A rare example of a quality full redesign of a street in Italy. Via Amedei, Mantova. First pic, how it was, i.e. the typical oversized street of postwar peripheries. Other 3 pics: how it's now, turned one-way, depaved and traffic-calmed.

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Should probably be more talk in commentary about the LibDems, quietly holding on to the places taken from the Conservatives over the last 4 years and as a result potentially at a GE stopping a Reform/Con coalition being possible.

The next few weeks will see hundreds of newly-elected Reform councillors panicking when they realise their council isn't spending millions on DEI, and managing local authority finances is actually quite hard.

Wow, I can't believe Labour's tactic of yelling "DON'T VOTE FOR THESE GREEN CUNTS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS, VOTE FOR US, WE HATE IMMIGRANTS IN A BETTER WAY THAN REFORM!" hasn't led to them keeping all their council seats.

When Liberal Democrat councils are doing this well, it’s no surprise even Kemi Badenoch wants a share of the credit.

This is an amazing thread.

Before we built the protected cycle lanes,the peak bike flow was about 2000, we’re now regularly clocking 6000.

WATCH this video to understand better why positive and badly needed change in cities can be so HARD AND CONTROVERSIAL, at least INITIALLY when proposed (spoiler — quite often that change becomes popular, or just not noticed much at all, after implementation and once the “status quo bias” wears off."

Green Pastures: 3rd and 4th access points on the TPT made "compliant" by removing A-frames & horse step-through boxes. Funded by Defra - Mersey Valley Way www.merseyriverstrust.org/projects/pro... @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @stockportcouncil.bsky.social

Ends in a shared use Walking and cycling path!

All these people live and work in West Yorkshire

Banning children from social media is like building car-centric cities and then forcing children to take traffic safety classes. We need social media platforms and spaces designed safe for children, not adults who create shit and then try to regulate the children.

Reminded of a great @jgrantglover.bsky.social banger

I should also mention, given how disappointed I've been in this government, that this is probably the most important issue facing us today and it is the one area where the government's performance has been very impressive. Thank fuck for Ed Miliband.

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...

Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.

This is still one of my favourite videos ever, perfectly explaining the staggering amount of public money that’s going into NOT solving traffic congestion. “It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit." Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

I tried to write about the underlying reason why everyone hates their council And they may have no idea about it open.substack.com/pub/cllrdrna...

"Local safe streets advocate has more photos of bike lanes, crosswalks and intersections than of his family from recent vacation." www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...

While reliance on the canal is sub-optimal, it is still #NCN66. #Oldham council is consultating on a link from the canal up into Chadderton which is potentially an important commuting route.

Hell World. Hell World. Hell World.

Five Million Rides and Counting: Paris’s Busiest Bike Lane Sets Record. momentummag.com/five-million...

Times New Roman is back? I don’t believe it until I hear @ellecordova.bsky.social say it.

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.