If we want democracy not to end at the next Westminster General Election... do sign this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

If you agree you may want to sign this petition. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sack-rob...

My Report on SUVs was launched yesterday. transform.scot/2025/11/20/t... Consider Sports Utility in the context of vehicles - utility lies in being able to drive where other vehicles can't go. So that's not true. Urban roads don't need larger vehicles to provide utility. It's a misnomer, & much more

ITV News just published an investigation: gambling company Sky Bet has migrated its business to Malta to avoid around £55m of tax each year. Tax Policy Associates provided technical support, and published a report that goes into detail of what Sky Bet has done. outlook.live.com/mail/deeplin...

Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

As one of tens of thousands who has travelled up and down the LNER line over many years I think it important to state that my thoughts are with the LNER Train Manager & family re the Doncaster to London KX service on Saturday night. The BBC report that they are in a "critical but stable" condition.

Britain doesn’t have a migration crime problem. It has a disinformation problem. And a healthy democracy cannot survive in a toxic politics fuelled by lies and fear. Crime in the UK is down. Disinformation is going through the roof Source: www.open-britain.co.uk Spot a lie, challenge it for evidence

A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

My new Essential Evidence is out blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... Equality of restraint should underpin an individuals’ rights including to act in ways that do not restrict the rights of others. With the rise of mass motorisation, equality of restraint and freedom from fear have been sacrificed..

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Well away from transport research... A UK legend of folk music is Dick Gaughan. If you've not heard of him before check out the website dickgaughan.com/links As it says, Dick was a towering figure in folk music, and a champion of compassion and social justice. And more dickgaughan.com/media.

For those who remember Duncan Campbell, the Crime Journalist, www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

In public health we keep pushing for Health in All Policies (HiAP). Like is says on the tin, HiAP aims to ensure policy decisions across sectors improve health and health equity. We evaluated a Scottish national transport network. Lead author credit to Margaret Douglas. doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...

My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on issues of road transport and health is out. 1st part of Top line says 'Low Emission Zones reduced the probability of taking sick leave by 18.5%'. All can be found here blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...

Please read and sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on issues of road transport + health is out. No 102 blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... addresses life change events and opportunities for physical activity. Link to all 102: blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...

My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on road transport and health topics. No 101 addresses the effect of high levels of cycling on the aging process through our cells. blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... All 101 issues here. lnkd.in/eJCJgdjf

NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

“The national risk register, the UK’s official list of 89 risks facing us, barely acknowledges food. It points to just one risk: food supply contamination, & that’s on page 122.” A terrifying wake up call from @proftimlang.bsky.social - Government must read & act👇

Chevron want to drill for fossil fuels in Greece’s sea – on the very edge of a Marine Protected Area. We wrote to the EU last year about Greece repeatedly approving of oil drilling and now we're urging them to pay attention. www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

Latest Essential Evidence available No 99 blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... on Transport Research Institute webpages along with other 98. Essential Evidence 4 Scotland - Transport Research Institute (napier.ac.uk)

Broken link there...

Colleagues Latest Essential Evidence available Essential-Evidence-4-Scotland-No-98-Obtaining-a-driving-licence-and-interventions-to-influence-the-decision.pdf on Transport Research Institute webpages along with other 97. Essential Evidence 4 Scotland - Transport Research Institute (napier.ac.uk)

Have UK newspapers created an environment so hostile to Prince Harry that he will never see the crimes committed against him fully investigated? The Planning ‘pendulum’. Mystery Hour. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

RT Low Traffic Future (@lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social)

In 2024 esure were the first insurance company to reveal that default 20mph limits in Wales had reduced damage claims by 20% with a £50 reduction in premiums than otherwise would have been the case. Now others are showing 20mph = fewer crashes = lower premiums. See 24:30 mins in to BBC R4 Today.

Marvellous to join a field visit to Boothby Wildlands Landscape Recovery project in Lincolnshire with colleagues from Natural England, Environment Agency, Forestry England & Defra, to learn of brilliant ambitions for Nature recovery being led there by Nattergal. Real Nature recovery in action.

Colleagues Latest Essential Evidence is here blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... on TRI, Napier, webpages along with the other 96. blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia... 1 page evidence summaries for busy practitioners. Email me at [email protected] if you want to be on the alert mailing list.

Compassionate values are held by most UK people. www.transportandhealth.org.uk/blog/ We are the majority & need to speak with a united voice now before its too late. Remember the poem 'First they Came' hmd.org.uk/resource/fir... So speak out against the likes of Musk and others who support fascists.

Reform UK Facebook Groups Rife with Far-Right Sentiment and Support for Riots Report by @josiah.writes.news last August...

For those interested: 2 of 2 Rev Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...

Richard Holloway. “Certainty has been a terrifying element in human history, so I think there’s something gracious about a kind of gentle uncertainty. Don’t be too sure you’ve worked out how things are where they came from. Listen to one another and if you disagree, disagree reasonably quietly.

My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on issues of road transport and health is out. blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/wp-conte... The other 94 are accessible here blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia... Thanks to Paths for All for part-funding.

The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report is out today with a chapter on active travel assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6756e6... Six Recommendations (p 350-351). There is nothing here that should surprise anyone who knows the science but will DfT respond positively and act on them?

Every £ helps in the campaign to stop unlimited night flights www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

My latest Essential Evidence 1 page de-jargonised summary of robust academic research on issues of road transport and health is out. No 94 addresses road space reallocation. blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...

First up with my move to bsky, my Essential Evidence series on road transport and health. This tries to de-jargonise but not change meanings of what authors have stated. All on 1 page, targeted particularly at busy local authority transport staff. 93 issues so far blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/essentia...