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Ian Loader

@ianloader.bsky.social
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I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC

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Labour Walks & Cycles @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As we wrap up a brilliant Labour conference, @rezinachowdhury.bsky.social articulated 4 asks from government that would help local leaders roll out active travel schemes
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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Such a fun, joyful Kidical Mass - 180 people of all ages and abilities cycling around the streets of Oxford! Fantastic to see so many children riding with their families and enjoying the freedom of cycling together. Cyclox wants to see safe cycling on our roads. Please support us at cyclox.org
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Gareth Epps @garethepps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our local paper is known as the Oxford Fail, the toxic clickbait factory of Osney Mead (due to be regenerated). The penultimate paragraph is why. The hospitals are well away from traffic filters. Needless to say, the lazy hack didn’t bother checking his facts before fabricating disinformation.
Misinformation about Oxford’s traffic filters from miserable anti-Oxford rag, the Oxford Fail.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
180 riders filled the streets today in Oxford's most joyous bike ride, Kidical Mass. Our photographer Roger Close was there to capture the action. Can you spot yourself? oxfordclarion.uk/kidical-mass...
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Kidical Mass rides again
180 riders took part in a joyous ride through the streets of Oxford today. Oxford’s Kidical Mass is just one of the many rides under this banner around the UK and worldwide this week. Our photographer...
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Time for your regular reminder that ‘A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation’ Gustavo Petro
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Oxfordshire Liveable Streets @oxlivstreets.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your Sunday Long Read. 💁🏽‍♂️ Are you wondering what we're wondering? Which scheme is going to work harder to tackle Oxford's chronic congestion problem? 💦 Dive into the blog as we grapple with this key question ❓ Questions? Ask in comments and we'll do our best to answer them shorturl.at/kk4To
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Traffic Filters vs Congestion Charge : Contest or Evolution? — Oxfordshire Liveable Streets
And here we are. 1,258 days and £161 million later, Botley Road is finally open, and the Oxford Traffic Filters switch on Monday 28th September. The trial will last for about 18 months. We're here to...
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Gunner Regretit @gunnerregretit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This man already has a conviction for a crime involving a knife. The weapon he is holding is illegal. Isn’t that enough to bang him up again? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oxford folk. It’s Kidical Mass time again. The most joyous cycling celebration-protest of the year.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With a little (stylistic) inspiration from a 1959 Situationist text by Guy Debord, @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social and I have composed some 'Theses on road violence'. #motormormativity @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
Every time someone takes a journey in a car, the lives of others are made worse. Each journey entails harm — to human and non-human life and the environments that support such life. Mostly, that harm is not intended.
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Joe Scaramanga @joescaramanga.co.uk · 11/09/2026
But, yes, let's ban teenagers from the internet.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
British fascists are attacking and doxxing the incredible volunteers of the RNLI. Donate now.
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"If you don't drive, the trip, the adventure, begins at your door"
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Video: “Gloria Steinem Doesn’t Drive”
Although Steinem often takes control, travel is one of few areas of her life where she prefers to play the role of passenger.
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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
New short article with @ianloader.bsky.social and @alextrinidad.eurosky.social, 'On the importance of subjective perceptions of safety: Limits of the 2026 UK road safety strategy'. We predict that the new strategy will fail to encourage active travel, serena.sharepress.it/tema/article...
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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 31/08/2026
"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*." —Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🎉 A historic win for Greens in Dover. ✊🏽 We will always take the fight and win against Reform, Restore or whatever the far-right call themselves. 💚 We will always champion our communities. We will always put people before profit.
Poll showing greens beating reform 28.8 to 27.5
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Modern Criminal Law Review @modcrimlrev.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just published! International & Interdisciplinary MCLR+ Book Forum on David Garland's "Law and Order Leviathan: America's Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment" read it crimlrev.net/2026/08/24/l... watch it crimlrev.net/2026/04/15/l... hear it crimlrev.net/2026/04/15/l...
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oxford folk: the @waroncars.bsky.social are coming to town 😎👏
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Life After Cars – and evening with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon - Caper
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
There's a long-held assumption that celebrities only travel by private chauffeur. David Byrne's ride to Met Gala, Timothée Chalamet's Lime biking and now Cate Blanchett's Brompton getaway show this to be increasingly untrue. We shouldn't be so surprised when people use the best tool for the job.
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I guess decarbonising transport must have been 11th 🧐
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From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now
Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
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Camcycle @camcycle.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Kidical Mass is more than just a bike ride – it's a movement for safer streets where children can cycle with confidence. Join this fun, free and fully marshalled family ride on Sunday 6 September, starting at 10.30am. Thank you to Cambridgeshire Families for Sustainable Travel for organising!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Land Rover also does a Discovery Metropolitan edition. The name suggests it's for use in cities. Because you never know how high the kerb / cyclist / pedestrian you need to mount might be. And because there must be no limit to the pointless environmental harm you inflict.
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Kidical Mass London @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Come with us on Sep 20th to cycle on a Kidical Mass across central London as part of the Cycling Festival. Dress up if you’d like to, bring your friends! Theme: Cycling Safari! 🦒 @ibikelondon.bsky.social www.ticketsource.com/ibikelondon/... #KidicalMass #KidicalMassLond #CarFreeDay #StreetsforKids
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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Cars are more important than children's safety.
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Edinburgh Critical Mass @edcriticalmass.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
July Critical Mass is coming up! Join us this Saturday (25th) at 2pm, Middle Meadow walk. And here is the route, about 4.8miles (7.7km) with likely a short break midway.
Route for the July Critical Mass
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Against all odds, Football just won the World Cup
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A warm welcome to our new PM, Andy Burn’em
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 17/07/2026
Fix the schools - and you'll fix the city. Meanwhile, Paris has now 300 "rue aux écoles". These are school street where walking, playing, relaxing and cycling is allowed, and driving is forbidden. Around 50% of all public nursery and elementary schools in Paris now have a school street in front.
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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My Guardian piece today on how cars are growing faster than teenagers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We've been busy - talking to local politicians, fixing bikes, leading a bike ride, handing out cycle maps and listening to people in Blackbird Leys in Oxford talk about cycling provision at Leys Festival on Saturday. Why not become a member and help us do even more? www.cyclox.org/index.php/jo...
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Oxfordshire has its first two “side-road zebra crossings”, installed without Belisha beacons or zig-zags, on St Margaret’s Rd where it meets Banbury Rd in north Oxford, and on Cornwallis Rd where it meets Henley Ave in east Oxford. Such crossings are standard in mainland Europe but rare in the UK.
New side road zebra crossing
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I wrote this to encourage urbanists to reflect on the ways the history of empires created the conditions for the ascendancy of the automobile. At the same time, I want to draw the problem of automobility to the attention of those already interested in imperialism and its legacies.
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I popped up on Project Edward to discuss how and why a criminologist became interested in the harms of car-centric mobility systems.
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My Role in The Safe System
Non-Profit Podcast · Updated weekly · We’re pleased to announce that the Project EDWARD podcast has returned with the new title: My role in The Safe System. For the forthcoming season, we are planning...
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
He's on his way to north London 👏
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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
OK…who made this???
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is going to be a long 20 minutes
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Reducing traffic reduces crime: see new study from Leeds. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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Cutting traffic cuts vandalism, burglary and violence, research shows
Lowering traffic on urban streets can cut vandalism, burglary and violence, according to a significant new study by Leeds researchers.
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.
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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 29/06/2026
theconversation.com/does-traffic... Shorter version.
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Does traffic drive street crime? Our study investigated
Motor traffic makes residents feel less safe from vandalism, burglary and violence.
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Global Cycling Network has made a film about how the law treats road violence. What assumptions underpin criminal law and punishment? Does law’s focus on the driver obscure the structural reasons why roads are unsafe? How can we radically reduce road harm?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRf...
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Why Aren't Dangerous Drivers Punished?
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Completely agree with Will Norman on this. This is a terrible example being set by the LTA putting more dangerous vehicles on the road, especially insensitive considering the incident at The Study school in Wimbledon where the destructive power of these vehicles was shown to be so deadly.
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Dominik 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @domobility.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Professor @ianloader.bsky.social deed hier onderzoek naar en kwam met de aanbeveling: "Road safety as environmental regulation: The five D’s of reducing road violence."
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Beyond motonormative punishment: On road safety as environmental regulation
Abstract. Criminology has a blind spot concerning road safety. The field tends to accept that the problem is best left to technical specialists; treats roa
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
👏👏👏👏
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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New episode up. This one has A LOT of food for thought.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Every now and then I'm lucky enough to interview someone who truly challenges my thinking as an advocate and gives me new tools for the work that I do. This conversation with @ianloader.bsky.social was one of those times. I hope you find it as helpful as I did.
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
They say never meet your heroes. Fortunately I ignored that advice to appear on my favourite podcast. We talked about the ways in which 'motonormative punishment' obscures the systemic harms of car-centric mobility and discussed five principles I have set out for radically reducing road violence.
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Rethinking Criminal Consequences for Drivers Who Kill
Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 23 June · 1hr 2min
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