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Chartered town planner and trainee theologian
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Gareth Roberts
4 days ago
Anglophone visitors to Wales often seem weirdly obsessed with "Dim Parcio". But—from an etymological point of view—parcio is honestly far less interesting than it might look. The much less promising looking Welsh word "car" (which means "car") turns out to be quite a bit more interesting... 🧵
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what's the besr place to look for reliable heat pump advice?
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Matthew Holehouse
4 days ago
It is a "boost for Burnham", but it's much more a boost for the principle that if you stick to a regional growth strategy for 30+ years you can see productivity and living standard improvements at the end of it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Manchester sees biggest rise in living standards in boost for Burnham
The share of underprivileged inner-city neighbourhoods across the country has fallen significantly since 2010, driven by changes in big cities – such as Manchester, Liverpool and London
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/andy-burnham-manchester-deprivation-cities-b2980188.html
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Sardonicus
8 days ago
Men at work in the south crypt of Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, 1938
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Smart phones are given the greatest blame here
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Rail Focus - Chris 🏳️🌈
9 days ago
All with Government support. Job removal scam ✅ Making taxis less accessible ✅ Making congestion worse ✅ Endangering lives ✅ Breaking laws ✅ Wealth transfer to tech giants ✅ Literally zero redeemable features
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Hmm. I'm not sure Whitehall would simply stop being a barrier to getting things done locally, which it has successfully been for at least 40 years, just because there is a new PM.
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Peter Norton
13 days ago
Even in engineering reports, the prejudice is pervasive: transportation policy must prioritize drivers because Americans prefer to drive. The void of historical amnesia is filled with contrived pasts that excuse this presupposition, perpetuating public policies that deter everything but driving. ...
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Niall Huggan
13 days ago
Born on this day in 1889, Paul Nash was a British surrealist painter & war artist, as well as a photographer, writer & designer of applied art. Nash was considered a fine book illustrator, and designed stage scenery, fabrics & posters. 'Wood on the Downs' (1929)
#art
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European Space Agency
16 days ago
Happy
#EuropeDay
from orbit! 🇪🇺 On 9 May, Europe Day reminds us of something our astronauts witness every day from 400 km above: a continent of remarkable diversity, bound together by shared skies 🧪🌍
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Andrew Sissons
17 days ago
Rather than endlessly debating why the state is broken, we could just try reversing Osborne-ism
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Lovd this, but to be fair it was over 20 years ago. And, as far as I can see, remains unique in Seoul. Seoul is good at access to green space ...
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Long may we remain members
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Friends of the Earth Australia
21 days ago
"About 140 data centres are in the queue to be connected to Britain's power grid, & their combined energy requirements are estimated to be more than the current peak electricity use for the entire country."
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2606448...
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'Mad rush' to build data centres will hike bills and risk blackouts
Ian Pirie from Havering Friends of the Earth explains why the data centre boom should alarm communities, highlighting soaring power demand, water…
https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/26064487.hidden-environmental-cost-data-centre-expansion/
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How trains SHOULD be
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The answer to British malaise has been clear since 1980 and yet not ONE Westminster political party has ever tried it.
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sick public transit, gloria
22 days ago
makes a convincing case of the army of American engineers who bulldozed thru Western Europe and South Pacific during WWII directly translating their tools and skills back home to postwar urban renewal, suburbanization, and environmental clearance. if it worked there, why can’t it work back home?
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I don't really get this. We heard exactly the same during the 1980s and we ended up the economy most hurt by 2008.
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Luke Raikes
25 days ago
And there it is...the devolution bill is an Act. Hard to comprehend how big a deal this is for devolution. It is huge step forward, and something many of us have been working toward for some time - not least the minister!
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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English Devolution Bill receives Royal Assent
Act follows on from the English Devolution White Paper, which set out government agenda for devolution.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/english-devolution-bill-receives-royal-assent
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"We should be like other countries and allow limitless building. It works so well!"
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26 days ago
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A great time for British railways .
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Dominic Stucki
29 days ago
After a failed attempt the day before, the growling of a diesel from the distance disrupts the morning calm. And then, like a ghost from the past, BB 67511 emerges from the vast dark & mystic forests of the Voges onto sunlit plains. Folks: The very last diesel loco hauled regional train of France! 😍
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Frank O'Connor
about 1 month ago
More of this combined with compulsory sales, rental & custodian squatting
#DerelictIreland
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RTÉ News
about 1 month ago
The European Commission will set out plans to cut electricity taxes and coordinate the summer refill of countries' gas storage, as it seeks to cushion the energy fallout from the Iran war.
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Europe readies response to energy crisis from Iran war
The European Commission will set out plans to cut electricity taxes and coordinate the summer refill of gas storage, as it seeks to cushion the energy fallout from the Iran war.
https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0422/1569473-energy-prices-europe/
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In that economy across the water that so many Brits seem to wish to emulate...
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Rev Peter W Nimmo
about 1 month ago
In Germany, neo-Nazis broke into and vandalized the home of a Protestant pastor known for speaking out against far right extremism. Now, that IS persecution of Christians
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Rechte Gewalt in Brandenburg: Pfarrer in Cottbus von Neonazis bedroht
Neonazis sind in Cottbus in ein Wohnhaus eingedrungen und haben dort randaliert. Im Visier: ein Pfarrer, der sich gegen Rechtsextremismus einsetzt.
https://taz.de/Rechte-Gewalt-in-Brandenburg/!6172353/
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Wow looks like part of £17 million of public money needed to purchase a shopping centre that retailers are leaving. Why is this mall worth that much then?
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Sam Stafford
about 1 month ago
“Polanski’s housing policy should be a wake-up call for Labour, which must quickly grapple with the real reasons why housing is so unaffordable in London: it has become too difficult and expensive to build anything at all.”
labourlist.org/2026/04/gree...
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'The Greens' housing policy should be a wake-up call for Labour' - LabourList
Tackling the housing crisis for good would set Labour on a clear path to victory at the next genera election.
https://labourlist.org/2026/04/green-housing-wake-up-call-labour/
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Thank you
@SarahjLonsdale.bsky.social
for this vital historical information.
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Brent Toderian
about 2 months ago
Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people more CHOICE to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
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sick public transit, gloria
about 2 months ago
excellent, comprehensive examination into Japan's railway successes by
@borners.bsky.social
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@carto-graph.bsky.social
. was flattered they linked to a couple of my Japan railway history posts on Substack to reinforce their many good points
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...
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Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine
Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-japan-has-such-good-railways/
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Tim White
about 2 months ago
Who should own the value of land? New report by Ed Shepherd and myself on the political economy of land value capture. A major research undertaking (incl 50 interviews) examining the power relations that structure how land values are (unjustly) distributed in England.
@housingevidence.bsky.social
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Who should own the value of land? Housing, power and the deep politics of land value capture - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence
https://housingevidence.ac.uk/project/who-should-own-the-value-of-land-housing-power-and-the-deep-politics-of-land-value-capture/
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Joe Brown
about 2 months ago
#OnThisDay
63 years ago the first trial public Automatic Train Operation (ATO) service commenced on The Underground. Not the Victoria Line, nor Central Line Woodford to Hainault, but Stamford Brook to Ravenscourt Park; a modified District Line R Stock train (pictured: LT Museum collection)
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Jim Waterson
about 2 months ago
I’m spending the day sitting in front of a laptop with your ex-husband, where we’re taking turns to refresh the live national grid energy stats until it shows 0% fossil fuels for the first time in history. When it happens we’ll nod and smile at each other then celebrate with a can of 0% Guinness.
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙
about 2 months ago
China has built over 50,000 km of high-speed rail since 2008. Trump has given billionaires enough tax breaks since 2016 to do this, plus give Americans free healthcare, college, and daycare. Instead, he wants to cut existing benefits while spending trillions on the military and more tax cuts.
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Urban Truth Collective
about 2 months ago
In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”
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Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work
One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/1401729/belgian-commutes-pay-off-employees-earn-up-to-e810-for-cycling-to-work
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Nail on head.
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about 2 months ago
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Mary Elkington 💙💛🇺🇦
about 2 months ago
Best thing about interrail is it covers your outbound/inbound from home - for me the £0 cost of Devon to paddington RT alone makes the "savings" This year's hols trip was to Seville. Last year's to Bari (w 2x night trains). It's best way to go. Get on board.
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Problem here is that sensible debates on this are high jacked. "Bike lanes?" "Nah. European." "Social housing?" "Nah. European. We left Europe." Repeat with "woke" etc at will
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Brent Toderian
about 2 months ago
“When mayors in other cities ask me how
#Copenhagen
afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
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Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
https://theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/what-the-world-can-learn-from-copenhagens-cycling-revolution/
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Daniel Angus
about 2 months ago
Albanese telling people to reconsider driving is incredible optics. Mate, you built a country where driving is mandatory. A country where cyclists, pedestrians, and anyone not using a car is treated as a second-class citizen. Car-dependence is baked into every major policy you have architected.
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This thread. Especially the third post.
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about 2 months ago
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Brent Toderian
about 2 months ago
In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.
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Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...
https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/utrecht-start-construction-largest-car-free-neighborhood-country-next-week
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One of the very last railways to be built. Imagine if we'd stopped road building in 1900...
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about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Daniel Rempel
about 2 months ago
For those of you wondering why we can’t have nice things.
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reposted by
David Huggins-Daines
about 2 months ago
Truth: new housing doesn't create traffic, driving creates traffic. Lie: buses are wasteful because they're empty sometimes.
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Giulio Mattioli
about 2 months ago
Fuel shortages are now discussed as a real possibility in the next weeks. If that happens, you might be interested in this study mapping the most vulnerable areas in England (because of high expenditure on car fuel, low income and poor accessibility)
twitter-thread.com/t/1134020934...
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Which areas of England would be most vulnerable to fuel price increases- e.g. from carbon pricing #CarbonTax? by @giulio_mattioli(Giulio Mattioli) | Twitter Thread Reader
Which areas of England would be most vulnerable to fuel price increases- e.g. from carbon pricing #CarbonTax? Read all about it in my new @DEMAND_CENTRE @TranspPoverty paper with @IanPhilipsITS @jil...
https://twitter-thread.com/t/1134020934505943040
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reposted by
Philip Oldfield
about 2 months ago
Pretty radical design to convert a multi-storey carpark into 111 apartments in Staffordshire I’d estimate this would save around 30% embodied carbon compared to a new build!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trouble in publicsector paradise
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about 2 months ago
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