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‘Uxbridgitis: If election results are grim, let’s not learn the wrong lessons again’ labourlist.org/2025/04/loca... – via LabourList

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💥London bucks national trends as cycling boom continues💥 New City of London data shows biggest increase cycling since records began: 📈cycling up 57% since 2022 🚲🚲nearly 2x more bikes than cars 📈500% increase in cycling since 1999 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Servi...

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Bloor & Spadina, 8:45 am. Toronto, we're approaching BIKE CONGESTION! This is one of the bike lanes the Ford government wants to remove. There are more people on bikes than people driving.

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Does support for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) affect the re-election prospects of Labour councillors in London? Despite backlash/controversy, we find no evidence that publicly supporting LTNs had any negative impacts on electoral outcomes in 2022. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Telegraph (£) looks at public health in the Netherlands, including the benefits of government policies that support everyday cycling: “It helps prevent diseases like diabetes, heart conditions, and depression… It improves mental wellbeing, increases life expectancy and boosts social cohesion…”

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Let me tell you the story of the most visible example of economic and political failure in modern Britain. Leeds is the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system, and we are all poorer because of it. How did we get here? Why does it matter? And what can be done?

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Bingo. HT @williamcb.bsky.social

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The case study for all planning courses

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Via No Context Brits

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Always enjoy a good analytical pod that goes deep in explaining the current moment. Hat tip to the audience question from @labourlewis.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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British coal use its lowest since 1666

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I just made the case in Parliament for bringing an end to the failed experiment of water privatisation. Watch my full speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIO...

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"Rather than boosting growth, this (the Lower Thames Crossing) will clog up roads in the south-east and slow the economy down even more." - @ecochris.bsky.social in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Sombre note from Citi on UK. Gist is - we're locked in a bad dynamic and a painful rebalancing looks in order: breaking election vows and a period of slower growth. Likelihood is that there will be a period of "muddling through" before we get there, which will make reckoning more painful.

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Bitterns are BOOMING! 💚 283 males were recorded booming in 2024 - a 20% rise on 2023 and the biggest jump since monitoring began. Once extinct as breeding birds in the UK, they're making an incredible recovery. More in the video below, sound on...🔊

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Out-of-power politicians saying they shouldn't have a target because they can't achieve something by 2050 - 25 years in the future - is something new... #Westminster

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Cardiff Central revamp image serving Toronto Union in miniature news.railbusinessdaily.com/new-images-s...

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New episode ! We talked with the delightful British journalist and author Laura Laker about her odyssey on the UK's National Cycle Network, what makes good cycling infrastructure, and her work in setting standards for how reporters & cops talk about traffic crashes. thewaroncars.org/2025/03/11/e...

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The 2022 summer in UK saw temperatures hit 40°C for the first time and left firefighters stretched, with London Fire Brigade having its ‘busiest day since the Second World War’ We know climate change is not a future threat but current reality www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

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And we still wonder why the sausage machine throws up bigger roads, more runways etc. etc. @alchap.bsky.social

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"TDNS concluded ... net-zero by 2050 option had a NPV of between -£2.8bn-+£1.0bn. However, in accordance with DfT guidance, this does not include capital cost savings for cheaper electric trains nor capacity benefits of electric traction." www.railengineer.co.uk/r-i-p-tracti...

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London boroughs which opposed Sir Sadiq Khan's expansion of the [Ultra-Low Emissions] zone saw the largest reductions in nitrogen oxides (NOx) in 2024. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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If you are responding to any of the ongoing/upcoming government planning and transport consultations, you should read this first. Full of evidence, ideas and recommendations. bsky.app/profile/tran...

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Question for the BSky hivemind: I am looking for info on community/shared car chargers. Our resident's association are looking for something that would allow residents to share a charger, and be billed accurately for their use. Any pointers greatly appreciated! #EVCharging #Community

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Meanwhile in Switzerland where helicopters are used in #rail renewals… @freewheeling.info @garethdennis.bsky.social

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Our Swiss construction team get to do all the cool stuff. Installation of the renewal of the Rigi railway. They sent a video from last week - swapping out some masts from the 1930's.

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If you've not seen this: first @sustrans.bsky.social report into children's cycling finds worrying gender gap among kids, plus overwhelming support among them for pro-active travel policies. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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I was in Switzerland last week. 23 trains = every single one on time to within one minute. This doesn't happen by chance. Here's how the Swiss fund their transport infrastructure: www.freewheeling.info/blog/how-to-...

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Make no mistake, today’s energy #pricecap rise is due to our continued reliance on gas, not clean energy development. New fossil fuel licenses won’t deliver energy security, economic growth nor put pounds in the pockets of UK citizens. More from @shaunspiers1.bsky.social:

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Fascinating - and relatable as a mid-30s watermelon

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Labour's support in the opinion polls is rapidly declining as unhappy voters look for alternatives. But why is this happening? Our latest study by election experts at @nprcoxford.bsky.social reveals who are switching parties 🔽 1/6

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How different birds would act on a first date...a thread. (From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

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Off usualy topics, but amazing couple of images of #Roman #England that have come across my screen. Roman London with a barely extand south london under water; and East Anglia largely under the waters of the river Bure, Yare and Waveney Estuary - land that is today reclaimed for Great Yarmouth.

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There isn’t enough ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions – and there won’t be for years theconversation.com/there-isnt-e...

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