Laura F
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Laura F
@dantsis87.bsky.social
· Nov 10
👋 hi everyone I've just made the leap from X and will be rebuilding my followers, if you follow me on X please give me a follow here thanks! #Oxford #cycling #energy #hedgehogs #urbandevelopment
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
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"We need regulation of e-bikes!!!" people scream as SUVs and trucks get larger and deadlier and people speed and drive distracted with impunity.
I'm happy to talk about e-bike regulation as long as folks agree that the *most urgent* problem is cars.
I'm happy to talk about e-bike regulation as long as folks agree that the *most urgent* problem is cars.
Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"We need regulation of e-bikes!!!" people scream as SUVs and trucks get larger and deadlier and people speed and drive distracted with impunity.
I'm happy to talk about e-bike regulation as long as folks agree that the *most urgent* problem is cars.
I'm happy to talk about e-bike regulation as long as folks agree that the *most urgent* problem is cars.
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if a street kills this many pedestrians it should get knocked down to 2 lanes, 15 mph, speed bumps, new concrete protected bike lanes, and this should happen within a few months
Calle Cesar Chavez is a high-volume arterial with a 30 mph speed limit, four general travel lanes and a notorious history of fatal crashes.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/26/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/26/s...
SE Cesar Chavez claims another victim
It's the fourth fatal crash in the area since 2021.
bikeportland.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
if a street kills this many pedestrians it should get knocked down to 2 lanes, 15 mph, speed bumps, new concrete protected bike lanes, and this should happen within a few months
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Inter-city rail with charging for e-bikes on-board. Love you, Italy.
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Inter-city rail with charging for e-bikes on-board. Love you, Italy.
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Wrocław has become the first city in Poland to be ranked among the top 30 in the world for bike-friendliness.
The authors of the Copenhagenize Index praised Wrocław for "years of building safer, more accessible routes" for cyclists.
Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Łódź also made it into the top 100.
The authors of the Copenhagenize Index praised Wrocław for "years of building safer, more accessible routes" for cyclists.
Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Łódź also made it into the top 100.
Wrocław ranked in top 30 most bike-friendly cities in the world
notesfrompoland.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wrocław has become the first city in Poland to be ranked among the top 30 in the world for bike-friendliness.
The authors of the Copenhagenize Index praised Wrocław for "years of building safer, more accessible routes" for cyclists.
Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Łódź also made it into the top 100.
The authors of the Copenhagenize Index praised Wrocław for "years of building safer, more accessible routes" for cyclists.
Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Łódź also made it into the top 100.
This is one of the most stupid rail decisions I've ever seen.
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This is one of the most stupid rail decisions I've ever seen.
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Car culture could never.
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Car culture could never.
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
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@ianwalker.bsky.social comments “The implication is that there has to be action to disrupt, or add friction to, existing car journeys if we want to unlock the benefits of providing alternatives.”
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, a new review finds.
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, new review finds
These non-coercive measures need to be combined with measures such as higher driving costs or reduced car access to have an effect
road.cc
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@ianwalker.bsky.social comments “The implication is that there has to be action to disrupt, or add friction to, existing car journeys if we want to unlock the benefits of providing alternatives.”
It's not everyday you get to be in a meeting with your cycling hero at work but it happened to me today 🤩 Lizzie Deignan joined our volunteering working parents network call and it was brilliant to hear how she's balanced being a mum and a professional cyclist 👏🚲💚
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's not everyday you get to be in a meeting with your cycling hero at work but it happened to me today 🤩 Lizzie Deignan joined our volunteering working parents network call and it was brilliant to hear how she's balanced being a mum and a professional cyclist 👏🚲💚
👇 this happened today 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
👇 this happened today 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
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I am pretty excited for the Camden High Line, an elevated pedestrian route from Camden Town to King's Cross in London, designed by James Corner (the NYC High Line and Seattle Overlook Walk guy). It has planning permission and construction begins soon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I am pretty excited for the Camden High Line, an elevated pedestrian route from Camden Town to King's Cross in London, designed by James Corner (the NYC High Line and Seattle Overlook Walk guy). It has planning permission and construction begins soon.
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enjoyed Children in Need this evening - don't forget to donate! #pudsey #childreninneed
a yellow teddy bear is dancing with a bandage on its head .
Alt: Pudsey, a yellow teddy bear is dancing with a bandage on its head for BBC Children in Need
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Enjoyed Children in Need this evening - don't forget to donate! #pudsey #childreninneed
By enabling people to buy e bikes through the scheme it encourages active travel and in many cases enables households to go car free. If we didn't have my husband's @ternbicycles.com GSD and my Cube e bike we might not be #carfree. Short sighted imho (and silly reporting on the Surrey hills point).
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
By enabling people to buy e bikes through the scheme it encourages active travel and in many cases enables households to go car free. If we didn't have my husband's @ternbicycles.com GSD and my Cube e bike we might not be #carfree. Short sighted imho (and silly reporting on the Surrey hills point).
Love this 🤣🚲 n+1
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Love this 🤣🚲 n+1
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or whe...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
Lovely morning cycling in the Olympic park, we love cycling as a family 🚲🚲🚲💚 7yo is now very excited (and I am slightly terrified!) that the min. age for the orbit is 8yo 😬😯 #cycling #Olympicpark #Stratford
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lovely morning cycling in the Olympic park, we love cycling as a family 🚲🚲🚲💚 7yo is now very excited (and I am slightly terrified!) that the min. age for the orbit is 8yo 😬😯 #cycling #Olympicpark #Stratford
Excellent meal at the German Gymnasium last night, so great to be back!
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Excellent meal at the German Gymnasium last night, so great to be back!
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
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Truth bomb 👇: Traffic lights exist for cars, not for people walking or cycling. Before cars, we didn’t need them. Only when intersections became controlled and no communication was necessary could high speeds exist without chaos. We traded human interaction for convenience for motorists and danger.
Warum müssen wir in der Stadt ständig an Ampeln halten? Nur wegen der Autos. Fuß- und Radverkehr käme problemlos ohne Ampeln zurecht. Sie werden propagiert als Hilfe für schwächere Verkehrsteilnehmer, sind aber eigentlich ein Symptom der Auto-Dominanz.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Truth bomb 👇: Traffic lights exist for cars, not for people walking or cycling. Before cars, we didn’t need them. Only when intersections became controlled and no communication was necessary could high speeds exist without chaos. We traded human interaction for convenience for motorists and danger.
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Great to be back in Coal Drops Yard yesterday evening, I love it there 😊 such a great area of public realm #CoalDropsYard #London
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Great to be back in Coal Drops Yard yesterday evening, I love it there 😊 such a great area of public realm #CoalDropsYard #London