A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise. They should be ashamed of themselves www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Levelling up is short hand now for small hand outs for the north while cancelling or delaying any meaningful investment.

In a couple of weeks I should be able to confirm that we are moving to a city where no one needs to campaign for more cycle lanes!

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This is a good point being made for the separation of high speed express lines from commuter lines. HS2 needs to be completed in full and extended to at least Carstairs to allow more stopping services.

I have a lot of time for Carla. Always speaking exactly to my views and values.

My feeling after spending the summer travelling around Scandinavia.

Very happy to see this happening. The consultation document for the Burns Stations stated that services would be run by either TfW or GWR. Never understood how anyone would think GWR would be politically acceptable. www.railmagazine.com/news/transpo...

FFS!

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Normal pricing Abergavenny to Bridgend return £24.30 (Anytime fare source TfW app). Payg was already offering great value for many passengers this offer makes it better. Just a pity GWR don't want to play ball. (Cross-country quite happy to accept Payg passengers)

Cycling in Copenhagen is great but I've yet to work out how to turn left. Straight on, no problem, turn right is easy peasey. But can I figure out how I'm supposed to turn left? Doesn't help that cycle routes don't exist at home in Newport.

I may not be getting a cab ride on the way to Copenhagen but I can at least watch as the line disappear s behind us.

Well that's been a good day. Newport to Amsterdam by train. First trip on the Eurostar for me! Easy, great journey only let down by GWR cancelling the first leg of the journey making things just a bit tight for time!

I've run this through the @garethdennis.uk #notametrosorter and can confirm for Steve Rotherham that it is indeed a bus. That's not a problem but you shouldn't be pretending that it's anything other than a big bus. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not just nationalisation. Public ownership is the first step we need to take to make our railways work for all 68 million of us and not just a hand full of greedy share holders. We want the power put in our hands. @garethdennis.uk

Is this how new serious journalism going to work from now on? An online subscription model with some additional ad revenue, focusing only on the most hard hitting stories? Less clickbait more holding to account.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

It wasn't that having my own kids radicalized me. It was spending time with kids that did. Those blissful little idiots can not comprehend the dangers that adults force on them. It is unfair and needs stop. "We ask kids to be safe so adults can be dangerous" @tomflood.bsky.social

Another of the signs put up by A Sign of Humour on the Clyde Walkway in Glasgow. This one is by the IMAX cinema at Pacific Quay, and plays around with the distinctive shape of the building. #glasgow #streetart #signs #glasgowsciencecentre #dinosaurs #glasgowhumour #glasgowstreetart

Thought this might cause some amusement/consternation at @railnatter.uk towers. Thankfully nobody has picked this proposal up ... yet! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

As someone with a husband about the same age who commutes to work on a bike each day, and with a 5 year old, this bit made me feel personally nauseous. I cannot imagine that pain, or the nightmare of having to have that conversation with our 5 year old. My heart really goes out to them

Private jets are a disaster for our planet. Jeff Bezos's private jets release as much carbon into the atmosphere in a single year as a US Amazon employee would in 207 years! 🤯 Those who can afford a private jet can afford to pay for the environmental damage.

Oh God no, not again! Have these people ever heard of chemistry or physics or do they just have a supply of magic wands? The only way this could possibly work is if the quicklime were produced in a furnace using larhe scale CCS. Which isn't a real thing.

Lying to the public is not a good look. @ruthcadbury.bsky.social perhaps a word with the minister?

To be 1000% clear on the fascist authoritarian overreach of a Trumps war on civilians here’s a clear as day video of a random pedestrian getting shot trying to walk home to her apartment. Not a violent illegal immigrant, just a scared young woman. www.instagram.com/reel/DKvPhAV...

PS....the idea that Wales is only owed circa £400m from what will likely be an £80bn HS2 project is frankly laughable.....

I was in the small town of Eymet over the weekend where the town centre streets look like this in the evening. But ...

This stuff shouldn't even be up for debate; we also need to stop the fines flowing to the Treasury, they need to stay with local police - council partnerships for investment in better street design in the communities blighted by criminals.

Now I know that in the past people in the UK were very much shorter than we are now. This class 170 from cross country trains must be at least 250 yrs old 'cos it's definitely not designed for modern folk.

One of the fun things about cycling on the shared use pavements (yes pavements because we don't have proper cycle tracks) is having to weave between pedestrians and guess which side to pass oncoming cyclists. Occasionally one will yell at you to keep left when the gap is on the right.

Went to my first concert in many years this week! I'm convinced that my wife and I bonded over being Pixies fans, so it was great seeing them again. 1hr and 45 of songs, no chatting, no encores. Just great tune after great tune.

Everywhere 20 mph limits are used there's a massive decrease in deaths and serious injuries. So why do Reform and the Tories want to kill more Welsh people by returning all 20mph streets to 30?

Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure. It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife

It's been an impressive few weeks for the Starmer government. Firstly, showing off their transphobia. Secondly, being accused by Louise Haigh of being deeply sexist and finally Starmer gets to his feet to declare he's also an admirer of Enoch Powell. You have to wonder what next.

What pathetic response from a man meant to be in charge of this country.

Labour MP's need to do something to stop the rot at the head of their party. Today their leader came out as a racist shit at what point do they realise this will end all their support in the country.

So happy to see @louisehaighmp.bsky.social has re-found her voice.

“If all SUVs were replaced with passenger cars, the number of pedestrians & cyclists killed in car crashes (in Europe) would decrease by an estimated.. 8%. The number of child pedestrians & cyclists killed in car crashes (in Europe) would decrease by.. 14%.” But yeah, let's let the market decide.

Thus would be so much better for everyone.

Fear not, Labour are on the side of drivers....

So we're going @flightfreeuk.bsky.social for our holiday this year. Planning on going interrailing to visit Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm. Tickets bought, hotels booked. Any advice out there on what to see, where to go? As a rail, active travel fan I know I'll love the journey too.

Walking from Llandaf station down the Taff Trail towards Cardiff Castle.

I'm in no way capable of assessing the claims made in this article but the argument is very convincing. We shall see. As a physicist I always had my doubts that the full reusable concept was viable. The cost of launching the extra fuel required for braking must be immense.

Interesting that ordinary shares in BYD are up 40% since the start of the year while Tesla shares are down 37% and are continuing to drop.

Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇