Andrew

@realspleen.bsky.social

Interested in Active Travel, Architecture, Arts, Hospitality Design, music. Frustrated by the failure of the UK on most things I care about. Instagram: @spleenster creeddesign.co.uk to see how I spent my working hours

The UK Government have taken a massive majority and continuously failed to take any positive actions for the benefit of UK society. Alienating all areas of the electorate in such a short time takes an epic amount of idiocy.

Introducing my new Share the Road Score (SRS) equation. Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally. SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)

Share the road score calculator table.

The Council have put out the draft Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for consultation, until the 17th September. This plan sets out their long-term vision & priorities for improving walking, wheeling & cycling routes across the city. consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...

Have your say on our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Leicester - Leicester City Council - Citizen Space

This site contains consultations that are run by Leicester City Council .

consultations.leicester.gov.uk

#TCRNo11 Victor Bosoni is the first rider to complete. The field is still spread out across Europe, an amazing endeavour for all participants. VB stats are epic, taking 10days, 16hours and 46minutes, the average moving speed was 26.66km/h over 4835km of mixed terrain. Chapeau! is an understatement.

A map of Europe showing the start of TCR No 11 in the north west corner of Spain and the end on a beach on Romania's Black Sea coast. A string of dots represent the passage of riders along the course still strung out along the self selected routes.

Following the dots on the Transcontinental Continental Race No.11 😳 Nearly 5000kms over 10 days and who wins rests on a bridge that can’t be crossed and a ferry that may not run. Incredible

🙌 Nearly a thousand of you have taken our action calling for cycling to be remembered when it comes to a traffic free Oxford Street! 🧑‍💻 For those of you who haven't, help make that call even stronger by taking the action today: bit.ly/44pO9D4

Say YES to a traffic-free Oxford Street, but demand decent cycleways in the West End

Take our 1-minute action on Oxford Street! YES we want a traffic-free Oxford Street – but what about cycling?! Mayor & Westminster need to be bold and build cycleways north & south of Oxford Street

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A quick post for #bikesky this image is of my commuting bike on a bridge over the canal in Leicestershire, Uk. I ride to work around 200 times a year, around 10km each way. This is one of the nicer parts of the route after I have left the city and traffic behind.

A red drop bar bicycle with rack and pannier leans against the old brick wall of a hump-backed bridge over a canal with a lock gate seen in the distance

“Current approaches are failing to properly assess escalating planetary risks or help control them. Planetary solvency applies the established approaches of risk professionals to our life-support system and finds it in jeopardy" - Prof. Tim Lenton www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries

Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Graphic showing a 9m track for metros can move as many people as a 175m wide road for cars.