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Let's treat the unnecessary harms massive SUVs cause bystanders like we treat the harms caused by smoking, ie doing everything we can to limit the sales of these awful machines through taxes and regulation

I really noticed how many adoring shots of these horrific vehicles there were. Totally gratuitous.

"People actually prefer quiet routes to cycle specific infrastructure " was a dubious and disingenuous comment I heard from an officer, as if you couldn't have both.

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Age yourself with gaming

Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This is what I mean when I call VC advocates like Vinnie ableist, sexist ageist. It's a disgraceful position for a supposedly progressive person to take.

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Either because they're so rich and the sizes of fines are such that they don't care, or because enforcement is so weak they won't have to cough up. Both should be intolerable, and are totally solvable.

Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Lovely to see Big Jim get a shout out

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Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

So important to call out all of this "balanced" news reporting for what it is increasingly becoming (or indeed has been for a good while): client journalism.

Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Sorry that this is the position you find yourself in, that sounds really hard. You're right I'm probably guilty of generalising - it was based on a number of real life encounters with people who were to my (judgy) mind clearly using the disabled to argue for keeping the car centric status quo.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat: "Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas." www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Cargo bikes observed during the commute! Equally - number of squeaky old Dutch style bikes encountered (an indicator species for good and safe local cycle infrastructure)

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I tried this on the hottest days of my summer commute. Couldn't work out if an extra 2-5 min outside in the heat was worse than being slightly hotter but getting into the aircon earlier 🙃

"Honey! I just SAVED us five grand on a new guitar!"

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Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 07/11/2025

They've not assessed the ramp gradient or kerb radii to slow vehicles to a pace at which they'll reliably yield to pedestrians. Must try harder

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Led ride around Hackney this Sunday, starting at 11am from the Rio Cinema. Taking in a good portion of the borough and its cycleways / LTNs. Weather is looking, quite frankly, ridiculously good for November! See the link below to sign up:

lcc.org.uk

Hackney Cycle Ways 20km Loop - London Cycling Campaign

Join us for a ride round the borough, taking in many of Hackney’s cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods, Cycleways and parks. Dalston, Millfields, Chatsworth, Hackney Central, Well St Common, Londo...

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Those that really can't are in a small but important minority and their mobility needs must be catered for, but there's a lot of folk, frankly who play the "not everyone can cycle" card because they prefer their comfy SUV thank you very much.

I try not to agree with "not everyone can cycle". It doesn't mean what is being said, it means "I don't want to cycle, based on current conditions out there". With 50+ years of policy change in NL, (effectively) everyone CAN bike (or trike.) Even your disabled auntie.

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Blimey ! Any one of these proposals would be great, but wow, what a plan. I hope it all survives contact with TfL buses...

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Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Why not tell drivers: "Take more care now conditions are more difficult because you can cause serious harm".. It is not a difficult message to convey, but don't think I've ever seen it. No, it's the kids who must be taught that they must keep themselves safe from adults who might harm them

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Speed limiters on motor vehicles in built up areas, or camera enforcement everywhere. Some motorists are absolutely lawless based on the current levels of enforcement/deterrent being completely inadequate in the face of the machines that we allow on our streets.

Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

No such thing a road tax, but sure, when would be a good time? 20 years ago was the best time, when Blair's govt first mooted it and it was destroyed by the mail, and the second best time is now. It's always going to be unpopular and they have four years...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

Graphic full of stats on vehicle inefficiencies.

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Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Needs baking into council tax (reductions?) or some other hard incentive structure.

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Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

So all of the non-drivers (many of who can't drive) are paying to subsidise those who get around in cars?

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Rob @rob042.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

[Can't remember who to credit, but]... "Ah yes, "Parkway"; that's English for "absolutely nowhere near""

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It’s that time of year again when “safety” organisations crack out their victim blaming campaigns telling pedestrians and people on bikes to dress for battle rather than their destination and wear high vis clothing to be seen instead of focusing on the real source of danger - drivers.

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And they could have had a design like this. For free!!

Camden and Islington embarrassing Hackney by doing the necessary to keep people on bikes safe from the main causes of death and injury at junctions. The Pembury Circus scheme should shame all those involved in its implementation.

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How does AeroBarrier work?

We did a *magic* thing to our house to dramatically increase its airtightness and make the whole thing worthwhile - www.youtube.com/watch?v=leIK... this took 90min for us and I reckon will pay for itself in about five years.

youtube.com

YouTube video by Aeroseal

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Andy @andydrummond.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025

You reckon MVHR is a bad thing?(assuming that we don't get anywhere near passivhaus standards any time soon) We airthighted our home and whacked MVHR in the loft - mainly because of proximity to toxic smoke from wood burners on the canal - but the two things combined have reduced our heating bill

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Your occasional reminder that opposing #ActiveTravel is a really poor choice of wedge issue to run on.

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Not only will roads keep getting busier, without a kerbside strategy to actually remove or repurpose parking spaces, Hackney's double-sided car storage streets will keep getting narrower, due to the ever-increasing size of SUVs - already a problem for the 242 bus in King's Park #carspreading

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To be fair, Cllr Max Sullivan (who presumably would have a say in this) has been pretty good in the past couple of years - he's even approved a *gasp* protected cycle route. In Westminster! I know!

Imagine the poor civil servants who have to deliver that report to these absolute loons. Will they accept the truth?...probably not? How do you do a good job and still keep your job? Do you lie and make it all seem somehow real so the fantasists at the top don't get angry?

Put a fucking bell on your cat's collar and stop it murdering our precious birds, you absolute weapon

Totally agree on the fake grass, and I do recognise that brevity/editing are needed in journalism! Nonetheless - waiting for the water to come to you seems like a poor strategy for a city to take... Look upstream! Thanks for the reply

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