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A highway engineer's adventures in time & space. The street is not too narrow your imagination is too narrow | Independent sustainable mobility design specialist | Better streets & places | Runs @cityinfinity.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/rantyhighwayman
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Maltesers are technically biscuits. Change my mind.

submitted 7 hours ago • 19 comments

When Cambridge Cycling Campaign was founded in 1995, one of its aims was to address restrictions on cycling through the city centre. The ban was lifted in 2005. We continue to call for better city centre cycling as part of our response to @camcitco.bsky.social's Civic Quarter project.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

help us monstrous corporation legal teams, you're our only hope

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

It's for a *very* small piece of work, but it was fun to start dipping my toe into Ireland's Cycle Design Manual and Traffic Signs Manual.

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

SOVEREIGN CITIZEN KLAXON

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Gdansk demonstrates how restricting cars can make room for more city.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

Nice little cycle from Kings Cross to Westminster on a Santander bike and C27, C6, C10 and C3. So easy!

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

CROW presented a new manual in English at the Velo-City conference in Gdańsk, Poland. “Manual for Bicycle Parking” crowplatform.com

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

First read of the Play Commission report “Everything To Play For” - it’s an incredibly comprehensive document recognising the value of play in all the spaces of children’s lives: homes, doorsteps, neighbourhoods, schools, hospitals, parks & playgrounds. www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Systematic #antisocialparking If my trousers were too long for my legs, I'd probably make them shorter. The resident: The people who lived here before said it was okay, and you can walk in the road, it's not busy. Me: So people belong on the road and cars belong on pavements?? Essex St

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Why does the BBC lead with this framing? Oh and the recommendation "Raising the digital age of consent to 16 and a ban on phones in schools" really grates against the other actually good ideas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 18 hours ago • 11 comments

If you want kids off devices, get rid of the cars off their streets. Build more LTNs. Stop building car dependent sprawl. Kids want to play outside; it’s their parents who don’t let them because of subconscious (and understandable) fears about them being hit by drivers.

submitted 19 hours ago • 6 comments

In Ceredigion, out of a population of 71,500, only 16 people objected to any of the 20mph roads managed by the county. That's just 0.02%, and shows strong public acceptance of the default 20mph limit. #20splenty making Wales an even better place to be. bit.ly/43Tn4Xf

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

they said it couldn't be done. they said the gains would be marginal

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

this SLAPS youtu.be/ZmiQAvP5ZZw?...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

“It costs too much to pedestrianize a street.”

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

U.K. Government’s Cuts To Cycling And Walking Budget Ruled Unlawful By Court Of Appeal www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

When I get home, if you hear me referring to “cave people,” I got it from Gil Peñalosa.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

They would save more than the cost in NHS spending. Govt position is illogical.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Every so often I remember that interest rates were below 1% for 12 years. I realise this is not "news". Nor is it news that, during that decade-plus, we failed to use the potential of dirt-cheap borrowing to invest in infrastructure projects that we belatedly realised we desperately needed. Hmph.

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

A crucial win for investment in #cycling & #walking... The last Gvt's funding cuts caused a glaring mismatch between the 2nd Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2)'s "objectives" and the funding earmarked to achieve these. Let's hope there will now be no repeat in CWIS3, due later this year!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Oxford Labour right now:

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

No new memes on Facebook this week, lads

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget UNLAWFUL, rules Court of Appeal transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Important thread from Adam here. Public space - especially in towns and cities - isn't just there for the fast, efficient movement of motor vehicles and we mustn't let that motonormative thinking enable another generational landgrab as automated driving slides in

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments