And there's your side road zebras being possible in Wales from 11th March this year. www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/35/...

Very intesting-looking new literature review article on how to define minimum levels of necessary mobility doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

Why do drivers bang on about cyclists wearing hi viz and helmets when they can't even avoid poles that have lights on them? If they can knock over a metal pole then a helmet won't do much.

Was ready to have gripes about this but as I watched every one I thought I'd have was addressed - Talks about wind not just solar ✅ - Brings up fossil fuel + industry ✅ - Brings up politics (AND HOW) ✅ Worked 8 years in renewables advocacy: this vid is one of the best I've seen. 10/10 easily

It really shouldn’t take over four minutes to cross a whole junction!

It is always a good day when I manage to drop this picture into a talk

Does anyone have a photo of one of those UK dual carriageways where pedestrians are expected to scurry across? If so, could I possibly get a copy to use for a talk?

Sometimes you just have to sit down and thrash out a good old Venn diagram to get your thoughts clear

Astonishing how Microsoft employ all those software engineers and none of them know the code to remove "-UsrGrp" from a string when printing to the screen #teamsisshit

Any good dealer knows not to get high on their own supply "In 2025, Norway produced around 106 million cubic metres of oil – around 1.827 million barrels per day – the highest level of production since 2009" www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/58...

Can we take a moment to salute that visualisation?

Something to keep in mind the next time the city tries to repurpose parking and drivers complain that every last car is necessary at all times. The storm was two weeks ago.

Mad we might get to see both scenarios here. It’s like getting killed in a video game and then returning to a checkpoint

Help me, traffic psych world, you're my only hope. There was a study (early 2000s?) of interventions to make junctions safer where cycle paths cross (in Finland?? Heikki Summala??). it found the only intervention that made a difference to safety was a hump that slowed drivers down. Ring any bells?

“Cars ruin cities. People in Surrey in their Range Rovers are not welcome to drive into London because it imposes social costs on people.” What a quote to get into the newspaper! Well done, @crisortunity.bsky.social.

Part e-bike and part van, this new class of pedal-powered vehicles is overhauling last-mile delivery—and the fabric of car-centric urban life. “I do think we're asking a fundamental question of who is entitled to space in the city?" insideevs.com/features/786...

Little-known Swansea facts! Ludwig Wittgenstein had a mate who worked at our university and came here for his summer holidays several times

Not read this new paper properly yet, but it looks interesting "This study...develop[s] a framework specifically tailored to assessing greenwashing in climate and net-zero pledges, combining disclosures, implementation plans, performance data, and lobbying activity" www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected. Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Bikes are fine but what if you're a Hungarian police officer and you need to deploy your dog to stop a crime?

This is another reason measures to reduce traffic are so urgently needed. Everything helps - pedestrian crossings, bike lanes, 20mph limits, clean air zones, congestion zones, investment in new public transport options, parking control, liveable neighbourhoods and car clubs. Let’s do it all.

The introduction of “mandatory PPE for users of bicycles is outside the scope of the current measures” focused on e-scooter and e-bike users, the Department of Transport clarified… a day after saying bikes were part of the plans

If government made it cheap to travel by helicopter, there'd be a lot more helicopter trips. The fact those trips are not happening today does not mean people are being deprived of their mobility

An exhibit for the floating bus stop discourse 🧐

Can we talk about the software industry's weird refusal to use the word "no"? DELETE EVERY FILE YOU'VE EVER CREATED? "YES / NOT NOW" DO YOU WANT US TO SEND RUDE EMAILS TO YOUR MUM? "YES / MAYBE LATER" THERE'S A MAN BEHIND YOU WITH A RED-HOT POKER "GOT IT"

Berlin cycle paths these days youtu.be/ngCw3YxxMOg?... #motonormativity @adfc.de @ianwalker.bsky.social

"One of the reasons against implementing the [bus gate] is the data showing an increase in air pollution outside the...Hospital" - perhaps because the modelling assumed that the amount of driving in Bristol is somehow inevitable and outside the council's control?! 😠

“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.” People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence. Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's fascinating that medics are making the effort to switch to anaesthetics with less greenhouse effect while people are driving alone in SUVs

The latest Oh God, What Now? is really good on how government policies are threatening UK universities. @gsoh31.bsky.social is excellent here Episode webpage: twitter.com/OhGodWhatNow... Media file: pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffi...

A friend in Bath just sent me this. I'm totally going to be claiming this as research impact!

This sums up what Welsh Labour are up against. @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling looks at how people view various Welsh Gov policies. The further right on the graph the more have heard of it. The further up the more people like it. People have really only heard of the things they hate.

Healthy transport needs to be easily available. Brilliant declaration led by @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social. Transport is a public health concern. @cyclinguk.bsky.social #ActiveTravel #Cycling

11 Years ago today I was in Brussels for a Horizon Europe funding briefing. It began with somebody coming on stage and saying "Switzerland's out! The negotiations fell through" and I thought: *Thank goodness we're in the EU and don't have this sort of uncertainty*

Police in Birmingham held a roads policing operation, supported by volunteer Special Constables. In one evening on one road, they pulled over 166 vehicles and took action in a staggering 1 in 3 stops. Imagine if Roads Policing was properly funded!

Things people often say when buying a bicycle which they ought to consider when buying a car: “it’s too big” and “it’s too heavy”.

Can we take a moment to remember how at the time this home-made bomb was ignited, the police's first instinct was to rule out terrorism? Would this have happened if the target of a home-made bomb had been literally anything else, I wonder? #motonormativity www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Need to engage with communities well, to listen better, to build common ground. But more, we need to explain schemes rationale but also limits of policy, consultation. We need to take 'do nothing' off the table explicitly & show real leadership. That's how we stop these people ruining our country.

Yet another report calls for a national urban/village default speed limit of 20mph. This time its from the Faculty of Public Health, Transport and Health Science Group and the Royal Society for Public Health. See action No. 5 www.fph.org.uk/media/tr2bnu...

Sadly this has become topical in our house again

Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after

People worry about public transport running late, but are blind to the enormous unpredictability of car trips #motonormativity. Google's estimate of how long a car trip tomorrow might take, based on what I imagine is pretty solid data on millions of real trips, shows a 29% window of uncertainty

Ban on ads for carbon intensive products, including meat! This is progressive

Excellent point. And if you want to hear me talk about motonormativity I'll be at it in Cambridge tomorrow...

Zoom's AI feature can't even manage basic tasks

Dear Isaac Asimov. Now we have self-driving cars that are basically robots, we've figured out the real-world Law of Robotics. It's acceptable to kill humans provided the rate at which they do so is slightly lower than humans would otherwise so so.

60% of women limit how much they cycle due to safety concerns.🚲 Too often women must choose between busy roads with little protection or quieter routes with poor lighting. Both are unsafe. I’m calling on the Government to build the infrastructure needed to make women feel safe on our roads.

Do read this thread. It covers the classic problems of govt IT ventures: capture by the providers, poor information management and huge security holes, improbably complex signup process, and low quality outcomes. Surely it might have been better to partner with a university than this corporate slop?

The dream team! Talking motonormativity!

Who radicalised him? (If this article has been deleted when you see this post it’s because a sub editor woke up!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...