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An author and YouTuber who's obsessed with transport projects. they/them linktr.ee/rikufryderyk
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Trailer dropped an hour before showtime- I'll see you on the livestream premiere at 9pm! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Zr...

Official documentary release livestream tomorrow at 8:00pm on YouTube. I will be premiering ‘A Bus Route Change Disaster’ for the first time.

I did a thing today :)

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Honestly can’t believe I’ve filmed three different sections of the documentary today! That’s what you call productive 😉 Now I’m off to the desk for the edit 💻

With only a 40-minute window at LAX to change flights on my journey back from Mexico, the run through baggage reclaim, customs, the airport, TSA and our gate went by in a blur. So much so that I failed to realise I’d just boarded a 777-200 for the very first time.

One of the most beautiful Cenotes of over 7,000 in the Yucatan Peninsula- this one was 68 metres deep! 🏊 I would share more travel pictures, but there were so many things I got up to on these holidays 🤩

So after weeks of uncertainty, we finally have… even more uncertainty in the news about Newsham’s opening. We’re now going to have to wait till mid march 🫤

Tonight on Bluesky, Riku points at one of the seven wonders of the world 🌍

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The campaign group are reaching out to all London residents to attend Save Our Local Bus Services Campaign Protest an hour before People's Question Time in Haringey on Thurs 6 March 2025, 7-9pm outside the venue in London Haringey @ 6 pm. WhatsApp Group Link: chat.whatsapp.com/KzdOwlEuHg58...

It’s incredible how this station, as well as 20 others on the 965-mile Maya Train in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, took only a year to build, with the entire project costing a mere $32bn. Please take a moment to compare this to HS2, and the ridiculous cost and speed of rail construction in the U.K. 🤦

Hard at work in North America writing the screenplay for my upcoming documentary (for editing purposes only)

Glorious sunrise this morning at 7:40 at Playa Del Carmen in México ☀️

777-300 looking grand at early- morning Heathrow Terminal 3 ✈️

Despite Rachel Reeves scrapping the Restoring Your Railways Fund, the Portishead Line is finally going ahead! Network News covers the story youtu.be/TQA802ThoB0?...

Many thanks to Lucille Grant from Wanstead for joining me today for a trip on the W14 bus. A brilliant opportunity for her to reveal the flaws of the route redesign and share her struggles. This trip, and many more sections, will be featured in my documentary, which is coming out on Feb 26th.

Tune in to Michael’s live show on Surrey Hills Radio! He’s on the air now taking about the latest transport news 🚍 🚆 www.surreyhillsradio.co.uk/shows/turnta...

Right, so it seems the terminating Newbury Park train just wasn’t running on the day I went to visit the station. There are now three tph which roll out of the station into the siding track, and re-enter service a few minutes later as a Westbound White City service. How I wish to have seen it!

I love how you can recover from your bad journey planning decisions by catching a Superloop bus. Simply the best thing in the world :)

Any wild guesses at where I’ve been today?

Tickets booked for the biggest rail event of the year! Haven't booked this far ahead in a while. Exciting stuff :) www.alstom.com/greatest-gat...

How have I never seen this fly-through animation of Bedlington before? It was posted 5 months ago, and looks great. It's not often that we get properly drawn CGI videos of upcoming stations. We need more of these! youtu.be/d4hSBwAW-tM?...

Next week you’ll be introduced to a new guest on the channel!

I’m still looking back on yesterday’s amazing filming trip on the W13 with Godwin as part of the documentary project. We had so much fun! 🤩

New video coming out tomorrow at 5:00pm- this was filmed right at the start of the year! I think it may potentially be my favourite Hainault Loop series production by far.

14th birthday resolution: Never plan too many things. It get out of hand. I’m excited for the year to come!

After three days of editing, episode eight is now out for my channel members. Join the group here for early access and many other perks: www.youtube.com/channel/UCuX...

Thanks to Liz Martins for meeting up with me today for an interview to share the history of the local bus campaign with me #saveourlocalbusroutes

There will be a segment tonight on ITV London at 6pm about my local bus route campaign- you can expect my interview from today to be broadcasted there live. What a powerful peaceful protest and a brilliant opportunity to hear from the community about their experiences.

www.change.org/p/save-local...

Please show your support for the Save Our Local Bus Routes campaign group by signing a petition directed towards TFL addressing the effects of a wave of bus changes which hit us in September. I’m currently working with the group to document the progress, expect a vid in Feb. Your help counts.

I can’t believe how quickly people are signing the petition- they’ve gotten to 103,000 signatures and counting in about two days! Make sure you sign on- every digit counts.