Or in other words, he could spend $1,000,000 a day for next 2,025 years and still not be bankrupt.

This video is completely correct. £3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing. And MPs don't even get a vote on it.

Listen to this American still working 40 hours a week when he's 88 because his wife got sick and he had to sell his house. This is what they want to do in the UK.

Can you imagine YOUR city like this? Why not, more to the point. All road deaths are a decision made at all levels of Government, within the courts, and to a large extent within the manufacturing of cars and the marketing of them. It doesn't have to be this way.

When it comes to designing cities for biking and walking, Ghent Belgium may still not be as well known as Copenhagen, Amsterdam or Paris yet, but it’s one of the most inspiring cities in the world. I was honoured to do some work with them in 2019. Watch @streetfilms.bsky.social’s fantastic video:

Does your council give preferential treatment to children being driven to school by providing a 20mph limit "just outside schools" so leaving those walking or cycling the whole way from home to school in a 30mph street environment where any mistake may cause death or injury?

Boris Johnson today labelled former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic ‘heroic.’ There are many words I could use to describe it, but that certainly is not one of them.

Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way. ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...

Failing to adopt a national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 per annum and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our latest press release coinciding with the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

The Farage effect 👇

This is the hatred ReformUK are spreading in Devon. Not a word about the asylum seekers is correct. In the comments they ask people to pretend they're independent and not Reform at the protests! Absolute disgrace.

Is there a secret committee that has decided that #Farage should be given massive air time on main British TV Channels? There is virtually NO Regulation, in contrast to France where plurality is guaranteed. If compulsory plurality had been enacted there would have been no Brexit.

I haven’t seen it illustrated like this before. Very effective messaging. Of course it actually depends a lot on how fast the vehicle’s being driven, how big the vehicle is and how it’s designed, and how small the victims (too often kids) are. Via @yegbike.bsky.social #SpeedKills #CarBloat

Kilkenny knows what's up. 🔥🔥🔥

I’m not saying that your city could do this. But it certainly should put your city’s culture of action, or lack thereof, into some perspective. Is your city a city of action, or a city of excuse? #CityOfAction #CityOfExcuse

From Threads (the 11+ referred to was a once-common British exam for streaming).

We have done further analysis on the Welsh urban/village casualty data going back 20 years. By charting the annual %age change from the previous year it shows that, apart from Covid, the 28% reduction after implementing the default 20mph in 23/24 is exceptional. #20splenty

Your regular reminder Delft’s market square was a surface parking lot as recently as 2004. A razor-thin coalition (19-18 votes) initiated a six-month pilot to help merchants realize cars don’t spend money, people do. Years later, no one remembers the controversy or regrets the decision. *Sound on*

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

A new UK group is suggesting a five-point manifesto to address the rise of SUVs www.suv-alliance.org.uk

Another Brexit Wipeout! Surf federation quits Cornwall for France post-Brexit www.thetimes.com/article/6649...

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

BBC Money Box on how 20mph limits reduce car insurance premiums and that ABI (insurance association) is talking to government about 20mph and its benefits. From 10 mins in. bbc.in/3Wvc2Vn

There’s been much new housing in the South Hams with Woolwell the latest. Sherford new town was systematically planned. Ivybridge had new estates planted to west and east. Time for a strategy. Choose your County Councillor carefully.

This is fantastic. We need all cities to do this. Don't we all want clean air and a livable planet?

Jurgen Klopp "Never vote for the Right."

A look at some of the worst bike lanes on the planet. If you have one to nominate, send it in! momentummag.com/a-look-at-so...

It took me less than 8 minutes to ride the 3km/just under 2mi to Lidl to buy a single loaf of bread. Far too many people would think that distance was only doable in a car. Even more as part of a trip chain. Cars really do mess with people’s perception of distance. #activetravel #cargobikes

When a city builds infrastructure that truly caters to all ages and abilities, the demographics on the streets shift, from mostly men to a vibrant mix of women and children. Proper design ensures safety and comfort for everyone, not just those who are willing to brave discomfort.

Urban planning quote of the week. "The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees." - Bill Vaughan

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Ivybridge: secure, dry e-bike parking at the Railway Station Car Park, the Town Centre and The Spinney.

Vulnerable road users don't suddenly become "less vulnerable" because its a main road with "lots of drivers". That's just driver exceptionalism. In fact casualty stats show that main roads need 20mph limits just as much as residential roads. #20splenty where motors and people mix.

Years ago we had the mayor bike to school with my 6 year old, within the first :30 seconds they were almost hit by a driver on live TV. Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure.

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

If you think traffic is bad, be glad all the bike riders, walkers, and transit users aren't also driving with you. In Metro Boston, non-car transportation modes account for 20%. Imagine increasing Cars on the road by 25% if we all shifted to driving. Thank a bike lane, thank a bus rider.

La congestion n’est pas causée par les quartiers centraux cyclables, marchables et apaisés, mais par l’afflux grandissant d’automobiles de + en + grosses, qui viennent quotidiennement de + en + loin et qui déplacent 1,2 personnes par trajet. La solution, archi connue, c’est le transport collectif.

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

As an able-bodied adult I had to step blind into the oncoming traffic to go round this van. It would have been much worse for a disabled person or a parent with children. Just park on the road. And where's the outcome of the pavement parking consultation the government ran 3 years ago?

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. United States - 643k Norway - 0 UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Canada - 0

As the Welsh 20mph initiative wins the Alun Griffiths Award for Health, Safety and Wellbeing from CIHT Cymru at their annual awards ceremony, another report comes out showing the health benefits of 20mph. #20splenty is a big win for community life and livability. bit.ly/4fPcup2

You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.

Via Twitter, @Comm_in_Care

Esther Richards was born November 24, 1895. In 1921, she suggested that microfossils could be used in stratigraphy. Her study was ridiculed by Professor J.J. Galloway: “Gentlemen, you know that it can’t be done.” ⚒️🧪wp.me/p3ihHu-4DF #WomenInSTEM #histsci

Join the EU Single Market & Customs Union and we’ll be richer individually and as a nation. That’s it. That’s the message. #RejoinEU www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Farage is as much a farmer as Dick Van Dyke is a Cockney.

Hello! Looking for new bluesky gang who care about the NHS! Twitter is a truly terrible place and I’m sure many of us were connected on there. Could you like and share this, and I’ll follow you back? Ju🤞💙

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