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Andrew Smith

@plandrew.bsky.social
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Planner | Geographer | Academic Skills Tutor | Francophile | Musician | PhD candidate | Traveller | Cat-Dad | Part of the X-odus | All views my own

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Snaps from a long weekend exploring Thanet - specifically Ramsgate and Margate + a quick stop by MasterWorks Hornby Hobbies museum. Not seen blue sky like this for months. Impressed with the LOOP bus service between main resi and work places from Stagecoach, every 10mins and £6.30 for the day. 🚌
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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Sam Bates, known as SMUG, Australian-born, realistic street #artist. This one is in Glasgow. In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist. #StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I can confirm after my lunchtime walk- winter is here. Spot the black squirrel, or écureuil noir / schwarzes eichhörnchen if you will!
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Somers town, London. Community wall, stuff like this is always worth stopping and reading, even on a rainy winter London day.
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Pegsdon Hills, just down the road nr. Hitchin. Autumn time 🍂
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Lincoln is rather nice. Shame about the recent shift to Reform. St. George flags all over the city's surrounding neighbourhoods. 1215 Magna Carta and 1217 Charter of the Forest saved for rainy tomorrow.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 01/10/2025
Planning for transport infrastructure isn't the problem. Getting the funding out of the Treasury looks more difficult than ever. www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/indus...
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Industry urges integrated approach to transport, planning and more as government unveils new town plans | New Civil Engineer
The Starmer administration utilised the first day of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, 28 September, to announce its plans for new towns,
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Dublin and its environs 🇮🇪
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Saskia Kersten @saskiakersten.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Another outing of @plandrew.bsky.social and my little research project on the names and naming of new build developments in the UK
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference (PRC) 2025 Day 1 in Belfast complete 😀
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Brighton & Hove
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/08/2025
Brexit can’t break every bond. 🌍🎶 Triorca Youth Orchestra are young musicians from Norwich and its twin cities in Novi Sad, Koblenz and now Rouen. Last month they turned twinning into music, friendship and a stunning Rouen cathedral concert. 🎻 Read the story ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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The best of twinning: talented young musicians perform in France
The joy of music can forge links and lasting friendships between enthusiastic and talented young orchestral players from across Europe
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Saskia Kersten @saskiakersten.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
At #IPrA2025 presenting @plandrew.bsky.social and my work on names of new build housing developments!
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Sad graphs on the squeezing of outdoor play and school playtimes in England. Maybe rather than showing Adolescence in schools we could improve play facilities for young people? on.ft.com/4cx4Rm2
Bar chart showing: Children have less freedom than their parents and grandparents
% who agreed that as a child they...
Played on the street
Were free to explore
Visualisation showing: Today's schoolchildren have less playtime than previous generations
Average break time per day in English schools has dropped from 1995 to 2021
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the way this government is treating trans people and immigrants, and you have a Labour MP, for God sake write to them.
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Let's see how BlueSky holds up to #eurovision trends, chats and mem3s...litmus test time...
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A MSc short-course module in numbers and pictures. 5 themes, 4 external speakers, 3 days, 2 site visits (and teaching over 2 campuses) and 1 RTPI president! Intense, but full of substance!
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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/03/2025
📢 NEW REPORT! Our lastest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - is out now. Read it here: buff.ly/74cCIdK
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Manchester & Cardiff - MSc Transport and Planning March trip. Our students discussed and compared: development, governance, mobilities, delivery, retail, health, green infrastructure and more! Great students, Great speakers and a Great trip 👌 Bring on Birmingham and Glasgow in June! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Weekend reading sorted! Also great to see some of my site visits featured too 😀 #TransportPlanningDisconnect
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
At Climate Summit, presenter has long list of advantages to making more sustainable choices and addressing #ClimateChange. Audience member asks “what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”
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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Hello bsky. First blue-sky post is yesterday's winter sun on campus. Apt. Hoping to rebuild my cosy twitter bubble here as best as I can. 🙏
A photo of Hertfordshire University campus. Science Block, Innovation centre and the Nexus building on a blue sky winter's day
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