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Nathan_A_RF

@nathanarf.bsky.social

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He/Him. Graduate Transport Planner at PJA. Roads, transport, traffic signs geekery. Safe infrastructure for everyone.

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · Sep 8

Very excieted to have started my career with @pja-betterplaces.bsky.social today as a Graduate Consultant. I look forward to working with the transport team in a number of different ways and on a variety of projects.

Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 1d

Located here
www.google.com/maps/@51.440...

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A sump buster for @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social and some interesting use of advisory speed signs for @showmeasign.online

A single lane road with a cycle lane heading towards a bus stop and a sump buster, a petruding metal and concrete lump, in the background. A pair of blue and yellow pedal cycle and bus only signs are in the foreground either side of the road. Below them are 'max speed 10' signs, and a yellow warning sign for the sump buster.

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Roads.org.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @roads.org.uk · 4d

Manchester City Council have lowered the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. Or at least they say they have - but creating a 30 limit on a motorway is, legally, almost impossible. So what is the speed limit now? #manchester www.roads.org.uk/blog/schrodi...

Schrödinger’s speed limit

In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.

www.roads.org.uk

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 3d

Great to see

Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 6d

Not sure to what effect it has on Southend traffic. Removing this 'bump' and replacing with a pair of LILOs would reduce braking and accelerating, improving air quality in the local area at least, potentially lessening the rate of collisions too (which appears to be high here and at next junction).

Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 6d

What time is the one in Bristol expected to finish?

Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 6d

Impressive, is this for a diorama or model railway?

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 8d

Nice to see more Dutch kerbs being installed

Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 12d

🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling

Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings

Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...

Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 18d

Settling in to Reading well, it's a lovely place but the cycle infrastructure is almost non-existent. Shall join the local cycling campaign group at their next meeting to see if I am of any use.

A view of the River Thames at Reading, with the single-tower cable-stayed Christchurch Bridge crossing the calm blue river. A boat is moored on the nearside bank, with another sunk vessel in front of it.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 21d

They aren’t just flower beds!!!

Fascinating peak beneath the surface of one of London’s new Cycleways - you can see the complex drainage system that ensures bike lanes help protect the capital from heavy rain & the effects of climate change.

And don’t they look great when they’re finished? 💚🚲👍

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 25d

This stuck out to me initially reading the story too

900 lives saved from harm
vs
one grumpy person

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25d

While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 25d

Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago

Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979

👏 Evidence-led policy

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales

Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · 26d

Sadly didn't have the chance to explore much when I was in Longbridge last week. Hopefully I'll be in the area more in future.

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 26d

Good to see the demand for 20mph in villages throughout Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire villages interested in 20mph zones reaches 150

Villages and communities across Gloucestershire express an interest in bringing in 20mph limits.

bbc.in

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 27d

For some upcoming training, we've redesigned a client's junction for them to show the art of the possible - a Cycle Optimised Protected Signals (CYCLOPS) junction. There's a trade-off with the floating crossings, but this is a good way to manage the three modes.

#JunctionDesign #SustainableMobility

An engineering plan of a signalised crossroads. There is a pale red orbital cycle track which passes around 4 pedestrian crossing islands on each corner of the junction which cross the cycle track with zebra crossings. The zebras are offset by about 45 degrees from the signalised crossings of the main road. The north-south arms have two traffic lanes approaching the junction (right and ahead/ left) and one on each of the east-west roads. The north-south cycle tracks have verge buffers and east-west has wide cycle lanes.

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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 27d

🗺️ NEW MAP MEN VIDEO!!!!!! 🗺️

Have you ever wondered why Britain has twin towns? Or which two are the silliest?

Share and enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zte_...

The real reason Britain has twin towns

YouTube video by Jay and Mark

www.youtube.com

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Bryn Buck 🏳️‍🌈💛🤍💜🖤 @showmeasign.online · Sep 12

youtu.be/SML5Wxw8U54

I try and avoid doing the predictable memes and ask instead can it be made to look and function a bit more neatly?

Is it the Magic or Tragic Roundabout?!

YouTube video by Bryn Buck

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · Sep 11

Kerb Nerds assemble
A Dutch entrance kerb* spotted in the wild
@rideleicester.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @hardhatalex.bsky.social

*I hope it is

A light grey Dutch entrance kerb leads from an asphalt road way with two yellow lines onto a tarmac footpath. There’s a White van in the distance

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Nathan_A_RF @nathanarf.bsky.social · Sep 11

Guerilla 20 mph signs have appeared on a road local to me. People are getting fed up with dangerous roads and want a simple intervention that is proven to improve road safety.

A road with two road signs on either side, both with a contraflow bus lane sign and a small 20 mph sign underneath. There is a 20 mph road marking on the ground.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · Sep 11

Good service on all Limes.

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · Sep 9

Stories like these are why we need to end pavement parking. Add your street of shame to our map of pavement parking hotspots 🗺️ act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/176767/... shorturl.at/zDRfm