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Place making and active mobility

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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 3h
Thoughts? #distilleryroad #chancellorsroad #sw6 @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @lastnotlost.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk @hfcouncil.bsky.social
Change of standard T-junction to something else
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Grant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“From a peak of 23,440 miles, the UK now has 9,785 miles of rail. Over 170 cities had tram systems, with nine today. British children used to walk six miles on their own, now they are lucky if they can safely walk 300 yards.” @felly500.bsky.social
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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Benches are important mobility aids - they allow people to take frequent rests, enabling them to walk greater distances, by breaking them down into stages
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
See, we can do some thing super well. #blackfriars #thames #tidewaytunnel
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hardly an A* is it …
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This would be great in the UK
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath
Detailed math as shared in the post. “How much does your commute cost (or save) society? Source is Discourse Media.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😔meanwhile in Europe we do so very little
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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re getting dangerously close to returning to the 80s/early 90s experience where we face the consequences of them never fixing anything www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
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London Underground delays rise as renewals backlog reaches £6.5 billion
Ageing tracks, signals, lifts and other equipment are causing growing disruption as TfL struggles to replace infrastructure that has deteriorated after years of deferred spending.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@carolinerussell.bsky.social some serious questions need to be asked of TfL - completely & deliberately failing to meet their own objectives re VisionZero
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A little bit of whimsy along a curbside bike lane in London. I love these tulips!
green plastic bike lane post with purple plastic tulip on top.Row of bike lane posts with red and pink and orange plastic tulips on top.Cyclist in curbside bike lane on city street.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A reminder that Wandsworth Gyratory is 8 lanes wide east<>west, and 12 lanes north<>south @willnorman.co.uk @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @psimonk.bsky.social
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I knew Wandsworth Tories and Labour like to beat down on any residents walking or cycling, but really wasn’t expecting this nonsense from TfL & @london.gov.uk … @willnorman.co.uk
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Cyclists should have number plates” Also: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras
Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is utterly heart breaking #NoahWoods apple.news/AaTr8GFDfTXK...
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Noah Woods got out of play area through 'gap in the fence', inquest hears — Sky News
The toddler went missing after he became separated from a relative at a playground, sparking a major search operation. His body was later recovered from a nearby pond.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking
Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 25/09/2026
That's a shame. They had planning permission for their proposal and raised the money.
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Neill J @neillj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Refuck council looking after are own. #reform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'
Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The [Liberal Democrat] party is rather like a computer which has been programmed to beat humans at chess: it is getting better and better at the game, all the while being incapable of understanding why it is playing in the first place." www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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The Liberal Democrats are Britain’s pointless party
They are getting better at politics but have lost their purpose
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An utterly awful incident and right that those involved have been held to account. Imagine this accountability being applied to the car industry - apple.news/AcBrRkJyLQh2...
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Firms fined £1.3m after man killed by falling window from luxury property in London — The Guardian
Mick Ferris was crushed to death when the 130kg pane fell 26 storeys from the Corniche housing development
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just received this letter sent via Royal Mail … three things to unpack:
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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New drive-thru facility at Costa Coffee, Nutgrove, Dublin? @carintobuilding.bsky.social www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-...
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A map of where and where not to go on holiday
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 450km really needs to be qualified. Would an 9-10year old be safe cycling independently across that entire 450km?
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 24/09/2026
“Stay in bloody Holland and don’t come mess up our lives with your nonsense.” “Cycling extremists.” “Mobility propagandists.” “Idiots.” “A new breed of slugs and rats.” “Who invited these clowns?” “Out to cause harm.” “Zero empathy towards anyone who needs to get around.” “Revolting, evil people.”🧵
A middle aged couple in casual business attire pose for a photo in an industrial courtyard in Tartu, Estonia.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exactly the same as the UK. People who care about the future of life on our planet are arrested. Masked thugs are not.
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 19/09/2026
Reporters are now granting the same instant exoneration to people who run AI models as they do to people who drive cars. "Gemini hacked into" is the new "A BMW crashed into." This is why #DriverNotCar matters. Once we agreed to blame inanimate machines instead of their operators, precedent was set.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bravo!👏
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A brief moment of zen for your timeline … the boat train on the Elbląg Canal in Poland.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Many years ago I remember being told at primary school by a house builder about the dangers around construction sites. Decades later and still still seeing stuff like this right next to a primary school.
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The genius owner of xAI is burning through $26 for every $1 of revenue. What a business model.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 19/09/2026
Urban planning debates are often dominated by a small but highly motivated minority. Public meetings, consultation processes, and media coverage can create the false impression that a noisy group of opponents represents the majority view, even when the broader public quietly feels very differently.🧵
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This poor woman didn't die in a "bus stop crash". Mum who died in Corby bus stop crash named - BBC News share.google/mMEj1GJ6drS6... A driver killed her while she stood at a bus stop. Stop framing things so as to hide the actual cause, bad driving.
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Mum who died in Corby bus stop crash named
The family of Danielle Sharpe, who died in Corby, say she "left a remarkable stamp on this world".
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s white nationalist terrorism
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thermal batteries aren't a future technology any more. 80 projects worldwide, 51 operating. Half of those came online in 2025 or 2026. Mostly 1–100 MWh, but Antora (5 GWh) & Chinese molten salt plants (up to 2 GWh) show what's possible. More soon on Substack. Sign up here janrosenow.substack.com
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone
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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm pleased this thread has proved so popular it's such an important and relevant bit of history.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This was our very first poster release, 6 months ago or so. Some people really want you to be angry about, or afraid of, having more things you want closer by. They don’t want you to think very hard about how absolutely ridiculous that is. Good cities provide more choices. #UrbanTruth
Photo of corner coffee shop in walkable Street in Brooklyn, New York. Text Reid’s “walkable neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they are convenient.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WalkableCities #WarOnWalking
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wandsworth Council persistent fail. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7d80...
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If I'm reading this correctly, the Tories/Labour, egged on by the Lib Dems have managed to spend 9 years and over £1million to replace just 1x 3 stage crossing with 1x 2 stage crossing. @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @lastnotlost.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk
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Exhumated Zombie Dad @slothlydad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wandsworth Labour: we're shit at active travel, and we know we are. Wandsworth Tories: hold my beer...
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Anything missing at this newly paved crossing point do we think?
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HumanTravl @humantravl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Option 1. Pressure wash the pavement. Option 2. Just repave it all because that’s just so good for carbon emissions #wandsworthcouncil #noFs
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Full Metal Jacket: Well Done! Outstanding!
Alt: Full Metal Jacket: Well Done! Outstanding!
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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Suggested ground rules for the ‘debate’ on 'bad' cycling 🧵: 1) Cyclists or cycling advocates are not collectively responsible for the bad behaviour of individuals. What’s your actual point? You want less cycling or rules that have that effect? Be clear.
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If only Cleveland Police were a police force able to catch law breakers.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, #Dutch cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — @modacitylife.bsky.social in book #CurbingTraffic
Teens riding bikes on Copenhagen bike infrastructure. #LetKidsBike #LetKidsWalk
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