Used a Santander Cycle (Kenny farthing) for the first time in ages yesterday. It was a joy! Proper dutch-like, weighty to ride but glides around like a big red wood pigeon. So relaxing. I'd recommend it to anyone, including seasoned cyclists.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Any small victory that sticks it to the big man in big tech, I say

Absolutely insufferable aviation chat on the BBC Today programme just now. Does Nick Robinson not know business travel has peaked? And that airports don't necessarily bring economic benefit (see @alchap.bsky.social)? Incredibly one sided conversation presented as balance, for shame.

TOP TEN CAT BREEDS 1. Super Bingus 2. Tender Loaf 3. Crime Bean 4. Le Squishe 5. Load-bearing Tater 6. Royal Softling 7. Electric Spiceweasel 8. Pantaloosian 9. Tammy 10. Dinky Porch Pebble

The “bang bus” owned by adult entertainer Bonnie Blue, visiting Oxford for Freshers’ Week, will not be eligible to pass through the High St bus gate. An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman told the Clarion: “Having taken the risk of googling Bonnie Blue’s Bang Bus, the vehicle appears to be a van.”

As I pressed send on that I looked up to see this guy’s solution to the tube strike.

I would like the government to talk less about stopping the small boats and more about building the big trains.

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

This is a dangerous strategy & will create future sink estates & lead to all kinds of public issues as developers make huge profits. Housing policy can ONLY work if it's joined up with environment, industrial, transport, health & education- the reason Bevan was minister for housing AND health.

Today, a painting and a poster of the crowds of the cat revolution. The working cats are on the march! If you like my artwork please follow here or on other socials. These and other artworks can be found on my Etsy at nathannunart.etsy.com (or drop me a line). Thank You!

We have officially published our list of sponsored sessions for @rgsibg.bsky.social AC2025! 🎉🎉 Repost if you're presenting with us, or if you're just dead excited to attend... We'll see you all there 👋 full list on our website below! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/07/23/t...

In 2023, Amsterdam lowered the speed limit on 80% of city streets to 30 kmh (19 mph). Since then: 🔹 Ped & cyclist crashes ⬇️ 15% 🔹 Car-related crashes ⬇️ 11% 🔹 Noise ⬇️ 5.5% (logarithmic) 🔹 Traffic ↔️ No change 60% of locals support the lower speed limits. openresearch.amsterdam/nl/page/1244...

always loved this one, for the bloody mindedness of Peakdon and also for going "don't be silly Monmouth is welsh"

I'm not sure what anyone thought would happen - our railway is fully full. Like not a bit full, but fully choka. And we've killed the only project that would have fixed this for most of the country in a one-er.

The New Towns were a major part of post-WW2 reconstruction and a showcase for town planning. Alongside was the LCC's (and then GLC's) own efforts to relocate people and industry. Here's a 🧵to give a flavour of the opportunities, starting with this LCC "Offices of the Move" leaflet from the late '50s

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Also, if you want to start tackling the dangerous delivery riders you could start by by banning the "self employed" nonsense the companies currently use. They should be employees supplied with safe, regulated, company-owned bikes. bsky.app/profile/jack...

As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...

I welcome the bill and am pleased the Government are working to support the aviation industry, and support production of SAF- it will bring in jobs & investment. It's important though we don't see SAF as a silver bullet & aviation still faces huge challenges around decarbonisation. 2/2

So I read this and it's completely fine. I don't know what the deal is with the snark, it's a perfectly okay and informative piece

Scarily good stuff on alternative estimates for nationalising Thames Water (close to 0!)

💯💯💯

[Thinking out loud to stress test and clarify thoughts] I've realised there are two reasons I'm not massively freaking out about AI eating my lunch. First is that I think content produced robots is fundamentally pointless. Maybe it could one day write something plausible! But... why read it?

It's out!! Dans le numéro "Histoire des géographies universitaires" de la revue Terra Brasilis, mon article sur le curieux "axe Bristol-Cambridge", résultat de tentatives de mise en histoire du développement de la géographie quantitative... par les géographes eux-mêmes. doi.org/10.4000/14183

I think these maps are great at telling a story. For example, this one suggests I don't know what the Midlands is. Do it yerself here: smstone0.github.io#/uk-map

This is utterly farcical news. The stadium is a five minute walk from the train station! This is 2025! (And no one wants to watch their games anyway!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'll be hosting a pub quiz at this conference, featuring "emojigrams" of cities and what we're calling a "cloud round". It'd be criminal to skip. Don't be a Lando, register today.

There is hope! Landscape-scale ecological restoration. 1999 - today 18th May 2025 . This is the inspirational Carrifran in the South of Scotland. We can do it but we need to get a move on otherwise we will be consumed by the dual biodiversity and climate emergencies. 🌳💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big up my wonderful colleague @izzyromilly.bsky.social for this timely sense check 🙌

‼️Do you know a talented undergraduate student who has recently completed their dissertation on a transport topic?🗒️💯 We are seeking nominations from departments for our undergraduate dissertation prize! 🏆🚈✨ Deadline 15 July - more information on submissions here: www.rgs.org/research/res...

Was at a Highways UK conference earlier this year and consensus across multiple panels & presentations was clearly that we need to prioritise renewal of the existing road network (inc. maintenance, resilience, safety & efficiency) over adding more miles.

Absolutely no one out walking in the green belt today. Meanwhile Hackney Flea Market is busting. Use it or lose it, lads!! The second hand Le Creuset can wait!!

I would venture to say that teaching computer science is also unavoidably political, if by “political” we mean, “implicitly and explicitly conveying a set of social and economic values and norms”

It was Mighty Hoopla wot lost it? The local Green candidate's leaflets had "protect our local parks" as the most prominent policy on his leaflets amid the whole row over using Brockwell Park for festivals.

Rewilding hitting new heights with this cycle lane exclusively for wild horses

Excited to be here today starting a UKRI Policy Internship (okay, around the corner). Time to bring some transport modelling & critical GIS to the select committees! #UKRI @ukri.org

'One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/r...

Spot on - imo the whole reorganisation is driven by 'how can we present local govt as more effective without actually spending any money on it'.

Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises

“The value of one Smartie is negligible, so it’s fine if I steal all the chocolate in the world.”

En estos días aciagos no olvidéis que la ciencia económica como tal acabó el día en que Zach Weinersmith publicó esta tira y ya todo quedó perfectamente explicado y no hizo falta nada más.

Britain's latest kick in the face of its universities is a reduction in science spend. Ridiculous. Good luck with your growth mission! There won't be any. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

The UK Gov can wish away the problems linked to lack of infrastructure investment all they like but they can cheat physics. There just isn’t the space to support a car led growth strategy. Any localised growth will grind wider system to a halt. The government know this but want to play “dumb”.

QUALITY THREAD, especially the “code red” halfway down.

🧵Twelve conceptual 'problems' that make dealing with climate change super difficult:

when people like Bill Gates say shit like "there won't be doctors or teachers in ten years" we should consider that as a threat. His ass is going to see a real human doctor! His grandkids will have real human teachers! He's talking about YOU!!