybe we could make it safer to bike” is somehow translated into Every trip across the planet must be made by bike by everyone in every situation.

This: “It needs people with courage to stand up and say: ‘This is not in the public interest. I want my kids to be able to get to school under their own steam.’” (www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...) Most recently in North Tyneside: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2024/10/31/n...

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣