@lastnotlost
Day to day at http://mastodon.online/@lastnotlost Blogposts at https://lastnotlost.wordpress.com/ Londoner, walks, rides a bicycle, drives a car, often lost. Still no idea what an "eco-caramel coconut latte" is.
" ... give traffic wardens powers to impose fines and penalties and the ability to confiscate illegally used and operated e-scooters and e-bikes while they are parked."
Tory Baroness Annie is obsessed with what she believes should be illegal cycling ... drivers, less so
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London Assembly statistics on pedestrians injured at floating bus stops vs pedestrians injured by motorists across the same time frame (2020-2022).
5 over a 3yr period vs 11,400 pedestrians injured over the same time frame by motorists.
But it wouldn’t be a scumbag Tory if they didn’t try to focus on something that rarely happens over something that happens every single day without fail.
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What's that? The Tory Shadow Transport Minister stirring trouble?
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cc @lambethlivingst.bsky.social @lambethcyclists.bsky.social
... on that theme
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Kids cycling to school with bike bus
Another successful bike bus this morning with @cooperslanebb.bsky.social .
@lewishamcyclists.bsky.social
Map showing Pratt's Bottom, it's village green and village sign
Pratt's Bottom, near Orpington
A fellow cyclist joined the team @urbanism.plus @bikesky.social
Neat
Borough High Street in London busy with cyclists this morning
The #BlueBadge and retired population data for London boroughs gives food for thought: high ratios of blue badges in Tower Hamlets, outer London 'donut' boroughs have lots of retired folk.
Data tables: www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Joined up government?
#ActiveTravelEngland
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Wandsworth (going NOC) and Merton (going LibDem) changing won't be surprises ... the Labour admin in Wandsworth has been disappointingly cautious, and in Merton Labour has belatedly woken up to the forthcoming election in the last month.
"Conclusion: there is a significant overall increase (+21%) in average 85th percentile speed when comparing the 2013 and 2018 survey data. The 85th percentile speed is 27mph, compared to 22mph recorded in 2013" Report link when RBKC website works: https://t.co/YfW0XPbYZh
When he cites Exhibition Road as an example, he's also wrong: RBKC admitted a few years back that the #20mph scheme failed with vehicle speeds now faster than before the crazy paving was installed
#TfL has announced the 10 women whose names will be on Santander-sponsored hire bikes.
Nine are contemporary “unsung heroes” and one historical pioneer.
#InternationalWomensDay
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Blackfriars bridge cycle lane this morning. Just to think, 10 years ago this was a dangerous and unpleasant place to cycle across.
"The #DfT Department [for Transport] plans to publish the third Road Investment Strategy in March 2026"
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Map of the Thames Valley west of London, showing bus routes between the towns and villages. Blue routes by the Go Ahead bus company, Red by First, Green by Stagecoach, Light blue by Arriva, other colours by other operators. The width of the coloured line indicates the typical frequency of the service - thickest lines have a bus at least once per hour.
Discovered a wonderful project by Brendan Fox* www.busatlas.uk who has/is drawing maps of inter-urban bus routes across England & Wales, split into regional-ish PDFs, e.g. Thames Valley www.busatlas.uk/busatlas10_t...
(*doesn't seem to link any socials, alas)
Screenshot of linked pdf, which will be easier to read, with breakdown of budgets for car park resurfacing and maintenance
Def subsidised by residents as, per the MTFS papers *at the same council meeting*, the West Suffolk Council is committing up to £300k/year to car park repairs
> Ctte agenda: democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
> Car park capital budget (pdf): democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/documents/s5...
2/ ... and @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social knows of a couple of other bus stop taxi lane bypasses too
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Surbiton's bus stop taxi lane bypass, without a zebra crossing.
The bus stop taxi lane bypass at Euston isn't unique ... there's one at Surbiton too
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Neither have zebra crossings by the stop.
Neither provoke outrage, for some reason.
Taxi lane bypassing bus stop with cycle lane bypass to right. Outside St Pancras station.
Bus stop taxi lane bypass that strangely seems to have avoided being labelled a social injustice
Allister Heath If we don't stop Ranty Highwayman, Britain as we know it is finished Allister Heath Allister Heath The Telegraph
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24 deaths involving rubbish collection vehicles on carriageways and pavements in the last five years of available data. Every one a tragedy.
I expect the House of Lords will be debating this urgently
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Yellow sign with .... : ADVANCED WARNING This footpath will be temporarily closed from 2nd March to 6th March for essential tree works A diversion route will be put in place for the duration of the closure Sorry for any inconvenience caused Mackley Construction
Map of the Wandle trail courtesy of Open Cycle Map, with NCN20, LCN24, highlighting the section west of Merton Abbey Mills between Merantun Way and Winsor Avenue which will be closed for tree works
The Wandle trail, route of NCN20, Avenue Verte etc, will be temporarily closed for tree works by Merton Abbey Mills 2nd-6th March.
(Diversion route will likely be via the Mills and backstreets, or via Christchurch Road)
cc @cyclingmerton.bsky.social
Yellow sign with .... : ADVANCED WARNING This footpath will be temporarily closed from 2nd March to 6th March for essential tree works A diversion route will be put in place for the duration of the closure Sorry for any inconvenience caused Mackley Construction
Map of the Wandle trail courtesy of Open Cycle Map, with NCN20, LCN24, highlighting the section west of Merton Abbey Mills between Merantun Way and Winsor Avenue which will be closed for tree works
The Wandle trail, route of NCN20, Avenue Verte etc, will be temporarily closed for tree works by Merton Abbey Mills 2nd-6th March.
(Diversion route will likely be via the Mills and backstreets, or via Christchurch Road)
cc @cyclingmerton.bsky.social
Smartphones, Online Music Streaming, and Traffic Fatalities Vishal R. Patel, Christopher M. Worsham, Michael Liu & Anupam B. Jena X LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky Threads Email Link Working Paper 34866 DOI 10.3386/w34866 Issue Date February 2026 Modern smartphones present new threats to road safety beyond talking and texting, but the real-world effects are difficult to study. One way to causally assess the impact of smartphones on road safety is to identify arbitrarily timed events during which smartphone-related distraction may exogenously increase – i.e., a situation that relies not on plausibly random variation in who uses smartphones while driving, but when smartphones are used. We investigated the impact of smartphones on road safety by examining traffic fatalities on days when smartphone use likely surges: the release of major music albums. Using event study analysis, we show that music streaming – an indicator for smartphone use, where streaming most often occurs – sharply increases, by nearly 40%, on dates of major music album releases, while U.S. traffic fatalities increase by nearly 15% on those same days. Mobile device use while driving is a known safety issue, but today’s smartphones present new and greater opportunities for driver distraction. Our study indicates how features of these phones may have important impacts on distracted driving and traffic fatalities.
On days when major albums are released, people use music streaming services on their smartphone 40% more, and U.S. traffic fatalities increase by 15% www.nber.org/papers/w3486...
London's cycleway #C4 at the junction of Tooley Street and Boss St (sth of Tower Bridge) saw lots of cycle traffic this morning.
(Green phases aren't long enough for everyone to cross on the cycle track lights)
Oh, FFS!
LibDem MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social asks if #DfT "has plans to make it a requirement for cyclists to wear high visibility attire when cycling on public roads."
As Surrey Police said "We have cars covered in it and big flashy lights and drivers still don't see us"
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Dismal energy certificate for a 17th century castle.
"Wall: Sandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed). Rating: Poor"
... you need a good wedge to sort the energy certificate.
