This article is written in such a way that’s it’s a revelation to the Irish Government that public transport services need a subsidy to run at any way a decent level of service. What are they on about about a “funding gap”? Every year there’s been “funding gap” www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Just a few examples from this weekend on how climate change is impacting us more and more using the medium of football to illustrate it. These are clear examples of climate impact costing society. But yet people will try convince you we are wasting money on spending on infrastructure resilience.

“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing,” as the from SF author Joanna Maciejewska memorably put it, “not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”

Spend now to save money later and secure economic benefits into the future. We need to avoid being seduced by the idea spending more on climate resilience is in any way money wasted and a cost we could do without www.railtech.com/all/2025/09/...

I appreciate maybe the state does not have the eye for this, or even does admin work need to be in such impressive buildings, but it still brings into question are we giving away state assets for a song when the next buyer wants to create a luxury hotel using former government building

Good service on all Limes. 🫡

The Dutch *basic* standard is 2.3m with-flow and 4m for two-way tracks. C3 is mainly less than 4m and often as narrow as 3m. The kerbs on both sides are just not forgiving, so there's probably 300mm or 400mm to come off that in terms of effective (useable width). dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...

Good piece by @colmanos.bsky.social here. Very visible in the University as well. @connectingcabra.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social

Podcasts really are becoming the wild west of advertising. On what I’d class as pretty straight down the middle pods I’ve heard ads for oil, nuclear, how pharmaceutical companies can lead hospitals on medicine, mouth tobacco etc Feels like all the hallmarks of a Tufton Street project

@chrisjohnsoncomics.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social one to review bsky.app/profile/turn...

Burger King doing that here’s a price of a meal deal but actually if you want a drink and fries we’ll charge you extra is a bit cheeky to say the least. I think I’ll avoid going forward.

Really insightful interview. Well worth a read. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What does it say about society that we know below 👇 are the outcomes of SUV proliferation but yet we feel we still need to consider should we support people buying more and more SUVs?

"We did a review of all of the studies globally, which included half a million road traffic injuries, and that found that if you are hit by an SUV compared to being hit by a passenger car you are 44% more likely to be killed. Among kids it's higher - it's 82%” www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is where one must have sympathy with local councils as ultimately they can only do so much abating of car dominance when national governments are going over the top and willingly flooding national markets with more bigger more polluting and more dangerous vehicles and pushing people to buy them

Compare with the tarmac swathed local streets in the UK.

Could not be prouder to be with Jason & @grantabooks.bsky.social Would you look at that line up. 🖤

Any chance central London could invest in shoe free 🦶 public spaces so that I can let me son crawl around in a safe space? It’s really nice weather. I don’t want to be relying on an enclosed soft play room to do this all the time. Does anywhere else have this? Semi covered semi open I’m thinking.

Liverpool Overhead Railway The railway line I wish I knew. What a loss to society it is. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpo...

The replacement of original Dart trains is just 0.8% of Ireland's transport capital budget up to 2030 -- transport groups say extra reviews are “mind-boggling”. The Govt claims to be all for infrastructure spending... What will the MetroLink bidders think of this? irishcycle.com/2025/08/14/d...

Two months ago, more deatils and highlighting the real risk this has for rail services: Order for Dart trains approved but then stalled, putting rail expansion in Dublin, Cork and Limerick at risk says user group irishcycle.com/2025/07/10/o...

There's a really useful @ippr.org report out today on where UK public attitudes are regarding transport www.ippr.org/articles/eve... Some highlights: - 91% of drivers say they'd take a journey-time hit if it made streets safer - There is (suppressed?) demand for people- and child-friendly streets

Here's that calculation. And the piece I calculated it for. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...

This gets to my thinking but thanks to @tomforth.co.uk tool www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopula... I was surprised to see basically 100km radius of London has close to same population as 100km encompassing Man/Liv/West Mids/Leeds/Sheff. It’d be interesting to see productivity comparison for same area…

Interesting video on HS1 youtu.be/N48TsHfBYg4?...

‘Explore the best of Dublin city and visit it's most iconic locations and landmarks on a 90-minute walking tour packed with fun and insights.’ dublinwalkingtours.ie

The Cubitt family Talk about a family that left a legacy on London. Even just a quick wiki review I find: Three brothers - Lewis - designed Kings Cross Thomas - developed Bloomsbury / Belgravia William - built Covent Garden Quite the family legacy.

Councils should be forced to ensure if they change providers that underlying cycling demand does not get impacted as a result. I’m skeptical Limes rivals can generate anything like the same demand so real potential of net loss in cycle trips in Hounslow as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great to push out a more attainable target for walking steps to keep everyone healthy. But the imagery in the BBC article 🙄 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘To move goods from UK & Ireland to Spain, go ro-ro-rail with Brittany Ferries’ brittanyferriesnewsroom.com/to-transport...

Next week's launch of the Whiston Rd bus gate is now being displayed at the junction. Covered signs have gone up and the nonfunctional🚦have their banned turns hidden. Does seem like it will be bidirectional. @hackneylcc.bsky.social @thwheelers.bsky.social @edmondchuihw.bsky.social

Been trying to think within this why roads easier. Probably due to following: - solutions built in mainly rural locations, even when it’s a bypass for a urban location - main solutions bus/cycle/rail in central urban areas ie loads of objectors - busy roads sterilise area so expansion much easier

Roads in Ireland in vast majority of times are built primarily on the back of budget and political decisions i.e. it’s a choice whether to build or not to build based on priorities Thus it’s relatively easy for the Irish government to “ramp up” delivery of roads to suit political needs 1/

If you remember this new wooden bridge at Surrey Quays / Canada Water @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social note how all the red paint already rubbed off.

"$2 billion investment to promote cycling throughout [France] over the next four years" @heidialexander.bsky.social - France has confirmed its "unprecedented investment in cycling & walking". When are you going to confirm ours?

We should really have proper walking app functions that allow you to choose limiting your exposure to traffic. So many times Google maps takes the ‘lazy’ option and just routes you next to highly trafficked A and side roads. Whereas there are alternatives there it just is not bothered to show.

A snapshot of priorities and power lies in Irish transport at the moment - all headlines from this weekend

Ireland’s commitment to sustainable transport in one headline

Irish government suddenly having an epiphany on when local areas should have more power on key transport matters. Funny that 🙄

Germany’s new Stuttgart central station will open in December 2026, with faster travel times and new direct routes. Most long-distance and many regional trains will use the new underground line. Full network integration is due by late 2027. www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/pr...

This is the sort of policy decision that makes the general public cynical of strategies. “Current funding and priorities preclude construction by 2035 of any Northern Ireland projects contained in the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, according to the DfI’s draft transport strategy” - via LTT mag

High speed train news ‘Eurostar "terminal of the future" unveiled in Amsterdam’ www.dezeen.com/2025/07/15/e...

How does this add up if you just take account of Manchester City’s shirt sales versus their peers? City sell 75% less football shirts than Man Utd for example, but yet manufacturers value the deal as 10% higher 🤔 cc @migueldelaney.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social @kenearly.bsky.social

How can parking policy be used to change mobility behaviour, and keep high-demand destinations accessible to as many users as possible—especially during peak times? Consider the case of The Hague’s beachfront, along which the Municipality has invested in several high-quality end-of-trip facilities.🧵

Yup, it all adds up. Definitely spreading the money where it’s needed most on this one Drivers offered up to £3,750 discount to buy electric cars www.bbc.com/news/article...

In my first decree as mayor, every local community will have a gelateria!

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands