Paul Luton
@paulluton.bsky.social
Chemist by education ,retired teacher, National Trust guide and Nature conservation volunteer who uses a bicycle to see the world.
Pressing for safer cycling routes so that more people can enjoy it too.
Pressing for safer cycling routes so that more people can enjoy it too.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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As Paris keeps showing the world, the moment we stop treating neighborhood streets as exclusively places to move and store cars, and start designing them as places to live, everything changes... cooler blocks, safer streets, cleaner air, stronger community, & real public space.
December 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As Paris keeps showing the world, the moment we stop treating neighborhood streets as exclusively places to move and store cars, and start designing them as places to live, everything changes... cooler blocks, safer streets, cleaner air, stronger community, & real public space.
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Yet the public want safer quieter healthier streets where they live and they need to understand the only way to achieve that is to prioritise walking, wheeling and cycling. There is no other option if we want better places to live and visit.
December 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yet the public want safer quieter healthier streets where they live and they need to understand the only way to achieve that is to prioritise walking, wheeling and cycling. There is no other option if we want better places to live and visit.
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Germany shifts over 2 million e-bikes every year. France: over 500,000.
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Germany shifts over 2 million e-bikes every year. France: over 500,000.
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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Victor Horta’s Hôtel Solvay Brussels
December 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Victor Horta’s Hôtel Solvay Brussels
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LTNs: what the latest evidence tells us: that people living in LTNs reduced the distance they drove by around 6% more than those living outside them. Quieter streets make local journeys feel safer and more appealing on foot or by bike.
findingspress.org/article/7547...
findingspress.org/article/7547...
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LTNs: what the latest evidence tells us: that people living in LTNs reduced the distance they drove by around 6% more than those living outside them. Quieter streets make local journeys feel safer and more appealing on foot or by bike.
findingspress.org/article/7547...
findingspress.org/article/7547...
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If we're going to talk about driving and safe streets at all, it really does need to start with the basic reality that driving is dangerous, period. Even if everybody follows "the rules," there is just a structural risk that cannot be removed, and it has to do with cars themselves.
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If we're going to talk about driving and safe streets at all, it really does need to start with the basic reality that driving is dangerous, period. Even if everybody follows "the rules," there is just a structural risk that cannot be removed, and it has to do with cars themselves.
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We're back to Rosamundi's Theory of Wankers. If you're a careless and oblivious pedestrian, you'll be a careless and oblivious public transport user, cyclist, and driver. The risks to others scale with the speed and weight of the mode of transport you use.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We're back to Rosamundi's Theory of Wankers. If you're a careless and oblivious pedestrian, you'll be a careless and oblivious public transport user, cyclist, and driver. The risks to others scale with the speed and weight of the mode of transport you use.
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72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said:
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Arrogant” cyclists riding at 70mph are ignoring police and making pavements “as dangerous as the road”, House of Lords told
During a debate on the Crime and Policing Bill, former Met Police head Lord Hogan-Howe reiterated his calls for bike number plates, while other peers claimed that the “threat” had shifted from “Lycra ...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said:
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
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It's been a wild year for rovélo creative.Thx to everyone who I've been lucky enough to work with creatively/strategically, those who bought shirts/posters and for all of you who invited me to do talks/interviews etc...been very lucky
more to come in '26 including some new partnerships & publishing
more to come in '26 including some new partnerships & publishing
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's been a wild year for rovélo creative.Thx to everyone who I've been lucky enough to work with creatively/strategically, those who bought shirts/posters and for all of you who invited me to do talks/interviews etc...been very lucky
more to come in '26 including some new partnerships & publishing
more to come in '26 including some new partnerships & publishing
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These people took issue with me cycling through the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social on a shared path. When I pointed out that they are asked to keep their dog on a lead I was told to "Go away".
I'm trying to get to work, and I'm so tired of having dogs running across my path endangering both of us.
I'm trying to get to work, and I'm so tired of having dogs running across my path endangering both of us.
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
These people took issue with me cycling through the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social on a shared path. When I pointed out that they are asked to keep their dog on a lead I was told to "Go away".
I'm trying to get to work, and I'm so tired of having dogs running across my path endangering both of us.
I'm trying to get to work, and I'm so tired of having dogs running across my path endangering both of us.
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Nothing calms traffic and commands driver attention like design details that can easily deal out consequences for reckless behavior behind the wheel. Plus, boulders are cheap and easily accessible.
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nothing calms traffic and commands driver attention like design details that can easily deal out consequences for reckless behavior behind the wheel. Plus, boulders are cheap and easily accessible.
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Cycling and walking could help deliver almost everything Brits say they want to achieve in 2026 — if we design streets to support them.
Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.
Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Cycling and walking could help deliver almost everything Brits say they want to achieve in 2026 — if we design streets to support them.
Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.
Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.
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Hat's off to this Architect for this railing shadow
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hat's off to this Architect for this railing shadow
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5 and 8 year old forced off the road again by angry drivers mad at kids walking and cycling home from school down tight residential streets with no useable pavement space. Car culture is toxic.
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
5 and 8 year old forced off the road again by angry drivers mad at kids walking and cycling home from school down tight residential streets with no useable pavement space. Car culture is toxic.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, bicycles give you the freedom that car ads promise.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-joy-o... @tomflood.bsky.social @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @nzherald.bsky.social
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-joy-o... @tomflood.bsky.social @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @nzherald.bsky.social
Simon Wilson: Bicycles give you the freedom that car ads promise
My last Herald column: A city safe for cycling is a city fit for every good purpose.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, bicycles give you the freedom that car ads promise.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-joy-o... @tomflood.bsky.social @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @nzherald.bsky.social
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-joy-o... @tomflood.bsky.social @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @nzherald.bsky.social
The UK's largest private jet airport wants to increase its flight numbers. This is a huge threat to our climate. The public consultation is open until 17th Oct, so now's the time to say 'No'! action.wearepossible.org/page/136526/...
Let's stop the expansion of the UK's largest private jet airport.
Farnborough Airport wants to increase its weekend flight numbers by 50%!
Add your opposition before 30th December to help us stop the expansion!
action.wearepossible.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The UK's largest private jet airport wants to increase its flight numbers. This is a huge threat to our climate. The public consultation is open until 17th Oct, so now's the time to say 'No'! action.wearepossible.org/page/136526/...
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The core of this problem is still nowhere near enough bike parking. Great they added 115 new bays but both sides of virtually every street in Islington are still covered in car parking! Be more radical - convert 1/2 car parking on every suitable road to bike parking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Islington Council puts e-bike hire operators on "last warning" - BBC News
The council said e-bike hire operators Lime and Forest must tackle dangerous parking and riding.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The core of this problem is still nowhere near enough bike parking. Great they added 115 new bays but both sides of virtually every street in Islington are still covered in car parking! Be more radical - convert 1/2 car parking on every suitable road to bike parking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“The phenomenon is known as induced demand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” #InducedTraffic
It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
The truth about what's happening on America's roads—and how we can stop it.
slate.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“The phenomenon is known as induced demand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” #InducedTraffic
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Belgium Is Betting Big on Bikes—and Antwerp Is Already Showing How It Can Work.
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Belgium Is Betting Big on Bikes—and Antwerp Is Already Showing How It Can Work
If you want a glimpse of where urban cycling in Belgium might be heading next, look to Flanders.
momentummag.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Belgium Is Betting Big on Bikes—and Antwerp Is Already Showing How It Can Work.
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For children walking or cycling to school, "outside the school" is the least dangerous part of their journey. Children need 20mph limit protection on the whole of their home to school route. 20mph "just outside schools" contemptuously disregards duty of care on child mobility
School gate risk
We support those communities that want 20mph where peopleare
www.20splenty.org
December 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
For children walking or cycling to school, "outside the school" is the least dangerous part of their journey. Children need 20mph limit protection on the whole of their home to school route. 20mph "just outside schools" contemptuously disregards duty of care on child mobility
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Just a little sketch from a visit to Southampton in 1998. I wandered around looking for something to draw and settled for a quick seascape of the docks with gulls. A cold wind coming off the water.
#art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls
#art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just a little sketch from a visit to Southampton in 1998. I wandered around looking for something to draw and settled for a quick seascape of the docks with gulls. A cold wind coming off the water.
#art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls
#art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls
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There's a top-class trolling opportunity here: "In the absence of people driving over Hammersmith Bridge it's not clear there's any demand for a car route"
In what universe could you look at this and think yeah let’s reopen this to cars.
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
There's a top-class trolling opportunity here: "In the absence of people driving over Hammersmith Bridge it's not clear there's any demand for a car route"
@richmondcycling.bsky.social - as usual an inspiring read. Note LTNs are an essential tool not something unmentionable as in Richmond.
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!
In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
Back To The Future In East Oxford
I have been doing some work in Oxford, and on a recent visit, I had the chance to look at some historic traffic calming in East Oxford which...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
@richmondcycling.bsky.social - as usual an inspiring read. Note LTNs are an essential tool not something unmentionable as in Richmond.