The future of transportation isn’t the #Hyperloop* or self-driving cars. It’s the bus, the bike and the elevator. Via @slate.com.
AND it’s better land-use & infrastructure decisions, reprioritizing space & budgets, accessible streets, & smart pricing mechanisms.
*hyperloop was always a distraction
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Do you find that getting around your patch of Brum is too difficult and unsafe? We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Get behind the movement for better streets today.
We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Does this sound like something you want too? Join us as a supporter today!
It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
It’s so important to show people—esp public leaders—that e-bikes may look like traditional pedal bikes, but they’re used completely differently.
They’re like a miracle drug for replacing car trips.
#SafeStreetsNow - world wide
🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌 This Saturday 19th July. 14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office. Slow ride for good vibes.
🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
www.moreincommon.org.uk/seven-segmen...
If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Imagine all the space these people on bikes would be taking if they were in cars? Imagine the pollution, noise and emissions. Multimodal cities and urban greening is just common sense.
Paris is still a tight city with many streets that are just choking with cars. Despite the remarkable progress, there’s still plenty of work to do making the city work better with fewer cars and more choices.
Paris & @annehidalgo.bsky.social are praised for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get nearly enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’re doing is common sense.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
Every day I cycle to work I realise that cycling is very often the fastest and most convenient way of getting around a big city, and, on my commute, orders of magnitude better than driving a car. It's a shame that many UK legislators either don't understand this, or are actively hostile to cycling.
I have just spent a few hours writing up some evidence for the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill which is in the Commons committee stage.
It should be boring but important stuff about running bus services with a model that suits each area.
1/n
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910/p...
Kid walks out the door to school and I get to enjoy a peaceful coffee alone.
This is my motivation for safe streets. It’s really not radical or complicated.
drawing of a cup of coffee When kids can walk/roll safely and independently to school, you can enjoy some peaceful time to yourself. prioritizing youth mobility is prioritizing adult relaxing
Prioritize Yourself.
my 2025 holiday card.
We need safe streets so caregivers everywhere can sip coffee in peace while the children transport themselves to school and Summer camp.
If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
Getting fucking sick of this 'fake/illegal ebike' bollocks that blurs the definitions of ebikes. EAPC regs are very clear on this! If electric cycle is EAPC compliant then it's an ebike. If it is not, it is defined as an electric motorcycle & required by law to be treated as a motorbike NOT EBIKE!
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
The awesome @carolecadwalla.bsky.social warning Americans of the techno authoritarian state being built by Trump and his tech broligarchs
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
Taking back control is popular
If the government can step into save British Steel, why not...
Water in public ownership 💧
Energy in public ownership 💡
Trains in public ownership 🚄
Buses in public ownership 🚌
Royal Mail in public ownership 📮
And stop privatising the NHS 🏥
Jeff Bezos and two women, all in Blue Origin spaceflight gear, stand in front of the RSS Kármán Line capsule, with a caption above mocking billionaires for funding space travel with avoided taxes.
Space adventure and exploration should be for the benefit of all humankind, not the whimsy of a few.
I want this to somehow happen to all the drivers who’ve decided, over the past few years, to start parking their cars directly on the pavement
bike rides with no cars around waaaaay more vibey than full of cars.
which is to say.....cars ruin vibes.
remember this as you drive around in your vibe ruiner machine.
be mindful of the vibes you are destroying.
you vibe killer you.
I’m loving these quick-build platforms that reclaim street parking spaces for other purposes like seating, bike parking, and outdoor dining.
The UK’s richest 1% hold wealth exceeding £3.6m per household. Some argue a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could ease the financial strain. Why do critics say it’s unfeasible? New EAB writer @digby-uk.bsky.social takes a deep dive into the facts:
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Labour's economics are all about growth, but for whom? Certainly not the poorest.
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
