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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I'm not often a fan of pointless Road safety signs but these are standardised and quite simple in their appearance and message

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Seems to me like the safety in Cymru has not been worsened...

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

And is such a huge continental island that only a car could traverse...

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a good 2026!

A misty morning by the River Thames with the yellow sun breaking through the clouds. The tall tower of a bridge lies in the background while various boats sit on the opposite side of the river. A greylag goose is in mid flight in the foreground.

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Walk Ride Salford @walkridesalford.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Chapel St East now open! 😍🚶‍♀️👨‍🦽‍➡️🛴🚲🚌🚛

Aerial shot of Chapel St East showing new cycle tracks, resurfaced carriageway and new paving.

Aerial shot of Chapel St East showing new toucan crossing and protected cycle tracks

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Looks excellent, though I feel the signal crossing could have been designed better for cyclists rather than unintuitive shared paths and arrows

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough

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Hammersmith Bridge

Where did 25,000 vehicles go?

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A "trixie" crossing? One for the glossary @roads.org.uk ! assets.dft.gov.uk/trafficauths...

A plan of a segregated pedestrian, cycle and equestrian crossing, with the three crossings at a slight diagonal as they cross the road

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Quite a nice stretch of coast near that one

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Looking forward to the “Reform’s war on motorists” headlines.

FT story:

A Reform UK council is proposing to increase parking charges and reduce litter picking, grass cutting and bus services as it attempts to avoid having to raise council tax.

Durham county council has put forward a series of cost-cutting measures that also include less weed killing and vacancies for "lollipop" men and ladies not being filled.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I'm not sure Network Rail understand suitable x-heights on signs... This is seen increasingly more and more these days. (picture from a friend)

A newly upgraded level crossing with lights and barriers on a rural road. There are 'KEEP CROSSING CLEAR' signs underneath the lights, potentially only 20x10cm big.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I put four once in a big portion of jollof rice. Turns out, not a good idea. The Nigerian in my flat at the time said it was mild.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I didn't realise speed limit repeaters were made from lead these days

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Reading could certainly do with some more greenery along its streets I've noticed in the short time I've been here

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Ah the very unique and very slow gates at Redcar. Only crossing in the UK like it, perhaps the only in Europe.

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Roads.org.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @roads.org.uk · 03/11/2025

New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways

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The Ringways Map is here

The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Good to hear everyone is safe looking at that damage - notably the train driver! It will be interesting to know what similarities if any this incident has to the Carmont derailment back in 2020. Hopefully lessons have been learned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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West Coast Mainline blocked as train derails in Cumbria

Avanti says it could be

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

It's nice when you know what you want to do in life at this age

A picture of me as a young child laying on the floor next to an array of handmade road signs

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

There's a few of these lining the Thames in Reading. Vintage. @showmeasign.online

A triangular warning sign on a lamp post, warning of an unprotected quayside or riverbank. The car is of a design that makes the sign many decades old.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The congestion charges started in Oxford today. If only they had someone check the spelling on the signs!

A sign on a lamp post. The top is a red circle with a white 'C', the bottom is a black and white plate stating "7am-7pm, Charge for (picture of a car) only, Pay on line by midnight tomorrow" (note the space between "on" and "line")

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Was quite nice to stumble across this last week in the Chilterns. The Centre for Outdoor Accessibility has a lot of gates for testing!

A field with four rows of fences close together and various gates, gaps and barriers in esch one. Grass is mown around the fences

A lone small gate in a field with far reaching views across Oxfordshire in the background. The wooden hate has a large metal and plastic pad in the middle to press to open the gate.

A view the same as image 1 but from the other direction, showing different gates.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

One added benefit of seeing @jayforeman.bsky.social and @markcooperjones.bsky.social launch their excellent book in Bristol on Thursday was I got a taste of some Dutch kerbs!

A newly constructed pavement in amongst roadworks. A number of large sloped kerbstones form a ramp along the kerbline for around 3m. Behind thr pavement is a cycleway still under construction.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Was great to meet you both! Enjoying reading while I awaited my delayed train.

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Roads.org.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @roads.org.uk · 20/10/2025

Right now there are a lot of Union Jacks hanging from streetlights and St George's Crosses on mini-roundabouts. Kent is bucking the trend by permanently adding EU flags to its road signs. Just what is going on in Dover? www.roads.org.uk/blog/red-whi...

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Red, white and blue

Kent County Council is run by eurosceptic nationalists. So why are they putting EU flags on their road signs?

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SCS Software @scssoft.com · 20/10/2025

We trust you have your proper cup of tea ready, for it is with the greatest pleasure that we announce the Project UK Rework for Euro Truck Simulator 2 🇬🇧 We’re ever so pleased to share a little more about our forthcoming plans ☕️ Read more at our blog: blog.scssoft.com/2025/10/proj...

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Project UK Rework

SCS Software's official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Could save a lot of space by just signposting "Through traffic"

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

1980's advert, still one of the best I've seen for making a fundamental point, simply.

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Roads.org.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @roads.org.uk · 16/10/2025

You can catch a train to France if you want, but back in the 80s there were hopes you'd be able to drive there too. Meet EuroRoute, the unbelievable plan for a road across the Channel via bridges, a tunnel and two artificial islands. www.roads.org.uk/articles/eur...

Artist's rendering of a long cable stayed bridge stretching away into the distance over a choppy sea with a yellow sailing boat in the foreground and a cargo ship away on the horizon

Artist's rendering of an artificial island, shown as a cut-away so the interior is visible. A cable stayed bridge carries a road onto the island which spirals down underground, while buildings and a marina are visible around the edges

Diagram showing a small part of the Kent coast with Dover visible; projecting out across the Channel are two lines, one representing a rail tunnel and the other a long road bridge to an island and a tunnel on from there

Sketch of an artificial island, with a cable stayed bridge leading to it, which has a large marina surrounded by hotels and casinos

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Located here www.google.com/maps/@51.440...

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A sump buster for @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social and some interesting use of advisory speed signs for @showmeasign.online

A single lane road with a cycle lane heading towards a bus stop and a sump buster, a petruding metal and concrete lump, in the background. A pair of blue and yellow pedal cycle and bus only signs are in the foreground either side of the road. Below them are 'max speed 10' signs, and a yellow warning sign for the sump buster.

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Roads.org.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @roads.org.uk · 08/10/2025

Manchester City Council have lowered the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. Or at least they say they have - but creating a 30 limit on a motorway is, legally, almost impossible. So what is the speed limit now? #manchester www.roads.org.uk/blog/schrodi...

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Schrödinger’s speed limit

In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Not sure to what effect it has on Southend traffic. Removing this 'bump' and replacing with a pair of LILOs would reduce braking and accelerating, improving air quality in the local area at least, potentially lessening the rate of collisions too (which appears to be high here and at next junction).

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

What time is the one in Bristol expected to finish?

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Impressive, is this for a diorama or model railway?

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Nice to see more Dutch kerbs being installed

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Settling in to Reading well, it's a lovely place but the cycle infrastructure is almost non-existent. Shall join the local cycling campaign group at their next meeting to see if I am of any use.

A view of the River Thames at Reading, with the single-tower cable-stayed Christchurch Bridge crossing the calm blue river. A boat is moored on the nearside bank, with another sunk vessel in front of it.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 21/09/2025

They aren’t just flower beds!!! Fascinating peak beneath the surface of one of London’s new Cycleways - you can see the complex drainage system that ensures bike lanes help protect the capital from heavy rain & the effects of climate change. And don’t they look great when they’re finished? 💚🚲👍

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This stuck out to me initially reading the story too 900 lives saved from harm vs one grumpy person

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979 👏 Evidence-led policy

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Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales

Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Sadly didn't have the chance to explore much when I was in Longbridge last week. Hopefully I'll be in the area more in future.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

For some upcoming training, we've redesigned a client's junction for them to show the art of the possible - a Cycle Optimised Protected Signals (CYCLOPS) junction. There's a trade-off with the floating crossings, but this is a good way to manage the three modes. #JunctionDesign #SustainableMobility

An engineering plan of a signalised crossroads. There is a pale red orbital cycle track which passes around 4 pedestrian crossing islands on each corner of the junction which cross the cycle track with zebra crossings. The zebras are offset by about 45 degrees from the signalised crossings of the main road. The north-south arms have two traffic lanes approaching the junction (right and ahead/ left) and one on each of the east-west roads. The north-south cycle tracks have verge buffers and east-west has wide cycle lanes.

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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🗺️ NEW MAP MEN VIDEO!!!!!! 🗺️ Have you ever wondered why Britain has twin towns? Or which two are the silliest? Share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zte_...

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The real reason Britain has twin towns

YouTube video by Jay and Mark

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