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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith

@samsterby.com

Green Party councillor for Old Moat, Manchester. Active travel troublemaker. Wizened software engineer. Own views. He/Him Promoted by Sean Duggan on behalf of Sam Easterby-Smith (Green Party), at 36 Manchester Road, Manchester. M21 9PH

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Jack@jacklikesfilm.bsky.social · last wk.

Labour simply don't believe they should have to be questioned on areas where they've failed, and this is one where they've been an utter disgrace for years She skipped the environmental one on Friday as well. They don't give a shit, and believe they should just win by default.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm hearing Bev Craig didn't turn up to the hustings in Greater Manchester this evening organised by the Forum of Muslim Organisations. After years of complicity in a genocide Labour won't even acknowledge, it's a great shame they couldn't even show up and explain themselves.

Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith@samsterby.com · last wk.

Every time someone digs up a main road in Manchester, they find the old tram lines buried beneath the pavement. And I cry at what we could have had.

A dug up section of road. The layers of tarmac have been cut away to reveal a tram track. A few bits of litter have been thrown in the hole.
Adam Tranter@adamtranter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cities dismantled their tram networks to become “motor cities of the future”. The result? You could travel further within 30 mins via public transport in 1957 than you can in 2026. Cities are seeking billions to rebuild networks. Incredible piece of work this.

Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith@samsterby.com · last wk.

I absolutely love how this has been done. This used to be two (terrifying) lanes of car traffic. The new arrangement is better for everyone 👍

Dutch Cycling Embassy@dutchcycling.nl · last wk.

This 384-metre route runs under Montpellier's iconic square and is only for bikes. With this solution, cyclists can cross the center without conflicts or interaction with traffic. This increases safety and efficiency for cycle traffic. 📸 @arthur.lansonneur on Instagram

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 2w ago

I'm a firm believer that if your "straightforward", "simple" street layout requires a 1 minute instructional video to try and explain what the ambiguous signs and all that paint on the road wants you to do, it's not nearly as straightforward and simple as you imagine it is.

The City of Edinburgh Council@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 2w ago

Two stage right turns for cyclists have been introduced on Summerhall. This will make it safer and easier for cyclists to turn right onto Hope Park Terrace and from the opposite direction on Summerhall, right onto Melville Drive.

Caroline Russell@carolinerussell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Parking places close to junctions and at places where people may want to cross should be removed, so people can see, and be seen by, oncoming traffic. Accepting the danger posed by parked cars as inevitable shows the government does not take reducing road danger at all seriously.

Solve the School Run@solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 2w ago

This insanely out-of-touch government advice for kids on how to cross the road safely would be laughable if it weren't for the 443 children injured on London's roads each year.

Laura Laker@lauralaker.bsky.social · 2w ago

I broke this story two weeks ago for @cyclingelectric.bsky.social - good to see it get wider pickup www.cyclingelectric.com/news/police-...

Call for education as police crush road-legal, council-funded Tern HSD e-bike

A legal e-bike, mistakenly seized and destroyed by West Midlands Police as part of a crackdown on illegal electric motorcycles

cyclingelectric.com

Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike@gazza-d.bsky.social · 2w ago

Can you imagine the uproar if someone's legal car was seized and immediately crushed because some woodentop made a mistake? And the Police don't even apologise or accept they made a mistake. It's good to see this go mainstream. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gareth Dennis@garethdennis.uk · 3w ago

For those who don't know... Any alternative to full electrification will be more expensive (if it works at all) if you run any of the following on a given stretch of railway: ⚡ ⭕ fast services (120km/h+) ⏱️ frequent services (6tph+) 📦 freight services (any)

a tweet from Modern Railways grandee Roger Ford reading: "The basic problem with the Class 810 is that EMR ordered a train that didn't exist from a manufacturer with no experience of that type of duty. The train had to match the 125 mile/h performance of the Class 222 - both diesel powered and under the wires. Was it a bi-mode too far?"
Gareth Dennis@garethdennis.uk · 3w ago

Last week, the @neweconomics.bsky.social released a report into quick transport wins to ease the cost of living for as many as possible. The headlines are around railcards and bus fare caps, but supporting them is a heap of analysis I've done that uncovers much about the state of today's railway.

a young woman rides a bus, with the text reading "free bus travel would save young people £155 a year"a man waits on a platform, with overlaid text reading "a national railcard would save people £82 a year"a busy street with a bus passing, with overlaid text reading "£1 bus cap would save 31 million people £60 a year"a clipped cover of a report, titled GETTING MOVING ON THE COST OF LIVING, a plan to bring down bus and rail fares