We initially designed the protected cycle infrastructure to include the RBKC side of Bayswater Road. Not surprising but nonetheless a depressing reply came back: "Stepped tracks and bus stop by-passes are just not something that is supported in RBKC currently." 1/

It's like when no one wants to tell their elderly parents it’s time to hand over the car keys because it's no longer safe for them to drive, except Trump’s version involves the nuclear codes

Impulse purchase after seeing this. Gone for a 4 day pass for just over €200, valid up to November 2026. No idea where or when I'm going but expect to make some long European train journeys in 2026!

Absolutely. The entitled sitting on top of the cycle box at the lights, the micro aggressive close-follow or close-pass, the aggressive horn beeping and swearing, and super-aggressive progressing at me on my side of the road to bully me out the way on residential streets. Every. time. I. cycle.

Sounds about right.

If you regularly cycle on British roads you'll have come across aggressive, dangerous drivers like Paul Doyle who use their motor vehicles as weapons, the roads are full of them. Their behaviour is completely normalised until the day they run over 100 people

From Brussels to Hackney Wick in 2 hours and 25 minutes #trainsnotplanes

10 years ago...

@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social which floor are you choosing?

This used to be a car park

Cities are better without cars

Still amazed the vast majority of people still do not use this website

Brussels bound

Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.

Once you start viewing Trump as a Russian asset, his behaviour stops being confusing and everything suddenly makes sense. Nothing is for the benefit of the American people, it's all to serve Putin.

You get the traffic your city plans for

Dinner in London, take the last Eurostar to Brussels, change to night train, wake up and have breakfast as you arrive into Milan 👍

Frans Halsstraat , Amsterdam in 1982 and today. Remove through motor traffic and car parking, replace with greenery, bike parking, café seating, and kids playing football in the street

Frans Halsstraat , Amsterdam in 1982 and today. Remove through motor traffic and car parking, replace with greenery, bike parking, café seating, and kids playing football in the street

Dedicated bike lanes expands access to those who can’t drive or don’t own a car.

De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.

Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today

Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.

Zeedijk, Amsterdam in 1972 and today

Before (2024) / After (2025) the pedestrianization of Pont d'Iéna, Paris 16. Before that, tourists taking selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower had to go in the middle of the wide lanes of general traffic. Now they are in a pedestrian zone and just have to cross a slow bus lane (20 kph = 12 mph).

45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works

Continuous footway and cycle track past a side road in the Netherlands, with a ramp to slow down turning vehicles. This design gives pedestrians and cyclists priority over motor vehicles and slows down motor traffic as it turns into and out of the side road, improving safety for all road users

Blankenstraat, Amsterdam in 2001 and today

Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam 1980 and today. There is no space for car parking along the canal anymore on this very busy tourist hotspot

45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works

Quite. Amazing to watch the confidence of this young lad. Only possible because the infrastructure enables it.

A very typical Dutch one-stage crossing. In the UK cyclists often get two or more crossing stages at busy roads. If drivers aren’t expected to stop halfway, why should bikes or pedestrians? Two-stage crossings exist to keep cars moving, not people safe.

Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today

Stadhouderskade, Amsterdam in 1983 and today

Love following a travel to the Netherlands thread!

Eerste Oosterparkstraat, Amsterdam in 1992 and today

Amid all the hoohah around the cancelled/reinstated fast 7am Manchester to London train, it's worth remembering that the journey time with HS2 built in full was projected as 67 minutes...

Bike parking right next to the supermarket entrance and cycle lane. Not hidden, not second-class, but prioritised. Want more people to shop by bike? Then make it an easy and accessible option. Convenience drives behavior.

Yes, it was a car park until about the last turn of the century. This was 1969. hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeld/951B62...

This is the Neude in Utrecht. It spent decades in the late 20th century as a car park before being returned to the people and becoming a vibrant public square once again. Your city could do this too - it’s a political choice.

Stadhouderskade, Amsterdam in 1983 and today

Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam in 1980 and today. Once multiple car lanes with a thin painted bike lane next to car parking. Now completely car-free outside Centraal station - only trams, walking and bikes, with a wide cycleway and generous footways.

Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam in 1980 and today. Once multiple car lanes with a thin painted bike lane next to car parking. Now completely car-free outside Centraal station - only trams, walking and bikes, with a wide cycleway and generous footways.

At simultaneous green junctions, all cars get a red while all cyclists get green in every direction at once. Straight, left, right, even diagonals. By separating bikes and motor traffic into different phases, this design cuts collision risk while also improving capacity and reducing waiting times.

Low traffic Neighbourhoods create conditions where neighbours can join together and host Christmas fairs in their neighbourhood

Bellamystraat, Amsterdam in 1977 and today

The things you do for your Christmas and Ice skating loving child

A green bicycle priority street in the Netherlands

This is how the Netherlands handles road closures - cars have to divert (in one direction) but families on bikes are provided with a temporary cycleway during the works

Dozens of Dutch school kids gliding past on bikes, headed to a field trip with their teacher. This is what safe cycling infrastructure enables.