Karen Lucas

@drkarenlucas.bsky.social

540 followers 220 following 13 posts

Anti-poverty activist, transport & mobility poverty expert - academic researcher, dog lover and proud grandmother

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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 10d

I went to Bristol Zoo project today for my grandson’s 3rd birthday. Last time I was there I was 14. Look at the trousers!!!

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 12d

Well deserved

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 12d

I’m really not happy about this reinvigoration of the nuclear way to energy production. What about the waste?

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · Oct 24

Great talk by Danny last night. Are we too crisis obsessed?

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Eda Beyazit @edabeyazit.bsky.social · Sep 19

Have you seen the latest volume of @journaltpt.bsky.social covering a range of discussions from on-demand services to decarbonisation. I also wrote an editorial for the section on Human Factors in Transport Full article: Editorial: human factors in transport www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · Aug 7

▶️ WATCH BACK: Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships

Our research café with @mui-uom.bsky.social‬ is now available to watch back on YouTube.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

@heritagemcr.bsky.social‬
@lybeck.bsky.social‬
@drkarenlucas.bsky.social‬
@uomhums.bsky.social‬

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · Jul 14

🚨New paper 🚨 In "beyond the 15-minute city' @caglarkoksal.com @graemesherriff.bsky.social and I draw together our experiences of working on proximity based Planning in different methodological contexts. /1

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Beyond the 15-minute city: Methodological lessons for proximity-based planning from two English case studies

The 15-minute city (15MC) popularises an older idea: that everyday destinations should be within a short, walkable or cyclable distance. Treating that…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 11

More car spreading news: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example

www.theguardian.com

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School of Environment, Education, and Development @uomseed.bsky.social · Jun 4

"The new buses bill will finally put a halt to the decimation of socially necessary services [...] This is a good first step in the right direction, but more local action is needed"

- Prof @drkarenlucas.bsky.social, Director of @mui-uom.bsky.social reacts to the Bus Services Bill.

Government protects thousands of miles of bus services from being scrapped

Bus Services Bill will give local leaders the power to shape the bus services their communities rely on.

www.gov.uk

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thoughts on what my dear?

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · May 12

New Publication Alert 📢Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis - with @iaindocherty.bsky.social - Please read and share! @sfrost.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis

This paper examines how the UK transport governance system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what this reveals about its capacity for transformat…

www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Hyun S. Shin, Roger Keil, Beth Perry , and 8 more Hyun S. Shin, Roger Keil, Beth Perry, Rafael H. M. Pereira, Margreet Zwarteveen, Karen Lucas, Jennifer Clark, Patrick Rérat, Raquel Rolnik, İan Mell, Evert Meijers

Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · Apr 15

📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now!

This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.

Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...

Deadline 16th July 2025

USF International Fellowships 2025 - deadline 16th July 2025

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Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · Apr 1

🌟 Just published!
"Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" in Social & Cultural Geography👉 ow.ly/zSoR50Vs18O
Dr Eda Beyazit & Prof Karen Lucas, former #USFInternationalFellow & mentor

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · Mar 30

New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

urldefense.com

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · Feb 27

Did this yesterday. Hope it makes a difference parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Parliamentlive.tv

Transport Committee

parliamentlive.tv

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Dec 16

🚴 How can we build a transport system that's healthier, greener, and more inclusive?

Our latest issue of the Progressive Review brings together leading voices to reimagine Britain’s transport for a sustainable future.

📖 Read it for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · Dec 16

Registered vehicles on UK roads:

1991: 20 million

2023: 41.2 million

Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · Dec 15

It’s getting better. My old gang are finding me here in this new space & I am grateful for that. But I had 3k flowered on X and I need then to be here to be effective. So sign up and follow and leave the old shit behind.!

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · Dec 15

As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Dec 13

A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Dec 12

Latest paper from our upcoming Progressive Review issue.

An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇

Decarbonisation pathways for UK transport

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Emma Banister @emmabanister.bsky.social · Dec 12

We now have FOUR episodes of #MethodsTalk available. open.spotify.com/show/60TyhNN...

Methods Talk

Podcast · Methods@Manchester · Methods Talk is the methods@manchester podcast. Methods@manchester is a University of Manchester initiative focused on supporting interdisciplinary and innovative metho...

open.spotify.com

Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · Dec 12

It’s disgusting!!!

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Prof Charles Musselwhite @charliemuss.bsky.social · Dec 11

My presentation at the excellent, TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England, Cardiff, last week.
This is my keynote presentation highlighting that we need to see transport much more from a person-based perspective, bring in the social and bring in community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J6...

Putting Communities and People at the Heart of Transport Decision-Making

YouTube video by Charles Musselwhite

www.youtube.com

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Thérèse Bajada @bajadat.bsky.social · Dec 11

t.ly/OlOAc #book #abstracts #tourism #research #scopingexercise #green #travel #planning #malta

MALTA24 Mediterranean Tourism Conference Abstracts_FINAL.pdf

t.ly

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Traffic in Towns @trafficintowns.bsky.social · Dec 11

“…traffic noise is steadily developing into a major nuisance, seriously prejudicial to the general enjoyment of towns, destructive of the amenities of dwellings on a wide scale ”
#TrafficInTowns
https://buff.ly/3B9204Q

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · Dec 11

This study adds to the growing body of evidence about the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality. Now how to change people's minds because I still see people proudly posting pictures of their cosy fire? As I said yesterday I am that disappointed guy...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Air pollution: Wood burners more polluting than traffic - Birmingham research

Birmingham researchers say they have found wood burning at home is more polluting than traffic.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · Dec 11

📢 We are looking for someone to join us on a part-time basis to manage our Research for Transformation Lab, a new initiative to forge direct links between the research and teaching of GDI and real world solutions.

More about this exciting opportunity: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Dec 11

📢Call for Papers 📢
AtGender Conf, 9-12 July, Barcelona

Interested in how urban commoning and grassroots political infrastructures reimagine justice and care, reshaping the geographies of urban life?

Do get in touch if you are interested!
📝Send your abstract by 18 Dec
♦️Submission guidlines 🔽

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Phil Jones @phil-pja.bsky.social · Dec 10

Brilliant framing by @20splenty.bsky.social.

A post by 20sPlenty giving casualty data for Wales, showing 489 fewer people were killed or injured in the 9 months post-implementation, compared to a year before.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Dec 10

New study from IIHS shows that car bloat is dangerous even at low speeds:

If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.

If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.

www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

Vehicle height compounds dangers of speed for pedestrians

New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds.

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