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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 2h

One of my lifelong "why is this?" questions is:

"Why do people (or a lot of them anyway) just not want to sit in the front seats of an auditorium?".

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14h

Sigourney Weaver on the set of Call Jane (2022)

#BicycleBirthday
Born October 8, 1949

Photo of a woman walking with a bicycle.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist

#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)

Photo of a man wearing a tie standing astride a bicycle with one arm raised in the air.

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social have a go at UK roundabout design and the baleful influence of DMRB on this evenings @activetravelcaf.bsky.social , with my old pal Graham Paul Smith (dunno if he's on here) weighing in.

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Roger Geffen @rogergeffen.bsky.social · 2d

For principles, see summary and full guides at lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/portfolio-it...

For best practice in target-setting, see lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/challenge/

We're contacting groups with upcoming LTP consultations to offer support. For an invitation, please email [email protected]

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 3d

Clear out of books/documents continues:

From 45 years ago(!) here is Don Mathew's classic publication for FoE.

I think Don is still around, I saw him at a FoE joint publication launch a few years ago...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6d

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics

- "Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor"

Story by @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6d

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

- Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 6d

Not at all, and thanks for all your work!

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 7d

1996 is correct year of death.

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 8d

Killed himself driving his Mini into a tree on Barnes Common.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 8d

New research - The opening of the Arctic shipping route due to rapid ice melt could increase global shipping traffic and push up emissions by 8.2% by 2100

HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Arctic Sea Route access reshapes global shipping carbon emissions - Nature Communications

Arctic Sea Route access will raise global shipping CO2 by 8.2% by 2100 and worsen regional inequities. IMO 2023 strategy and Green Corridor plans fall short; only a net-zero pathway with stricter fuels and phased rollout eliminates ASR emissions.

www.nature.com

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 10d

There is always more fruit on the magic money tree when it comes to car companies.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK government will underwrite £1.5bn loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover after cyber-attack

Britain’s largest automotive employer plans to restart engine manufacturing in early October, report says

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 11d

rdrf.org.uk/2025/09/27/w... (Two "pages").

We have been promised this from @transportgovuk.bsky.social from earlier this year and it is "imminent".

Do check it out and repost.

What’s going to be in the Government’s Road Safety Strategy – and what should be?

As is common nowadays, the Government’s Road Safety Strategy (RSS) has had elements in it “leaked” to The Times on August 10th , and as described in this article in the Guardian. Our Manifesto for …

rdrf.org.uk

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 12d

Looking good...
Workstand and tools?

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13d

China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts

- Xi suggested US is not rising to the climate challenge, but critics say new cuts fall ‘far short’ of what is necessary

#climatecrisis
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 13d

The thing to do is...what Martin says.

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 13d

I guess most people will still say "Sustrans" - for a while anyway.

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Tom Staniford @tomstaniford.bsky.social · 15d

Sharing this one last time.
If you’ve enjoyed my writing, and/or want to see me do more of it, or just want to help out, please consider sharing or passing onto any appropriate people you know.
Thank you.

Tom Staniford @tomstaniford.bsky.social · 16d

I need to make a change. And so, I've hatched a plan. A modern take on a traditional arts ‘patronage’ to support me and my writing. Please share among your network. Who do you know who would be an ideal patron for Dragon’s Pen?

tomstaniford.substack.com/p/23-dragons...

23. Dragon's Pen

Who do you know who would be an ideal patron for Dragon’s Pen?

tomstaniford.substack.com

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 15d

Good reply by Carlton Reid.

Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 16d

GB News will be ranting about cyclists tomorrow morning. I declined the producer’s invitation.

Hey Carlton! Media request with GB News. We’re having a debate about cyclists tomorrow morning at 07.15. Would you be free? Need someone to stand up for them.

Question: do we need a crackdown on cyclists?

With your opposite - motoring journo - saying cyclists are out of control, causing havoc etc

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 15d

Happy New Year!

to my followers.

שנה טובה

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 17d

This week I had to cross Euston Road with my kids at a junction with no pedestrian crossing. No blind person could’ve done it but nobody seems to care. Yet apparently in the case of life-saving & proven safe cycle lanes, concerns stop infrastructure entirely southwarknews.co.uk/area/borough...

southwarknews.co.uk

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

Is a global bank collapse coming soon? youtu.be/DaM3c5ybj-w?...

A banking collapse is coming, and the cause isn’t speculation. It’s climate change.

Uninsurable homes mean worthless mortgages, and worthless mortgages mean broken banks. Unless governments act now society itself is at risk.

Is a global bank collapse coming soon?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

youtu.be

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 16d

Off the top of my head, some that have been recommended to me which I do, and some which I don't!
*Local choir
*Dance classes (Salsa or similar)
*Pilates (one-to-one for better effect, small group to be more social)
*Get a lodger.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21d

Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field

#climatecrisis
Story by @rishpardikar.bsky.social
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/groning...

Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field

Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning co...

drilled.media

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