Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...

Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution

California had a design for a Cyclops (maybe?) in 1972!

This is really important. The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.

You see this stuff on sm and you think it's just trolling, but the local leaders will use the same mindless arguments against safe infrastructure 🤦‍♂️

Enfinium submits plan for full-scale carbon capture at Parc Adfer EfW

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Salford Chapel St new cycleways under construction. @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Every single time I submit a report about a dangerous street or intersection, the engineer tells me it can't be fixed because that would impact traffic flow or parking. The City Council recently declared safety as transportation's highest priority, but the engineers still prioritize traffic flow.

"Mansion tax bad," says man clearly sitting in big mansion

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Unbelievable thread. (You should be following Emma btw.)

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

"Simply put, the Geometry Problem is that cars are much bigger than humans. ... these physical differences mean that when we optimize places for cars, they end up not working well (or working at all) for any other mode. They become *car-only* places." Great post, lays it out very clearly.

Then fix it.

Last time I checked 'Prince' was still a fairly royal title

British.

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly. I wonder how they got to this editorial decision? Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies? By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

4 days of over 5000 trips in the past week

Motonormativity in action: my city's main hospital has been built miles outside the city, up by a motorway junction. You want to get there but you can't drive? Tough, your time has no value

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

This is Utrecht's reinvented Amsterdamsestraatweg. The municipality faced a unique challenge: How to transform one of the busiest car routes into a greener, more liveable space? FInd out how they did it: buff.ly/p06KxAA

1243 youth centres have closed since 2010. 42 percent of local authorities have no council-run youth centres in their area. I wonder why so many young people feel disconnected. (From harpercollins.co.uk/products/how...)

The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it. Some said it would hardly be used. Now there’s a decent case for widening it further. Induced demand is real.

Campaign chair Peter Silburn was on BBC Radio Norfolk this morning, along with local councillor Maxine Webb, to discuss the removal of cycling safety measures from the Dereham Road/Larkman Lane junction scheme. #BBCRadioNorfolk #NorfolkCountyCouncil #CyclingSafety youtu.be/1CmBK1WDz1I?...

How much money do you save by omitting pedestrian lights and white paint? Almost none. This possibly avoids land take. They need a better Design Brief. Better priorities. Absolutely the wrong decision.

Well said.

It’s official - “Nigel Farage is right, don’t vote for him” is a demonstrably awful strategy for Labour. Boosts salience of immigration, costs votes on the left, doesn’t persuade any voters on right (why would they accept a crap knock-off when they can have the original?)

Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.

On Sky News last night, talking about @zackpolanski.bsky.social 's win and why his hopeful, progressive politics can take on Reform's hate filled rhetoric. My own experience winning in a historically Conservative area shows people want real change and together, we can deliver it 💚

Absolutely loved this roundabout just as you approach one of Camden’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. It’s great fun for cycles, and gives space for drivers to turn around and not go through the filter!

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings

We all want the same thing regardless of how we get around. Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

A good prediction.

The centre of Bradford works are AMAZING for this

Motherfucking wind farms…

If the BBC was doing its job, it would note in its coverage of Reform that 92% of the party's donations come from the fossil fuel industry.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Please help Queensbury Tunnel Society raise £6,500 for the ‘pre-action stage’ of a Judicial Review of the Government's decision www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-qu...

*** New Blog Post *** In which I visit Bradford, marvel and the Big Red Bridge and look at a project I was involved with. Definitely a place you should visit. therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/07/bril...