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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Things found on Facebook Marketplace

Facebook marketplace sceeenshot - Giant King Kong Statue - Custom Designer Sculpture Film Prop / Theme Venue (Fan .. £ 15,000

Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Free city centre buses" is hard to beat as a sign to greet you off a train. Fantastic to see (and scheme with) old and new friends at Active Travel England's Making Active Places yesterday in Manchester.

Conference hall with Heidi Alexander MP Secretary of State for Transport at a lectern and the name of the conference on a screen. BSL translators sitting near the lectern, one of them signing, some bikes and other prop street furniture at the other side of the stage.

Photo of Manchester Piccadilly train station on overcast morning, facing away from the platforms and towards an exit, less than 10 people milling about in the frame.

Number 1 free city centre bus, single decker yellow electric bus stopped at a zebra crossing.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Here are the makers of the London black cab (LEVC) taking a massive AI plop on their brand with this slop image from their latest press pack. The grills! Big Ben! The width of Westminster Bridge!

AI generated image of a cobbled Westminster Bridge at sunset with inaccurately rendered Elizabeth Tower, and evolution of the London hackney cab through various models with horse drawn furthest from camera and a new model veiled in black fabric closest to camera.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And here's a photo of an actual side road zebra unlike the article

A pair of side road zebra crossings outside an entrance to Edgware Road turn station. People crossing on both with a car waiting

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sounds like even reversing the painted cycle lane from their previous administration... What we (Labour admin) did was protect it with segregation so that it wasn't routinely ignored by drivers. Cars being allowed to rat run through a residential area is the problem. One more lane should do it. 🙃

Google streetshot screenshot of Brook Street in October 2020 showing one mandatory unprotected cycle lane and one general traffic lane.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Got to cycle the new C55 arrangement today. Worked very well. Before, the narrow gate on the left is what everyone on foot and cycles had to share to get to Park Lane. Now, a lovely new stretch of two way cycle track through the gates. Better for everyone. Well done TRP & TFL @willnorman.co.uk

Wide two way cycle track on South Carriage Drive looking towards Queen Mother gate and Park Lane.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Things found on Facebook Marketplace

Facebook Marketplace listing for a guitar signed by ed sheeran... But it looks like what has been signed is a piece of card that's been stuck to the guitar... Cost £1,500

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Removing Toronto's bike lanes will be a HUGE SUCCESS, which is why Doug Ford's administration suppressed official advice saying it won't solve traffic congestion, and has indemnified itself should cyclists be killed on streets where it will remove cycle lanes. Very normal, confident, sane stuff.

Partially snow ploughed cycle lane in Toronto with green signal for bikes visible in the foreground

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The No. 1 daily threat to my child's safety, after all drivers of motorised vehicles, is men on public transport who think they are helping when they confidently reach for this handle to lift up the buggy.

Screenshot of bugaboo instruction video showing how to recline the seat

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So your area is replacing some car parking with cycle storage? Great! Next: maintenance. Here's a lovely chap from @cyclehoop.bsky.social cleaning leaves out of hangars in Westminster as part of the maintenance contract I kicked off. Checked for problems, misuse and cleaned every 3 months.

Photo of Cyclehoop hangers, two open, cyclehoop employee working on one of them, orange and black cargo bike with Cyclehoop branding to the left. Sunny day, park behind

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Wait you're saying they don't like us?

Screenshot of skeet from @shoutsatclouds.bsky.social: "Once the cyclists start paying bicycle registration fees to fund their demands that we refactor the roads to their liking, I'll consider them something other than entitled virtue signalers."

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Spotted another one! Who keeps putting these huge ugly boxes around the neighborhood? I've never seen anything like it. Fine if you want a hobby pushing your little pedals on the weekends but don't expect to use up space on the street for goodness sake. Find somewhere indoors to keep your car.

Photo. Two dark cars/SUVs parkes kerbside in the foreground, cycle hangar visible in background with terraced housing behind.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I raise you the Battle of Bintain

3 wheelie bins in a front 'garden' with spitfire (?) decals

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ browser based video counter from @observingthecity.ca. Here's one minute worth of footage from the junction of Stanhope Place and Bayswater Road, at 8:55am one April morning. I spotted two 'errors' which were entirely reasonable based on the footage provided.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I loved my WeeRide while it lasted. I hope its new owners will have many happy rides like this one. (The weight being centered in the bike makes it more maneuverable than some other front child seat options. But the chunky bar doesn't enable step through frame which I really value at the moment.)

Author smiling at camera taking a selfie while riding a bike with a WeeRide front bike seat with toddler seated and face obscured with a smiling baby emoji thats been edited into the photo. Sun and a little cloud behind, trees and hedges visible. Neither are wearing helmets which will presumably mean some helmets are about to arrive in the replies

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Some deliveries are too precious and time sensitive to outsource

POV of bike handlebars with pizza box mounted to the front rack, street and cars in background, trees, terraced housing, mostly blue sky above

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Unless of course you use one of these! But yes under no circumstances should planning departments do anything other than specify the colour of one of these, or order longer versions that make locking all parts of a longer / cargo bike / trike easier.

Photo of bikes next to a kerb locked to Paris Trombone bike stands, a simple black stand with a double loop at the top.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Things found on Facebook Marketplace #2/?

Facebook Marketplace listing Biscoff cheese cake blondies for £28 with a photo of same, and description reading "Dm me for more information"

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Westminster Council Conservatives, of 'vertical drinking' fame, earlier this year proudly cancelled a cycle lane on Hamilton Terrace. Where on a Thursday afternoon last June a 13 year old boy was hit and seriously injured by the driver of a car. They have received no negative press for doing so.

Screenshot of TfL road danger reduction dashboard summary of collision which reads:

On 12/06/2025 there was a moderately serious collision at 15:15 at On Hamilton Terrace, Near The Junction With Abercorn Place.. The collision took place on an unclassified road. The collision involved a pedal cycle and a car, resulting in 1 moderately seriously injured cyclist.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Things found on Facebook Marketplace #1

Screenshot from Facebook Marketplace, blurry photo of a photo of Michael Jackson someone is hoping to sell for £30 (reduced from £50). Description from the seller is: " Needs new Frame as it's been in storage for long time
But I know it's really old and rare Picture I been told. "

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Economically illiterate economist Tim Leunig, author of such pieces as BEEP BEEP VROOM VROOM and MOAR ROADS gets a peerage from the Lib Dems.

Screenshot of Financial Times article which can be found here: https://www.ft.com/content/0cb6f525-8ac5-47c9-b917-5795a62f9069

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yes UK highway code strengthened pedestrian priority in 2022. AFAIK the campaign to educate was small. I doubt a bigger campaign alone could have improved compliance very significantly. Side road zebras should have been permitted in '22 (rather than '27) so infrastructure could reinforce the rules.

Screenshot from UK government website about Rule H2. Full text here. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/introduction

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today (33°) I'm thinking of the people who: 🚫 Oppose more trees on their streets 🐦 Campaign to remove trees because birds poo on their car 💔 Vandalise saplings repeatedly Here are some we put in, in 2022, despite some very noisy opposition Here's to improving people's lives against their will 👍🏻

Small tree in the a buildout in the middle of a large expanse of tarmac on St Stephens Gardens in Bayswater with white terraced houses behind parked cars

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I just installed these incredible awnings for our sash windows (in millennial green ofc) and I think I'm ready for them to be my entire personality. No planning permission, take em away if you move, what a dream.* Shipping to the UK only but you can request for other countries: www.stayshaded.co.uk

Product Information

Welcome to your new detachable, DIY, one-size-fits-all awning for sash windows! Thank you for supporting our mission of adapting the UK to hotter weather.

This awning is a tool to help passively cool your space. It can be adjusted to fit any sash window up to 1.2 meters wide, and installed without drilling from inside. It simply clamps on directly to the top sash of the window, and can be taken on and off as needed.

Read these instructions before using the awning, and save them for reference. Hold onto the box to store the awning seasonally.

Photo of the shade awning installed from the inside

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Bikes deliver the freedom that car ads promise

Mother (scooting) and daughter (cycling) on kerb protected cycle track on Westbourne Terrace in London W2

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In exchange here’s latest on Harrow Road - all wands are in.

Photo of Harrow Road facing east/south, with library behind. Pavement, cycle lane with wands and general traffic lanes in each direction, EBB & FLOW mural on an end of terrace opening out onto new accessible canal side green space

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A bloody nose for Sir Kier From today's Westminster Extra: The Conservatives have just been elected to run Westminster Council with the lowest vote share of any party to do it. They have nearly 60% of the councillors with 35% of the vote. And they are promising cuts to council services. 1/

Photo of article in Westminster Extra, which has a photo of the author. Reads:
A bloody nose for Sir Kier
Max Sullivan - now ex-Bayswater ward councillor and cycling safety chief - reflects on the May 7 defeat. Full article in the thread

Also shows votes for each candidate in Bayswater ward not included in thread but available here:
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/local-elections-2026-results/bayswater

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

They've got a mandate to do their manifesto, obviously. I'm sure some *Conservative voters* wanted what you call out. But consider that this was typical of their pitch to the electorate. The flip side would have been some version of this website: www.westminsterconservatives.com/100 1/

Bayswater Conservative direct mail, text recognition done with AI so may be hallucinating:

Conversation with Gemini
Transcribe the text in this image accurately

The text from the image is transcribed below:

The Westminster City Council elections on Thursday 7th May will be decided by your vote.

In 2022, council seats across Westminster were won and lost by fewer than 20 votes. This election will be just as close. Your vote - and whether you use it - could be the difference between more of the same managed decline under Labour, or the positive change Westminster needs.

Around 35% of residents in Bayswater vote in local elections. That means hundreds of people who could have had their say on who runs vital council services, and sets your council tax, miss out.

Please do not let that be you. Make sure you have your say on Thursday 7th May.

What is at stake

After four years of Labour running Westminster, crime is up, streets are dirtier, record numbers of people are sleeping rough and satisfaction with the Council has fallen three years in a row.

Labour wasted £27 million clearing up their Geoffrey Osborne contract scandal, awarded themselves pay rises of up to 62 per cent and are projecting council tax rises of up to 75 per cent.

Same Old Labour: you pay more, you get less, and they waste the difference.

But you have the power to change things for the better with your vote on Thursday 7th May.

The Conservatives have the team, the experience, and the plan to deliver the change Westminster needs. And only the Conservatives can beat Labour here.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thank you Bayswater residents for voting. I heard a lot of anger on the doorstep toward Labour nationally, with many of our previous supporters voting Green. I was not re-elected and Westminster Council is now Conservative. I'm sorry we won't be able to continue, but incredibly proud of our record.

Pollcheck.co.uk map of election results for Westminster Council

A large paved area for pedestrians with a two way cycle track, cyclists riding on it in both directions, leading to Hyde Park beyond

Simple side road zebra crossing with refuge in the middle

The author play acting at having a proper job (selfie of the author with bin men and bin truck)

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Meanwhile, the Conservative candidates for this key Council battleground appear unaware that it was their own party that added cycle lanes to Sussex Gardens in 2018. (After the labor administration was elected to Westminster Council in 2022, we installed wands.) 2/

Extract from conservative candidates answers in above link: " The traffic strategy of Labour-run Westminster and Labour-run London is all wrong. They have narrowed and slowed down major arterial roads, like Sussex Gardens and Park Lane, with plans to do the same for the Bayswater Road and to shut to traffic large parts of Oxford Street entirely, which has led to the inevitable displacement of traffic onto quieter, residential streets. "

Screenshot of Google maps showing Sussex Gardens in 2018

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Two reasons to be cheerful: Children (and parents) enjoying their Play Street on Northumberland Place, someone riding their son home using a new kerbed cycle lane on Westbourne Terrace. I've worked hard on both of these and it's a joy to see them come to fruition.

Photo of a residential street with red "Play session children in road" in the middle of the carriageway.

Kerbed cycle lane on Westbourne Terrace. A cargo bike is riding ahead of the photographer.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I went shopping for kids tshirts. Many depicted dinosaurs or things powered by dinosaur juice. #NeedsMoreBike? Or just apt for the fossil fueled brink-of-extinction times we live in?

Photo of two rails of kids tshirts. At the front of one rail a blue tshirt that says 'Let's go on a trip' with an illustration of a white airplane. At the other a white tshirt that says Beep Beep with an illustration of a red car. The illustrators signature is visible - Jason Polan

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Stanhope Place is open for business 🚲🚶🏻‍♂️‍➡️👨🏻‍🦽‍➡️🛴🌳

New modal filter at Stanhope Place. Cyclists using the two way track in the foreground. Joggers in the background, Hyde Park beyond. Sunny day, before 9am

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

You can read Better Connected: A Strategy for Integrated Transport published today here: www.gov.uk/government/p... It says the UK government will regulate for "new, simpler zebra crossings that will make walking and wheeling easier, safer and more accessible"

Cover of Better Connected, the governments new Integrated National Transport Strategy

Simple side road zebra crossing on Old Compton Street

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I would say "the 18 has now got electric buses" but as it's the busiest bus route in the world, let's say: Electric has now got the 18 bus

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Carspreading as highlighted by @cleancitiescampaign.org is a massive problem in London and I'm glad we and the Mayor are on the same page about encouraging the use of smaller less dangerous vehicles.

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This is massive. Equivalent to more than 55 new/improved crossings in every ward.

Side road zebras crossing in Westminster

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Shout-out to @solveschoolrun.bsky.social and their Streets for Kids manifesto which we've taken inspiration from for these commitments.

Image from Solve the School run's Streets for Kids manifesto featuring kids of different ages on a graphic background

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Powerful from @guidedogsuk.bsky.social on our tactile policy change and £1.5M program to upgrade crossings. For 27 years Westminster Council's conservative admins knowingly disregarded national guidance, but we have changed that. 1/

Letter from Clive Wood at Guide Dogs to the author, full text: "I was delighted to read that Westminster City Council have approved a scheme that will upgrade the tactile surfaces at crossing points across the City. Bringing these crossing points in line with national tactile guidance. For several years, Guide Dogs and other representative organisations for people with a vision impairment and other groups have raised our concerns with the previous administration around tactile surface inconsistency, poor contrast and design at crossing points. For the estimated 6,640 people living with sight loss and the thousands of vision impaired visitors to Westminster, we know that this landmark decision by the council will make a significant difference to enabling independent mobility with confidence. On behalf of the charity Guide Dogs and those we support, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Westminster City Council for introducing a scheme that will make a real difference. Also from myself who is vision impaired and walks in Westminster on a regular basis."

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I love the smell of kerb delineators in the morning. Crews busy before 9am today installing new protected cycle infrastructure on Westbourne Terrace, George Street and Stanhope Place.

Stack of kerb delineators within construction site on George Street, with trench being dug and workers in high Vis in the background

Kerb delineator visible in foreground marking edge of new cycle track. Digger and other plant visible in background

Stanhope Place facing towards Hyde Park, with two way cycle track in progress. It will reopen to pedestrians and cycles only

Westbourne Terrace closed in one direction for new cycle tracks

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It's not all bad news: 📸 Kerb separated cycle lane and better pedestrian crossings in progress 📍 Westbourne Terrace, City of Westminster, London 🌹 Vote for candidates who support walking and cycling

The author and in progress kerb protected cycle tracks construction works on Westbourne Terrace in Westminster, London.

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