Nailed it @implausibleblog.bsky.social How wise Britain was to do its own thing…NOT!

Luckily no station name change needed here as this @hkmtr.bsky.social station was named after a nearby street, Prince Edward West Road (named in 1922 after a very different royal).

Greetings from the #transitmapping symposium in #hongkong. A superbly informative day looking at transit hubs and wayfinding. Bravo to organisers @richardarchambault.com and Jug Cerovic for gathering so many transit map designers from around the world. :-)

Never ever allow these monster machines onto the UK roads or anywhere else. Remember “SUV” stands for: #StupendouslyUnnecessaryVehicle

Know anyone suggesting Refuk has the answers? Just get them to read this please: www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Having gone through the dramas of my mum’s care home and end of life, my heart goes out to those Lancashire families worried by what Fürage foot soldiers will do.

Geoquiz: where am I? Clue: here to attend a big event in #transit world.

Stating to get the “Refuk” reference more and more First UKIP ruin the country with Brexit…next Fürage wasn’t to Re-fuk us with right wing populism.

Wise words from @garethdennis.uk and some stunning images out of Sydney.

Brilliant If only it wasn’t so utterly gut wrenching

So not quite the grassroots, spontaneous outpouring Fürage boasted about then!! No surprise there then!

Could the next step for @tfgmbeenetwork.bsky.social #Manchester #transit to start building an #underground metro to supplement trams, buses and trains? This guy thinks yes. www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/does... Have been saying so for decades (my map from 2005ish) versus their suggestions.

Yep I missed that too Tim and makes interesting reading.

We subsidise the rich while they deceive us with fake promises of table crumbs that never come.

This is alarming to say the least! So the dreadful right wing Kruger creature is now against “LGBT-supporting” parties. If you have any friends even toying with supporting Reform…let the know what the Fuürage brigade really stand for!

Very good

A good idea (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... ) but this is crazy: “the cost to be covered through an extra £5 added to everyone's gas and electricity bill”. Even MPs say the utilities should take that hit from their vast profits but the useless regulator @ofwat.bsky.social don’t agree. Why not?

Always a pleasant surprise to see a large golden cock…eral close up. This one adorned the top of #Chichester cathedral for 300 years. Actually fascinating to see that it retained some of its detailing despite the weathering and presumably fairly salty marine breezes!

www.theguardian.com/business/202...? BUT (seen elsewhere): “The Food Foundation found supermarkets maintained “stable” and “healthy” profits worth tens if not hundreds of millions despite inflationary pressures. Supermarket CEOs are receiving annual salaries of between £855,000 and nearly £10m”

Odd to see my 20 year old play on the tube map go viral today! But huge thanks to reporter Qasim Peracha or @mylondonnews.bsky.social for posting the story :-) www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

Exactly! Poor diddyums big business. How dare they be asked to pay a tiny bit more tax (of the money they made from us) and of course they should put up their prices to compensate for a minute extra contribution to the country. Not a single penny of profit can be sacrificed.

@lucympowell.bsky.social PLEASE make this win count Lucy! We desperately need to deliver: * cutting/control utility bills * taxing the super rich (not penalising the poorest) * major investment in public transport (rail/bus/tram/tube/ferry fare reductions) * green jobs Investments in people! :-)

Haha! Well now perhaps someone will be lobbying for some common sense to prevail?

Worth passing on

Trains be should not be more expensive than planes.

Author and broadcaster Andrew Martin explains his childhood fascination with trains and how he went on to write many railway related books and programmes. He's now the host of Reading On Trains, a #substack with a superb range of topics. www.vectisradio.com/podcast/catc...

Fűrage the architect of Brexit should be being parodied and prosecuted not praised.

An amusing take on an act of #vandalism by the OrangeBuffoon.

For those of us creating content: of any type this rings very true.

Dear #RachelReeves: look and learn. Many of the super rich have even been petitioning you to do this. Please don’t penalise the poorest again! Set the bar high: any net worth over £10million should contribute more!

lol!

Wow!

Has anywhere else seen a spurt of late blooming autumn sunflowers round their way? 3 different locations here across #IsleofWight all come up in last few weeks. Beautiful, but unusual? :-)

Meet the guy who wasn’t happy with existing #transit diagrams and wanted to design his own! Short video below and full interview here on the CATCH-cast: VectisRadio.com/podcast/catch-cast-with-mark-ovenden/

Cautious optimism it seems.

Fűrage wants US style “health insurance” in the British NHS. Let’s just be clear what that means. Image from Quora.

On the wish list already.

Some common sense prevailing at last about the completely futile and damaging continued expansion of roads. Better #publictransport can solve these problems!

Delighted to have received from some kind anonymous benefactor this extremely clever piece of art: a composite of six vintage #TubeMaps. Thanks to whoever took the time to post it and look out for more by “subline_london” (on instagram). Just 250 of these apparently sneaked into general circulation!

Call it out for it is

Good to see this. Now we need some joint action across all publicly owned operators to tackle the ticketing and fares please?! At very least why not introduce a rail card which gives discounts to all #GBR fares? Too complex right now maybe, but worth considering?

lol love this parody of one of my fave episodes and songs from #TheSimpsons.

Network Rail workers still have great sense of humour.

There’s no other word for it…

How many #maps have there been on album covers? Cartographer Damien Saunder knows! His wonderful new book Maps On Vinyl: An Atlas of Album Cover Maps shows over 400! He explains how he collected them, and the joys of putting together his superb new book here: www.vectisradio.com/podcast/catc...

This is clearly not good news for #transport #transit www.railwaygazette.com/policy/20bn-...

In words of Laura Linney (#TrumanShow): “DO SOMETHING”! Labour leadership must turn 180 degrees. Re-embrace socialist values rather than pandering to big businesses/persecuting poorest. Where’s action on utility bills? Where’s the wealth tax? Why no Green deal? Wake up or RacistReform will triumph!

Millions of people do not agree with these dreadful, divisive creatures. Embrace diversity! Do share!

Well: this just brought a tear to the eye on a fresh Monday morning! Please watch till the end, it’s uplifting words from an inspirational person.

This is just a foretaste of what FarRight’s RefUK would do:

Who’s bank-rolling millionaire FarRight Fürage? And more importantly why? Those backers will want a return on their money if this dreadful con-man wins any more influence. Undoubtedly that will be: more fossil fuels, more power, more greed. Have that conversation now with anyone tempted by this man!