Great social rides in Salisbury

Is this art or real life?

Exactly what we need to do in Salisbury - let’s discuss at the Salisbury Transport strategy meeting in April

my entire timeline on x is now just iranian embassies demonstrating a facility with the english language that puts everything i've ever read from the trump administration to shame

This is the correct response. When this president is dead, a lot of people need to be held to account. This man has to be stopped, and they all know how deranged he is, and they are profiting off of it.

Consider the infrastructure v enforcement debate settled. Car culture is a problem of public space. There is no policing your way to results as impressive as this.

*movie trailer guy voice*

The many media outlets calling @greenparty.org.uk transport policy a “war on motorists” should try talking to bereaved families and seriously injured survivors of road crashes rather than ignoring the trauma and pain left when people drive without considering the harm they may cause at the wheel.

Norway is powered by 99% renewable electricity

Speaking of energy prices… “In all 50 states, the cost of home-charging an EV is considerably cheaper than fueling a car with gasoline” — @climateconnections.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/what...

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

A used bike from a cycle shop can cost less than a tank of fuel, but will last for years and thousands of miles with minimal maintenance. #BeatTheFuelCrisis

Indeed…..

What advice would you give to those trying to write an active travel strategy?

Ireland does seem to have a penchant for very large cars - - range rovers with chest high bumpers? Author Martina Devlin calls it autobesity and thinks they should go the same way as cigarettes www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

I’m proud to join the great Cyndi Lauper in the fight for women’s rights & healthcare. Go to www.bonfire.com/girlswantrights2025 to get a shirt and learn more about the #GirlsJustWantToHaveFundamentalRights Fund. @tidescommunity.bsky.social

I don't even like the tone of the CW article. The writer is beating himself up over nothing, but also managing beating every other ebike rider up too. It certainly isn't cheating or shameful. Everyone on an ebike is lapping those on the couch or a car seat

Hey hey, there's a funded PhD place going at the Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds - spread the word phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2165...

2nd leg on this quiet and efficient London Northwestern Railway service down to Euston. Both legs (Shrewsbury to London) for £16.60 booked 6 days in advance. Can't complain at that price!

I've not heard SUVs referred to as Emotional Support Vehicles before but it's a brilliant description. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Everything you thought you knew about roads is a lie" GCN go hard on induced demand and all the other follies linked to road building www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7...

Congratulations Bruce Mouat and Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Spread thecword, because you sure as hell won’t see this reported on the TV today. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

This great video also reminded me of an interesting facet of motonormativity: people can lose 100 hours a year in traffic and never notice; but they have one late train and it's all "Never again - you can't rely on them"

Excellent editorial here. An SUV causes 16 times as much road damage as a regular car. They're way more dangerous in collisions or if one hits a pedestrian or cyclist. They have no redeeming factors and 99%+ are just ego wagons for their drivers. Tax them to hell www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I used to drop two kids at different places and get myself to work. I did it with buses and a folding bicycle. It wasn't that hard

Build it and they will cycle. Make it safe, convenient and attractive and lots will cycle. It is not difficult.

Motonormativity, more commonly known as #carbrain, is the subconscious bias towards car travel & accepting risks caused by cars that we treat as unacceptable in other settings/when they have other causes. We all have it. More here benzinazero.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... Find out more at our event

And this isn't even illegal, because pavement parking isn't. It's about as anti-social and dangerous as you could think though.

Picketing by Brompton, fighting the threat of redundancies with @newcastleucu.bsky.social #scientistswithbromptons

Campaigners lose High Court fight against cycleway. "Five legal arguments were submitted on behalf of those opposed to it, all of which were rejected by the court." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is quite incredible that a sustainable transport scheme, consulted on several times, can be taken to the Highest Court in the land because some residents didn't want a cycle lane in front of their house. I am glad that common sense prevailed today. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#TheWarForCars loses again Anyone taken the road car bit to court?

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

Oooooh!

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

Zelenskyy has more character and integrity than everyone in that room combined. But then again, that’s not hard.

The strength of language on show from UK papers that might often be more sympathetic to Trump goes to show how strong the pro-Ukraine consensus is in the UK. There's no debate over here, hawkishness towards Russia is the only game in town.

if you thought Tariff Man (as Bloomberg TV now openly calling him) was annoyed, he's going to be livid after this goods trade balance print for January:

Where do these numbskulls think the data for those weather apps comes from?

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

Only one thing worth posting this evening really…

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.

I've never been so ashamed to be called an "American". I don't support this country. I don't condone its actions. I don't allow what the country is doing now to represent me as a person. I'm here only because we're not rich enough to change our circumstances with any ease. I don't respect the US.

Spring is coming and we want to help get more Ottawa kids biking to school. Our friend @coachbalto.bsky.social from @bikebusworld.bsky.social is going to join us online March 11 6pm to talk all about the bike bus movement and how to get started in your community. www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-about-...

Isn't it weird that it's so hard for local residents to get safer roads where they live. Should be a no brainer, although signs probably won't work and it sounds like the road needs a camera or two. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

👏 economic 👏 growth 👏 and 👏 climate 👏 action 👏 go 👏 together Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security www.theguardian.com/environment/...