I often wonder what happens to the driver of one of these things in the right. When one of these things on the left collides with it at speed
Danny Williams
@mrdannyw.bsky.social
Transport and journeys, working on policy things. Based London, Yorkshire and Sussex. (Available in 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷a bit of🇨🇭and learning 🇪🇸)
Heard a new expression today when I bumped into lots of people looking for hire bikes: “I guess lots of people are ‘liming’ today because it’s so hot on the tube”
Cricket was on at the Oval in London this week. It was pouring with rain. This is just one of five parking bays for the cricket fans to get to the ground (unfortunately taking most of the pavement rather than taking up storage spaces on the road. Is it time we talked about e-vehicle storage space?)
In crashes, high-fronted cars typically strike adult pedestrians above the centre of gravity, often first hitting vital organs. The higher the vehicle front the more likely a person will be knocked under the car, rather than pushed to the side, at speeds of up to 50 km/h. 3/
NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears. This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash. 🧵
We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road. Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%. (Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
Dude, where’s my road ? In the Bois de Vincennes in Paris, they closed a road and replaced it with a wide lane for bikes and pedestrians - but not as wide as the road before, now there is a bit more green around it ;)
Nice to see the England cricket team hop on e-bikes to cycle to their game against the West Indies at the Oval in London last night www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-i...
London traffic chaos makes West Indies late for Oval ODI as England cycle in
Traffic-light outage near the ground causes issue for team bus on journey from Chelsea
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35% fewer collisions & 36% fewer casualties on London roads that have been dropped to new 20mph limit. No evidence it increases congestion. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
More 20mph roads on way for London after injuries and collisions are cut by a third
Research commissioned by TfL on the safety benefits of 20mph has given the green light for more speed cuts
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I’m not sure I have ever seen this sign used in the UK anywhere else. Seen it plenty of times overseas
More shots of the Chertsey - Woking cycle path (shared cycle path and foot way. As you can see, Surrey County Council has not been particularly interested in maintaining the asset
There is a cycle path between Chertsey and Woking in Surrey. This section of it nearly killed me today. I was approaching slowly when a car came out from the right. There’s simply zero room to brake safely in that context
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Life-affirming account in the FT of a father and son's weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, riding @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social on routes from my book Lost Lanes North www.ft.com/content/2446...
My post-cancer joy ride in the Yorkshire Dales
In celebration of a clean bill of health, novelist Ben Markovits set out to tackle one of the toughest routes with his son
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Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply. Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it. capx.co/coventrys-tr...
New look urban mobility in London. A cargo bike delivery on one side of the street. A cargo bike heading back into town on the other. And a large goods lorry in the background
New research shows children are 82% more likely to suffer fatal injuries in a SUV collision than one involving a car. In children under 10, the risk of being killed was 130% higher. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians'
Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK
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The City of London (the financial centre) has seen a massive change in how its streets are used. Since 2019: • - 24% private motors (exc buses + coaches) • - 15% freight vehicles • + 60% cycling • - 30% walking + wheeling www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Servi... via @lastnotlost.bsky.social
Actually amazed to see this level of granular data about individual speeding drivers is made public in NYC
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · last yr.New research by @marcelemoran.bsky.social: NYC's 10 worst speeders averaged >300 tickets *each* in 2024. 2 questions: 🔹 Why hasn't NY taken away their licenses? 🔹 Why are they still allowed to own cars (esp w/o Intelligent Speed Assist that prevents reckless speeding)? www.amny.com/news/where-d...
The country is walking and wheeling more Today's National Travel Survey shows trips walked or wheeled up 7% in 2024, compared to 2019🧑🦽🚶♀️ While average distance was up 13% to 230 miles a year 💪 This is progress as we work to make active travel a safe everyday choice for all
Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%. 👍 www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
Comune di Bologna
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This is quite interesting from New York City: "Buses with Automated Camera Enforcement, which the MTA introduced last year, move 5 percent faster and get into 20 percent fewer bus crashes in bus-only lanes and busways" nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/25/f...
Freeze Frame: Fixed Cameras Are Speeding Up Buses In And Out of Bus Lanes - Streetsblog New York City
The expansion of bus-mounted traffic enforcement cameras is yielding faster and safer trips for bus riders, the MTA said.
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Birds-eye view of the road works on Lambeth Bridge, London. As you can see, the bridge has one way for motor vehicles , the other lane is being worked on. There are temporary cycle tracks in both directions during the road works
This used to be a two way street for motor vehicles. Now a small scheme is being built to make it a two-way quiet route for people cycling and one way for cars (Clapham, London)
