Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026CoHSAT at the Oxford UN Older People's Day today, talking about walking, wheeling, cycling and bus journeys, and how to make them more possible for more people 000
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The thing I like about a green way from town into nature is the instant energy recharge that you get! Even when... especially when expending energy. 030
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Climate change impacts: The police commander for Oxfordshire describes the impact of heatwaves on police operations (43m15s into this video). Some slightly harrowing content.: www.youtube.com/live/wHW4jDb...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 000
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's another dimension that has come up in 2 conversations in the last 2 days: filter/charge points, or a zone? The CC & TFs are both based on 6 points, and so allow some moves, but not others. A low or no traffic 'zone' may give more even reduction and less 'shift' in traffic flows. 120
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What rubbish reporting. I don't think they will be able to provide evidence of such advice, it's misinformation. In fact, free permits are available for frequent patients, some disabled people, and carers. 130
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thanks to 'Ged' on Facebook for this brilliant comment about the Stanton St John Quiet Lane. Apparently, there have been no crashes there in the past... apart from the ones there have been... 010
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There's another factor: How to tackle congestion, pollution, suppression of healthy activity and other harms in every market town. An approach that scales to Abingdon, Didcot, Witney, etc is needed. 121
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If ZEZ scope were expanded to include other car harms (weight would be a good proxy) this could work. I'm slightly wary of complexity. 020
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's a new site for the enormous South East Reservoir Spiteful Option (SESRO2). Which will be toroidal. A moat for their vote. 000
Reposted by Robin TuckerProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on widespread acceptance - including by the police - of antisocial driving. Lovely to see a link to our recent motonormativity paper in here too www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 922991
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A group called Landless, Performing at St. John's, Isn't it ironic ... 🎵 010
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Imagine that extreme right-wingers have occupied your high street, blocking the way, with cameras recording, and are asking intrusive questions, trying to find out what your political views are. It's an updated Nazi playbook, 1936, but with tech, social media and who knows what AI. 092
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My friend Dave Lewis is fundraising for the wonderful Earth Trust by running the #OxfordHalf Marathon. Check out their @justgiving.bsky.social page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/dave-le...justgiving.comFundraising for Earth TrustHelp Dave Lewis raise money to support Earth Trust 010
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Turns out Reform UK people have been lying about climate change. Who knew? Possibly the bears in the wood. Or the very Catholic Pope. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...carbonbrief.orgFactcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon BriefReform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing… 001
Reposted by Robin TuckerDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026British fascists are attacking and doxxing the incredible volunteers of the RNLI. Donate now.rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 14624380
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Certainly true, and it is annoying that this is the only A-B journey data that is reasonably accessible 110
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Also, the solution is politics. Which will prevail, I cannot tell. 030
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The official growth rate of 0.5% would yield a Greater Oxford of a tiny 259k by 2040. Still only about half the Government's guiding principle of 500k (which in any case applies to today, not 2040). www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukNottinghamshire and Nottingham 041
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Greater Oxford proposal was also based on fudged data, and would not deliver councils of viable scale. As POETS identified in the same doc, instead of using ONS growth rates of 0.5%, Oxford City inflated the rates to 2.9%, to grow tiny Greater Oxford from 240k population to 345k by 2040 292
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It was silly to try splitting the economic unit of Oxfordshire into three parts. The commuting patterns analysis by POETS show that Oxfordshire functions as a unit, with almost no interaction with West Berkshire. www.poetsplanningoxon.uk/poets-local-... 4239
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026White socks are naff. Should be banned outside sports contexts. 110
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Introduction of London’s ULEZ linked to improved lung growth in children - by Imperial College, London www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...imperial.ac.ukIntroduction of London’s ULEZ linked to improved lung growth in childrenAir quality improvements following the introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) are strongly associated with improvements to chi... 100
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We know that smoke from cars is bad for lung and brain development, just like second-hand tobacco smoke. And the evidence is mounting, with a recent study showing how air pollution reductions in London compared to Luton were linked to improved lung function in children studied over several years. 100
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026How can children choose what they breathe? The Conservative party wants to scrap the phase-out of polluting cars the damage children's lungs and the climate. I would rather give children a chance than give drivers a choice. 161
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Once again, taxpayers have to subsidise car drivers... who pay nothing. But it's the land that is the big cost here. WODC is gifting this to its most affluent residents, who cause most danger, instead of helping its most needy. 030
Reposted by Robin TuckerJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 17/08/2026MY MOST BAFFLINGLY LOCATED EVENT YET! I'm doing a tour of the Harwell Science Campus, then chatting about the new book afterwards. If you are some kind of Harwell-based scientist, wellharwellcampus.comEngineering Modern Life: Jonn Elledge Q&AExplore the ideas behind 31 Inventions That Built Our World with Jonn Elledge, uncovering the technology shaping modern life. 9399
Reposted by Robin TuckerOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 19/07/2026 A cross party group of MPs led by Olly Glover have urged the Secretary of State to intervene over £162m proposed cuts to the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), warning the cuts could seriously damage the UK's global leadership in science, innovation and space research. 13110
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Now #Oxfordshire is on fire. Will @laylamoran.bsky.social please ask the Government to step up climate action. Let's lead a better future, not drag the brake and make the crisis ever worse. 020
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is indeed a wake-up call, one being repeated across the UK this summer. The climate crisis is here and damaging lives and the economy. We need to move to the sustainable future, not make the crisis worse by allowing more emissions. That needs government action, not just individuals. 030
Reposted by Robin TuckerTom @workresthorror.bsky.social · 09/08/2026“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it”. 162
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Trees have a hugely important role in sustaining our climate, and we need to be looking after them. They also have more immediate benefits, reducing temperature in hot streets. So it's great to see children involved in understanding their importance. 000
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Sutton Courtenay is on fire now! When are we going to take the climate crisis seriously? FFS, you can still buy cars that emit over 200g/km of CO2 and kill children at 2× they could. bsky.app/profile/oxfo... 011
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026With a long enough tube, you can still clean the room, right? 010
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It will last until a copyright lawyer rides in the same carriage 010
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026UK BEV sales have been rising steadily for several years, with conventional petrol and diesel sales falling. newautomotive.orgnewautomotive.orgNew AutoMotive - Accelerating the switch to electricWe’re an independent transport research organisation with a mission to accelerate the switch to electric vehicles in the UK. 001
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A small breakthrough in July's data from @newautomotive.org UK Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) car sales exceed conventional (non-hybrid) petrol and diesel combined. 110
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Amazingly, despite this incompetence, Paul Major, Emily Scaysbrook and Anne Gwinnett, Directors of ORFOL are still asking for donor cash to pay for spending more than they had raised funds for. This does not seem a good way to run a company. 030
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026How ORFOL could have saved £85,000, and everyone else lots of time. Their incompetence is blinding.: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...oxfordclarion.ukThe Clarion, 28 July 2026Car-free housing, hubs beyond measure, new restaurants, a whole bunch of AI, plus university, train and bus news. All in a weekend’s work for your Oxfordshire volunteer newshounds. Read on! This wee... 251
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Count Binface, when asked what his appeal will be to the people of Clacton, he told the Today programme: "Well, I'm not Nigel Farage." His national policies include a pledge to "price cap 99 Flakes at 99p", he noted : "I think the Clacton folk will like that one." 27612
Reposted by Robin TuckerOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026An Oxford classics graduate has won cross-party endorsements in the upcoming Clacton by-election. Count Binface, who studied at Corpus Christi, was described as “maybe the people[’s candidate]” by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, while defence secretary Dan Jarvis said “good luck to him”. 21495117
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Truly the choice of the people against the establishment privately-educated City trader turned politician, Farage. 1243
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 04/07/2026This also shows how nice Burford High Street could be with a couple of traffic filters. Instead of the current plague of ever-growing vehicles. Car park on the A40, and either walk or small electric shuttles from there. 1101
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 22/06/2026... 38C forecast in UK tomorrow. A temperature never recorded in the UK before 2003AD. It is due to human caused climate change. These hot temperatures can be fatal too. 000
Robin Tucker @robintucker1.bsky.social · 22/06/2026If this was nuclear, they would be calls to close down the industry. But when fossil fuels kill another 13 people? The industry just keeps drilling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAt least 13 killed and dozens injured after Qatar gas explosionThe city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in the Ras Laffan industrial zone. 100
Reposted by Robin TuckerOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/06/2026 Paul Behrens, British Academy Global Professor at the Oxford Martin School. "These damages are real costs being borne somewhere. They are borne by ecosystems, by communities exposed to drought and pollution, and by people least able to insulate themselves from a destabilising environment" 082