Needs TfL to manage all London bridges (bar the four managed by the bridge trust fund) and have a maintenance fund paid by tolls ideally as part of a London smart road pricing). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning London (Bishopsgate in the City of London)

Busy on a damp morning along cycle lane CS3 in London today

Busy cycle lanes around Parliament square this morning in London

Have had the probably not very profound realisation that the UK has adopted the endless bureaucratic hurdles to change usually seen in corrupt countries – consultations, inquiries, judicial reviews, committees – which exist in those systems almost entirely to facilitate bribes. (1/2)

Good morning London (on the Embankment cycle lane)

Parliament square cycle lane on a cold London morning

@cs3cs6count.bsky.social CS3Count down this morning

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,383 cycle journeys for the day at 08:38 this morning (149,625 for the year). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

'No one cycles in rain/winter' - strangely not something usual anti-cycling suspects say in London these days. 08:52, heavy rain, C6 shot from Holborn Viaduct. More cycles than track can cope with & than motor vehicles. Yet we still are struggling to get enough capacity. @londoncycling.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,952 cycle journeys for the day at 08:37 this morning (112,633 for the year). 11,237 daily total for Monday. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,591 cycle journeys for the day at 08:31 this morning (101,035 for the year). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Incredible NIMBYism when a development of a brownfield site in London bordered by a canal and a rail line (the type everyone says should be developed first) is opposed for overshadowing a cemetery (whose residents I presume didn’t object themselves): www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,157 cycle journeys for the day at 08:34 this morning (76,970 for the year). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Good summary if the UKs failure to fund infrastructure properly for year at a time when motor traffic volumes and car weights have increased. Currently roads tolls seem to not be politically palatable so no solution in the near term: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning London

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 3,161 cycle journeys for the day at 08:42 on this damp morning (58,248 for the year). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,329 cycle journeys for the day at 08:30 this wet morning (28,674 for the year). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Parliament square cycle lanes still busy in the -5°C conditions this morning

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,587 cycle journeys for the day at 08:37 this morning (15,370 for the year). Rather chilly -5° this morning. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,619 cycle journeys for the day at 08:37 this morning (9,212 for the year). Sun zero conditions this morning. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,292 cycle journeys for the day at 08:29 this morning (791,828 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,161 cycle journeys for the day at 08:36 this morning (736,061 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,727 cycle journeys for the day at 08:32 this very wet morning (711,486 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Good morning London

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,187 cycle journeys for the day at 08:36 this morning (705,601 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,980 cycle journeys for the day at 08:40 this morning (684,394 since being reset). Pouring rain this morning in London. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Rachel Reeves's "headroom" is based on: -£16bn in 'efficiency savings' -£6bn in savings in order to fund taking SEND off local government backs -tax rises that largely come in at the end of the forecast -immigration being at c340k net in 2029!

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,604 cycle journeys for the day at 08:31 this morning (653,503 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

THE POLICY ADDRESSES THIS ALREADY. "Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,114 cycle journeys for the day at 08:35 this morning (626,861 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,732 cycle journeys for the day at 08:34 this morning (603,833 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,856 cycle journeys for the day at 08:33 this morning (593,871 since being reset). Drying out after the torrential rain earlier. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,157 cycle journeys for the day at 08:35 this freezing morning (571,880 since being reset). 🥶 @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Some Christmas decorations going up in the City of London. Although I think the Royal Exchange looked better with the columns as candy canes last year.

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,763 cycle journeys for the day at 08:34 this morning (551,565 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,749 cycle journeys for the day at 08:35 this morning (539,873 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 3,030 cycle journeys at 08:42 this morning (512,592 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Chatbots as a luxury good. on.ft.com/4p4LRQS

Did you all know that more than half of all households headed by an over sixty five have *at least* two spare bedrooms?

Impressive that the new A303 dualling between Sparkford and Podimore was so intent on bypassing the old roundabout that they’ve ended up with this convoluted route to turn eastbound.

Slightly damp autumn morning in London

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 3,097 cycle journeys at 08:34 this morning (485,339 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,494 cycle journeys at 08:36 yesterday (474,917 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Feels like the government are edging towards recognising a smart pay per mile road pricing needs to come in as fuel duty receipts fall. This sounds like a bit of a poor half way house solution by not factoring time and type of roads. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 3,158 cycle journeys at 08:42 this morning (444,458 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs? What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation? The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 3,443 cycle journeys at 08:36 this morning (416,583 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,643 cycle journeys at 08:37 this morning (404,771 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 3,194 cycle journeys at 08:37 this morning (292,126 since being reset). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social