@richardblyth.bsky.social
Chartered town planner and trainee theologian
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Join the TCPA & the RTPI for the launch of the 5th ed. of their authoritative guidance on planning for climate change.
This edition has a new format, with a series of topic resources grouped under the headings of intro & policy context, climate mitigation, & climate adaptation.
shorturl.at/KH0Uv
This edition has a new format, with a series of topic resources grouped under the headings of intro & policy context, climate mitigation, & climate adaptation.
shorturl.at/KH0Uv
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Join the TCPA & the RTPI for the launch of the 5th ed. of their authoritative guidance on planning for climate change.
This edition has a new format, with a series of topic resources grouped under the headings of intro & policy context, climate mitigation, & climate adaptation.
shorturl.at/KH0Uv
This edition has a new format, with a series of topic resources grouped under the headings of intro & policy context, climate mitigation, & climate adaptation.
shorturl.at/KH0Uv
Here at a familiar location for MP briefing for the @radixuk.bsky.social Housing Commission report on Homes without Harm
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Here at a familiar location for MP briefing for the @radixuk.bsky.social Housing Commission report on Homes without Harm
Local government brain versus Treasury brain. Hmm.
(Interview with Sir Michael Lyons in 'The Planner'.)
(Interview with Sir Michael Lyons in 'The Planner'.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Local government brain versus Treasury brain. Hmm.
(Interview with Sir Michael Lyons in 'The Planner'.)
(Interview with Sir Michael Lyons in 'The Planner'.)
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NEW BLOGPOST: “Housing Secretary confirms easing restrictions on housing developments by railway stations”
cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/18/h...
cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/18/h...
Housing Secretary confirms easing restrictions on housing developments by railway stations
In a written statement to Parliament, the Housing Secretary made an announcement that will have huge implications for rural stations east of Cambridge You can read the Secretary of State’s st…
cambridgetownowl.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
NEW BLOGPOST: “Housing Secretary confirms easing restrictions on housing developments by railway stations”
cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/18/h...
cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/18/h...
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New day. New un-evidenced & easily disproved claim about #Planning & #housing
This is every day #7
“latest plan for 580 apartments rejected over fears for wellbeing of migratory light-bellied brent geese”
Truth: The site is playing fields, zoned for green space www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
This is every day #7
“latest plan for 580 apartments rejected over fears for wellbeing of migratory light-bellied brent geese”
Truth: The site is playing fields, zoned for green space www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Housing stuck at the bottom of planning priorities
Ireland may have a crisis in finding homes for its people but when it comes down to it, they are not as important as geese
www.irishtimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
New day. New un-evidenced & easily disproved claim about #Planning & #housing
This is every day #7
“latest plan for 580 apartments rejected over fears for wellbeing of migratory light-bellied brent geese”
Truth: The site is playing fields, zoned for green space www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
This is every day #7
“latest plan for 580 apartments rejected over fears for wellbeing of migratory light-bellied brent geese”
Truth: The site is playing fields, zoned for green space www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Surely bribery is against those rules? I don't see how you can argue that 'rules' created Trump. Not applying the rules created him.
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Surely bribery is against those rules? I don't see how you can argue that 'rules' created Trump. Not applying the rules created him.
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Travel right
Day or Night
Day or Night
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Travel right
Day or Night
Day or Night
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zero #concrete, low maintenance
#rammedearth building on stone /rubble foundation
1836, Weilburg, Germany by Wilhelm J. Wimpf
Manual from 1837: books.google.de/books?id=rzW...
Picture: Oliver Abels (SBT) CC-BY2.5
Still inhabited.
#rammedearth building on stone /rubble foundation
1836, Weilburg, Germany by Wilhelm J. Wimpf
Manual from 1837: books.google.de/books?id=rzW...
Picture: Oliver Abels (SBT) CC-BY2.5
Still inhabited.
October 12, 2024 at 5:02 PM
zero #concrete, low maintenance
#rammedearth building on stone /rubble foundation
1836, Weilburg, Germany by Wilhelm J. Wimpf
Manual from 1837: books.google.de/books?id=rzW...
Picture: Oliver Abels (SBT) CC-BY2.5
Still inhabited.
#rammedearth building on stone /rubble foundation
1836, Weilburg, Germany by Wilhelm J. Wimpf
Manual from 1837: books.google.de/books?id=rzW...
Picture: Oliver Abels (SBT) CC-BY2.5
Still inhabited.
Bye bye. It was great travelling all over Europe with you. Enjoy your new life in a drawer.
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bye bye. It was great travelling all over Europe with you. Enjoy your new life in a drawer.
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NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By:
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By:
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Meloni's party is organising a car demonstration in Rome (one of the large cities with the highest motorisation rate in Europe) to protest against low emission zones, "useless bike lanes" and 30km/h speed limits
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Meloni's party is organising a car demonstration in Rome (one of the large cities with the highest motorisation rate in Europe) to protest against low emission zones, "useless bike lanes" and 30km/h speed limits
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Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Separately to my other reply, your post reminded me of a 1970s cartoon that I just managed to find online
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Separately to my other reply, your post reminded me of a 1970s cartoon that I just managed to find online
In Brussels to celebrate 40 years of European Council of Spatial Planners
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In Brussels to celebrate 40 years of European Council of Spatial Planners
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New York to Chicago by train:
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New York to Chicago by train:
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
1905: Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 hours
2025: Amtrak, 19.5 hours
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What stations do (and do not) work for services to London is in my forthcoming report - to be released on 17th November crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
#CrossChannelRail Report Launch - 17 November, 12:30 CET (event in Brussels, and online) - #CrossBorderRail
In the research for my #CrossChannelRail project in spring 2025 I, Jon Worth, aimed to examine the future of high speed trains through the Channel Tunnel. That would encompass all the stations in cont...
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What stations do (and do not) work for services to London is in my forthcoming report - to be released on 17th November crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
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English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD25) are published today. This is an update in the series, following on from the 2019 #deprivation indices.
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
English indices of deprivation 2025
Statistics on relative deprivation in small areas in England. Further details are provided at the bottom of this page and in the FAQ document.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD25) are published today. This is an update in the series, following on from the 2019 #deprivation indices.
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
@simonmaarfield.bsky.social just seen your profile has Trutnov station on it! I'd recognise that one car train anywhere (even not in Trutnov) ...
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@simonmaarfield.bsky.social just seen your profile has Trutnov station on it! I'd recognise that one car train anywhere (even not in Trutnov) ...
This is brilliant - and original.
Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This is brilliant - and original.
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Art-deco flats, Schaerbeek 1929. 4 units on the footprint of the single house each resident might have occupied before WW1. Meaning 4 cookers, 4 gramophones, 4 telephones, etc. From the rentier economy to the consumer society.
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Art-deco flats, Schaerbeek 1929. 4 units on the footprint of the single house each resident might have occupied before WW1. Meaning 4 cookers, 4 gramophones, 4 telephones, etc. From the rentier economy to the consumer society.
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Interesting case in Poland: a company lost tender for a construction contract after providing 280 pages of documentation which turned out to be AI generated and full of AI hallucinations (which was picked by the competitor).
My bet is they hoped nobody will bother to read so much paperwork.
My bet is they hoped nobody will bother to read so much paperwork.
Pierwszy taki wyrok w Polsce. Firma straciła kontrakt przez błędne użycie AI
Firma Exdrog, ubiegająca się o kontrakt na utrzymanie dróg w Małopolsce, wykorzystała sztuczną inteligencję do przygotowania wyjaśnień mających przekonać zamawiającego, że zaoferowana przez nią cen...
businessinsider.com.pl
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Interesting case in Poland: a company lost tender for a construction contract after providing 280 pages of documentation which turned out to be AI generated and full of AI hallucinations (which was picked by the competitor).
My bet is they hoped nobody will bother to read so much paperwork.
My bet is they hoped nobody will bother to read so much paperwork.
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Skelmersdale full retreat. Safeguarded site for station to be scrapped in favour of parkway at Pimbo
www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...
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New Skelmersdale railway station ‘compromise’ site for town backed by transport chief
A new railway station on the outskirts of Skelmersdale could be a cost-effective “compromise” solution to bringing trains back to the town after a near 70-year absence.
www.lep.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Skelmersdale full retreat. Safeguarded site for station to be scrapped in favour of parkway at Pimbo
www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...
www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic...