Robert Weetman and @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social have just announced the first dates for their two-day masterclass in better side road junction design (19th & 26th October). Costs and booking details will follow, but we've posted an update on LinkedIn this morning. www.linkedin.com/posts/cityin...

Coming soon – Pedestrian-friendly side road junctions online masterclass Robert Weetman and Mark Philpotts are excited to launch dates for their first two-day online expert workshop exploring their… ...

Coming soon – Pedestrian-friendly side road junctions online masterclass Robert Weetman and Mark Philpotts are excited to launch dates for their first two-day online expert workshop exploring their p...

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Here's the A337 - the main north-south highway route through the New Forest and frankly, the most realistic alignment for a cycle route. The photos are in the same general area, but the second one from a car because it was too risky to cycle for a site visit, even for battle-hardened folks.

The continuous cycle route between Breda and Etten-Leur was ahead of its time when it opened in 2004. More than 20 years later, it has been improved again: a new cycle tunnel now replaces a busy level crossing. That story in this week’s post and video.

Cycle Tunnel Replaces a Level Crossing in Breda

People who visit the Netherlands for the first time to see and experience the cycling environment often describe being “blown away” by all that they see. But recurring visitors say something similar too. To their pleasant surprise, they often notice the continuous improvements to the cycling infrastructure. In today’s post, I have a fine example of just such an improvement.

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Robert Weetman and @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social have just announced the first dates for their two-day masterclass in better side road junction design (19th & 26th October). Costs and booking details will follow, but we've posted an update on LinkedIn this morning. www.linkedin.com/posts/cityin...

Coming soon – Pedestrian-friendly side road junctions online masterclass Robert Weetman and Mark Philpotts are excited to launch dates for their first two-day online expert workshop exploring their… ...

Coming soon – Pedestrian-friendly side road junctions online masterclass Robert Weetman and Mark Philpotts are excited to launch dates for their first two-day online expert workshop exploring their p...

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Great Scott! Lego now has a tandem.

Founded in 2017 by Mark Philpotts, we are a micro highway engineering and planning consultancy which can help you deliver sustainable mobility and better streets. There's plenty of information on our website, but in the meantime, take a look at our flyer! cityinfinity.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Tiendenplein, Goes, Netherlands. A roundabout within a roundabout which is a little over the top for cycling, but part of a great city network that separates cycle traffic from general traffic - this is known as "unravelling" modes. #FridayFun

The Sint-Annatunnel in Antwerp was opened in 1933 to provide a crossing for pedestrians under the Scheldt to connect the older part of the city with the expanding area to the south-west. Cycling at walking pace was first permitted in 1995. #FridayFun

Here's a useful mapping system for deprivation in England. We're using it as part of assessing pedestrian crossing sites where we're interested in the physical and demographic metrics of a site, rather than counting who is crossing now: deprivation.communities.gov.uk 1/2

Local Deprivation Explorer 2025

Explore the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation with interactive maps and visualisations. Learn about deprivation in your local neighbourhood and compare areas across 10 categories of deprivation incl...

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Newham's Westfield Avenue scheme recognised here for the incredibly smooth surface on the new Olympic Park Ave cycleway—and because cycles don't damage the road in the same way that cars do, this surface will last for years. A great investment that also cuts off a rat-run through a residential area.

City Infinity@cityinfinity.bsky.social · 3w ago

Olympic Park Avenue Bridge in the East Village of London's Olympic Park where a refit has changed the layout to provide one-way for traffic on the eastern side of the bridge and a two-way cycle track on the western side, and with some of the smoothest asphalt laid in the UK. Glorious. #FridayFun

Olympic Park Avenue Bridge in the East Village of London's Olympic Park where a refit has changed the layout to provide one-way for traffic on the eastern side of the bridge and a two-way cycle track on the western side, and with some of the smoothest asphalt laid in the UK. Glorious. #FridayFun

In which @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social shows why we should pay attention to every detail of street design down to the steepness of the ramp where vehicles cross pavements. If we care about older and disabled people getting around safely, and obviously I think we should, this stuff matters.

The Ranty Highwayman@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the summer edition of Highways Magazine, I get back to basics and look at getting vehicle crossings right. Too many highway authorities are not doing their job right here. Digital issue available online (signup needed). www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk

This week's early starts have been me getting across London to look at school streets in Brent, and this morning, I caught this wonderful scene of people using a street in scheme I designed. As intended. ☺️ @cityinfinity.bsky.social Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Here's a video about the problem from last year on the @cityinfinity.bsky.social YouTube channel: youtu.be/oHDwgtCPiKU?...

Getting Vehicle Crossovers Right

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In the summer edition of Highways Magazine, I get back to basics and look at getting vehicle crossings right. Too many highway authorities are not doing their job right here. Digital issue available online (signup needed). www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk

The legislation backing school streets (pedestrian and cycle zones) give full rights to people to walk where they like - they cannot obstruct permitted drivers passing, but those drivers are guests and should behave as such.

The Ranty Highwayman@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week's early starts have been me getting across London to look at school streets in Brent, and this morning, I caught this wonderful scene of people using a street in scheme I designed. As intended. ☺️ @cityinfinity.bsky.social Crossposted with @openvibe.social

There are now four ‘Dutch Style’ roundabouts in Britain, Cambridge (2020), Sheffield (2024), Chichester and Hemel Hempstead (both 2025). How well do they work? And are they suitable for building anywhere? I explored these questions at Active County conference earlier in the week. (more...)

Always nice to see some of my work in the wild and being used. We're going to need more bays @cityinfinity.bsky.social

Active Travel England has at last published its rural design guide; www.gov.uk/government/p... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Designing accessible rural active travel - GOV.UK

Guidance on planning and designing walking, wheeling and cycling routes and facilities in rural areas.

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Cycleway 2 at Mile End, London. The strategic cycle route is maintained through a large roadworks site with space taken from the carriageway to protect people cycling as they negotiate the temporary traffic signals. #FridayFun

Making public transport fully accessible would improve people's lives AND boost the economy! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Making public transport fully accessible ‘could boost UK economy by £176bn’

Report says current network of buses, trains and stations effectively locks 2.8m people out of workforce

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Where’s the most cycle-friendly place to work in Cambridge - in terms of the route to get there and the cycle parking on site? If you work in a place that stands out, let us know!

The hottest, sweatiest and most unpleasant part of cycling to work. Not the cycle, the Silvertown Cycle Shuttle. No wind on the bike to cool me down and the bus has sat in the sun for ten minutes before you get on. Mad really, as like any tunnel Silvertown is actually quite cool underground.

Whether you're new to the subject or a seasoned practitioner wanting to sharpen their skills, we are running PTRC's "On-street Parking Scheme Design: Essential Knowledge" course. The next session is planned for 30th September with more in 2027: www.ptrc-training.co.uk/training/tra...

Time to #BridgeTheFuture cityinfinity.co.uk/2024/07/08/b...

Sickos Haha Yes

ALT: Sickos Haha Yes

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Tonight’s Hammersmith & Fulham Cabinet meeting has just voted to approve their officers’ recommendation not to pour any more time or energy into the doomed effort to bring cars back over the river here. ✨ It’s a major moment for west London this, and it will soon be looked back on as Good, Actually

Claridge Way in Thamesmead, London. If you look closely, this T-junction is actually formed from cycle tracks with separate footways, and provides a traffic-free access route to Hawksmoor School. #FridayFun

With #London's #HammersmithBridge in the news again this morning, it looks like the politicians are catching up with engineering reality. It's time for the Podway that we helped Possible design: cityinfinity.co.uk/2024/07/08/b...

Bridging The Future

Engineers don’t talk about their projects enough and so in the first of an irregular series of posts, we want to bring you some little stories about what we have been working on. OK, it&#8217…

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I originally started filming Utrecht because of its cycling infrastructure. Looking back over seventeen years of footage, I realised I have documented something much bigger: the transformation of an entire city. Blog, video and playlist:

Utrecht: Seventeen Years of Change

When I first started filming in Utrecht in 2009, I had no idea I would still be documenting the city seventeen years later. Looking back through my archive, I realised how well I can show just how much has changed during that time. Few cities transform overnight, but Utrecht has changed remarkably in less than two decades.

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In the June edition of #Highways, I think about getting serious about #VisionZero, why the UK government's road safety strategy falls short and what if we included more than safety in the discussion. Digital issue available here: www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/latest-issues

Just for fun, did a timeline of organisations publishing sustainable transport knowledge by their founding decade. transportknowledge.net/index.php/Ti...