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Nick Sanderson (he/him)

@nsanderson.bsky.social
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Comms, campaigns and policy pro. Transport & cities know-how. In Norwich🔰 Previously of Edinburgh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 London🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Toronto 🇨🇦

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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Could use this in Norfolk - particularly bad on Eaton Road / Leopold Road with CNS. Witnessed a near miss this morning as an impatient driver drove at kids crossing the road.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Huge thanks to @richard.hebditch.org @rtpiplanners.bsky.social TCPA @green-alliance.org.uk @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social for the convening and knowledge sharing
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There were quite a few small changes between the draft NPPF and the one that UK government put out a few weeks ago. My thoughts on these and what they mean for development in England over on the @cyclinguk.bsky.social blog: www.cyclinguk.org/blog/three-p...
cyclinguk.org
Three planning rule changes that are positive for cycling
The UK government has released its new National Planning Policy Framework, its guide to whether planning permission for new developments should be granted. We summarise changes that could be a good th...
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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 14/09/2026
Join us at our event in London on 23 October. The planning system is constantly being updated, but do recent reforms make it easy to live car free if you choose? actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
actionnetwork.org
Planning system fit to build a new town?
Action Network
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This looks like the same pre-brexit list of 2016 before Zach stepped in
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just a reminder that if all the world's SUVs 🚙 were a country they'd rank fifth for carbon pollution, ahead of Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Germany, Korea and Canada. Data for 2023. X axis is gigatonnes CO2. Courtesy of the @iea.org
A bar chart chart showing the top ten ranked countries by gigatonnes of CO2 emitted in 2023 with the inclusion of the global SUV fleet in fifth place.
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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The government says they’re serious about tackling soaring energy bills – but they’re considering new oil and gas in the North Sea. I’ve messaged the Energy Secretary demanding renewable energy that benefits everyone and stopping the profiteering of energy companies – join me! to.350.org/wQCOF
to.350.org
Tell the Energy Secretary: Bring down bills, don’t destroy the climate
The government says they’re serious about tackling soaring energy bills – but they’re considering new oil and gas in the North Sea. I’ve messaged the Energy Secretary demanding renewable energy that b...
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Not surprising as that £250 proposal immediately flies in the face of all the values and frames based research from the last decade commonslibrary.org/common-cause...
commonslibrary.org
Common Cause for Nature: A practical guide to values and frames in conservation
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“[August] is also likely to be the fourth calendar month this year to record 35C or more, which is unprecedented.” www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 12/08/2026
Burnham needs to imagine what in one, five, ten, twenty year's time we will wish he would have set in motion today. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Pragmatic planet burning. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Still 34⁰ in Paris at 21:30. I'm finding it harder and harder to see some friends' and acquaintances' posts of frequent flights. When will this addiction be cured and why does the link to a planet that is literally on fire continue to be ignored? #ClimateCrisis
Sunset above a Paris street
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We just did something like this for passenger railways vs diesel. Worked out: Diesel bill £159.4million more in 2026-27 than it would be if the railway was fully electrified. Backdated to 2015-16 it's £1.35 billion in lost savings. www.electrification-campaign.org/diesel-report/
electrification-campaign.org
Diesel Report
CEBR's Report into the cost of diesel and the economic impact from lack of rail electrification.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I have vague memories of Tice saying they would welcome the scrutiny that comes with being considered potential govt in waiting
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 23/07/2026
"Sunny Jim" in Private Eye nails the Tories' new approach to climate change...
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Exactly this
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Can I follow-up on email? Can prob find you on our PR thingy
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Yes. Very much the hugely inspiring and visionary guiding principle of “reduce the net subsidy.” Have you seen our paper on how much diesel costs are soaring and what lack of electrification is costing? www.electrification-campaign.org/diesel-report/
electrification-campaign.org
Diesel Report
CEBR's Report into the cost of diesel and the economic impact from lack of rail electrification.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Great trivia and a welcome procrastination-from-work rabbit hole
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
openrailwaymap.org
openrailwaymap.org
OpenRailwayMap
OpenRailwayMap - An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It’s just a screen grab. Zoom in on the open rail map and they appear.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Yes there are loads more. Notts, Derby, Leicester, Teeside and Scotland north of Stirling, most of Wales, entire southwest. I was merely talking about the ones in the “south” that you’d expect to be electrified given the narrative, which I may have slipped off the post 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Let’s hope the creation of GBR brings back this kind of joined up operational and infrastructural logic.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Yes I should’ve said Bristol Temple Meads
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Still shocked me that Marylebone, Oxford, Bath and Bristol still entirely diesel-run stations. All these places must feel very aggrieved.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Where did you read that? 40 years since London to Norwich electrified (according to a plaque on the station floor). There are diesel trainsets on the Norwich to Liverpool EMR service of the same vintage still running.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
On the week that Burnham takes up his post, here is a map of electrification on the English and Welsh railway. Non-electric in black. Spot a pattern? (and yes lots of branch and local lines missing) #ElectrifyBritainsRailway @noeldolphin.bsky.social @garethdennis.uk @crisortunity.bsky.social
A screengrab of OpenRailwaymap showing electrification of England and Wales railway, with the majority of non-electrified lines in the North, West and Wales, excluding the East and West Coast Mainlines and Great Western line as far as Cardiff.
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
And specifically on the bus £2 fare, it comes up repeatedly in GM focus groups and was a rare example of Government actually doing something tangible and good and the rise to £3 was understandably unpopular
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here's to all the public affairs and policy pros frantically doing their best to figure out what John Healy thinks of their sector.
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Peter Sloman @pjsloman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Fair play to John Healey, who managed to time his 5.5-week break from government to coincide exactly with the World Cup
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 21/07/2026
Lol I just moved my kids around London on this exact bicycle at 25mph *because you can pedal faster than the motor* oh god e-bike policy is such a mess, even the police don't have a clue.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🙏🏻
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Skip to the PDF: www.electrification-campaign.org/diesel-report/
electrification-campaign.org
Diesel Report
CEBR's Report into the cost of diesel and the economic impact from lack of rail electrification.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I think @stephenkb.bsky.social likes a bit of rail policy now and then? 👋
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And covered in RAIL magazine: www.railmagazine.com/news/train-o...
railmagazine.com
Train operators' annual diesel spend nears £475m amid electrification call
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway produced study showing how diesel costs are increasing.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Full story and report on the website: www.electrification-campaign.org/news/
electrification-campaign.org
News
New and downloads from the CEBR team
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A big effort by @crisortunity.bsky.social to gather all the data from Network Rail and the ORR to analyse and a pile of charts by me and peer support from @noeldolphin.bsky.social
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Campaign to Electrify Britain’s railway is back on. We’ve launched our new analysis of the diesel premium British passenger operators have paid and will pay, hitting passengers and the public purse as we renationalise.
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Noel Dolphin @noeldolphin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today the Campaign to Electrify Britain’s Railway has published our report on how our failure to electrify the railway is now showing up directly in operating costs (1/5) - link to the report is here: electrification-campaign.org/diesel-report/
electrification-campaign.org
Diesel ReportDiesel Report
CEBR's Report into the cost of diesel and the economic impact from lack of rail electrification.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 25/06/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Rafe Smyth @rafe-s.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Wondering why it was too hot to sleep last night? Today's @thecccuk.bsky.social report shows carbon emissions from UK surface transport grew significantly in 2025, the only sector to do so. As the biggest sector, transport is particularly responsible for #climate breakdown.
A bar chart showing change in UK emissions for 2024-25 by sector. Transport is the only sector showing an increase. Note these are provisional figures quoted by CCC in https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/progress-in-reducing-emissions-2026-report-to-parliament
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yes I think so. You can then choose another date within 60 days of your original
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
What frustrates me is how late this communication is. Rail operators all issuing same warnings now. We’re on Eurostar Weds pm and they emailed a few days ago to offer a change of ticket…
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/06/2026
Email from TfL says only travel where necessary on afternoon of Tuesday 23 and all day on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June.
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
That he has to say this while the country literally roasts 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This #BikeWeek, we’re asking: why do we keep pushing for better cycling? It’s simple: getting around should work for everyone. Our latest report shows it again. When cycling infrastructure is done well, it benefits everyone (not just people on bikes) 📝 cyclinguk.org/cycling-report-2
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Nick Sanderson (he/him) @nsanderson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
As a heatwave grips England... www.edp24.co.uk/news/2612393...
edp24.co.uk
Reform UK sets sights on Norfolk County Council's net zero spending
The incoming Reform UK administration at County Hall has indicated that scrapping net zero policies will be among their top priorities.
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