Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I often wonder what happens to the driver of one of these things in the right. When one of these things on the left collides with it at speed 472
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Heard a new expression today when I bumped into lots of people looking for hire bikes: “I guess lots of people are ‘liming’ today because it’s so hot on the tube” 6162
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Cricket was on at the Oval in London this week. It was pouring with rain. This is just one of five parking bays for the cricket fans to get to the ground (unfortunately taking most of the pavement rather than taking up storage spaces on the road. Is it time we talked about e-vehicle storage space?) 6133
Reposted by Danny WilliamsT&E @transportenvironment.org · 12/06/2025In crashes, high-fronted cars typically strike adult pedestrians above the centre of gravity, often first hitting vital organs. The higher the vehicle front the more likely a person will be knocked under the car, rather than pushed to the side, at speeds of up to 50 km/h. 3/ 419975
Reposted by Danny WilliamsT&E @transportenvironment.org · 12/06/2025NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears. This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash. 🧵 25546229
Reposted by Danny WilliamsMax Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road. Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%. (Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites) 1422345
Reposted by Danny WilliamsEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 07/06/2025Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you! 31783223
Reposted by Danny WilliamsEmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Dude, where’s my road ? In the Bois de Vincennes in Paris, they closed a road and replaced it with a wide lane for bikes and pedestrians - but not as wide as the road before, now there is a bit more green around it ;) 16312
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Nice to see the England cricket team hop on e-bikes to cycle to their game against the West Indies at the Oval in London last night www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-i...espncricinfo.comLondon traffic chaos makes West Indies late for Oval ODI as England cycle inTraffic-light outage near the ground causes issue for team bus on journey from Chelsea 191
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 21/05/202535% fewer collisions & 36% fewer casualties on London roads that have been dropped to new 20mph limit. No evidence it increases congestion. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...standard.co.ukMore 20mph roads on way for London after injuries and collisions are cut by a thirdResearch commissioned by TfL on the safety benefits of 20mph has given the green light for more speed cuts 28831
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I’m not sure I have ever seen this sign used in the UK anywhere else. Seen it plenty of times overseas 371
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 15/05/2025More shots of the Chertsey - Woking cycle path (shared cycle path and foot way. As you can see, Surrey County Council has not been particularly interested in maintaining the asset 7617
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 15/05/2025There is a cycle path between Chertsey and Woking in Surrey. This section of it nearly killed me today. I was approaching slowly when a car came out from the right. There’s simply zero room to brake safely in that context 5201
Reposted by Danny WilliamsBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/05/2025“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusinessfastcompany.comWant To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike LaneResearch from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of. 7614210
Reposted by Danny WilliamsJack Thurston @jackthurston.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Life-affirming account in the FT of a father and son's weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, riding @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social on routes from my book Lost Lanes North www.ft.com/content/2446...ft.comMy post-cancer joy ride in the Yorkshire DalesIn celebration of a clean bill of health, novelist Ben Markovits set out to tackle one of the toughest routes with his son 2132
Reposted by Danny WilliamsSam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply. Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it. capx.co/coventrys-tr... 18029
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025New look urban mobility in London. A cargo bike delivery on one side of the street. A cargo bike heading back into town on the other. And a large goods lorry in the background 0182
Reposted by Danny WilliamsWill Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 30/04/2025New research shows children are 82% more likely to suffer fatal injuries in a SUV collision than one involving a car. In children under 10, the risk of being killed was 130% higher. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...standard.co.uk'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians'Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK 26734
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The City of London (the financial centre) has seen a massive change in how its streets are used. Since 2019: • - 24% private motors (exc buses + coaches) • - 15% freight vehicles • + 60% cycling • - 30% walking + wheeling www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Servi... via @lastnotlost.bsky.social 3389
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Actually amazed to see this level of granular data about individual speeding drivers is made public in NYC 0142
Reposted by Danny WilliamsActive Travel England @ategov.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The country is walking and wheeling more Today's National Travel Survey shows trips walked or wheeled up 7% in 2024, compared to 2019🧑🦽🚶♀️ While average distance was up 13% to 230 miles a year 💪 This is progress as we work to make active travel a safe everyday choice for all 22717
Reposted by Danny WilliamsPhilippe Quirion @philippequirion.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%. 👍 www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...comune.bologna.itComune di Bologna 17732268
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This is quite interesting from New York City: "Buses with Automated Camera Enforcement, which the MTA introduced last year, move 5 percent faster and get into 20 percent fewer bus crashes in bus-only lanes and busways" nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/25/f...nyc.streetsblog.orgFreeze Frame: Fixed Cameras Are Speeding Up Buses In And Out of Bus Lanes - Streetsblog New York CityThe expansion of bus-mounted traffic enforcement cameras is yielding faster and safer trips for bus riders, the MTA said. 3104
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Birds-eye view of the road works on Lambeth Bridge, London. As you can see, the bridge has one way for motor vehicles , the other lane is being worked on. There are temporary cycle tracks in both directions during the road works 1191
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This used to be a two way street for motor vehicles. Now a small scheme is being built to make it a two-way quiet route for people cycling and one way for cars (Clapham, London) 6458
Reposted by Danny WilliamsStephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 01/04/2025New analysis of relationship between car weight and fatal collision rates in the UK finds “ppl driving heavier cars are disproportionately involved in more fatal collisions”. Particularly the case for those involving other cars or pedestrians. Available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 1310956
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Pavements are for….? Bins! 13 bins permanently stored on the pavement outside this house in London (all of them for the same building which is divided into six small apartments) 3104
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Interesting. The US state of Virginia has become "the first state to adopt legislation that would impose life-saving speed-limiting tech on the most dangerous class of drivers. “ www.familiesforsafestreets.org/news via @fam4safestreets.bsky.socialfamiliesforsafestreets.orgNews — Families for Safe Streets - USAGet the latest news on what Families for Safe Streets chapters are doing around the country. 081
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Before and after: This used to just be a bit of nondescript street. Now it’s a micro space for people. As I walked past, this kid walked up and immediately started playing. Amazing what happens when you design city spaces for people. Not just for cars. 17016
Reposted by Danny WilliamsAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 22/03/2025My first ride along one of the new sections of North Tyneside’s “seafront sustainable route” - decent width and separation here and good to see side road priority. Nice to have lots of extra zebras too. Enough people on foot, even on a grey day, to be grateful to no longer have share the path. 1839143
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 19/03/2025When I used to work here, this space used to be a private car park. And now, well, it’s rather nicer. Chancery Lane, London 1223
Reposted by Danny WilliamsLeo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Good morning! To almost everyone 5495
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 07/03/2025"For people living near London's busiest roads, there was an estimated 80% reduction in 2023 in people exposed to illegal levels of pollution; 82% in outer London". First results of London's motor pollution charge (ULEZ). That's quite a massive policy outcome www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUlez: Cleaner air for Londoners after expansion, study findsLondon pollution has reduced after the controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, a report finds. 05320
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025London people: Just me, or is everyone else noticing that pretty much any red light, a driver will speed through it? Sometimes multiple drivers. Has definitely become 'a thing'. 792
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 26/02/2025First glimpse of the new cycle track being installed at the junction south side of Lambeth Bridge, London 2292
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Not the best photo. But super to see so many kids cycling to school on the safe cycle paths out in inner Bristol this morning. 1252
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Pre work wander around Bristol this morning. Very noticeable how bus stops in the centre almost all have raised platforms to enable easier boarding 170
Reposted by Danny WilliamsKeaneMJ @keanemj.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Was out on the tandem today taking my wife for a Valentine's Day ride. Cycle barriers are bad enough for ordinary bikes but offer an extra level of challenge for tandems. 1195
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 13/02/2025New government guidance on how local authorities can include community engagement in the project development process for transport schemes involving walking and cycling. With a nod to @bespokejon.bsky.social for his hard work on much of this www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukCommunity consultation and engagement within transport schemesExplains how authorities can include community engagement in the project development process for transport schemes involving active travel. 12610
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Travelling all around England this month. Can’t help but notice a huge increase in these in lots of cities. In this case, taking up 2/3 of the footway on a very busy pedestrian route between Manchester Piccadilly and Oxford Road. Is this a good thing for enabling walking? 1610922
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Transport Secretary: lack of reliable, integrated transport is letting people down. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/news-op... @manchestereveningnews.co.ukmanchestereveningnews.co.uk'Workers sleep in the staff room because there's no night buses''It's one example of many, in the North West and beyond, where a lack of reliable, integrated transport is letting people down' 0110
Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Active Travel England’s new funding announced for improved or new walking and cycling schemes. And the launch of new guidance on local community consultation www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukAlmost £300 million to gear up new walking, wheeling and cycling schemesWe are making sure local authorities can provide high-quality and easily accessible active travel schemes across England. 34716