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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 19h

which are essentially saying

"OK, you're choosing a standard design and you want some level of flow-focussed design; how far do you wish to go and who do you want to exclude?"

Equally, it can't be done in one go which is why your design shows people the direction of travel.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 19h

Hopefully is was a gentle enough critique!

We'll be writing posts about network design because as you know, it *is* challenging, but ultimately our approach is framed within the street conditions, design *and* traffic system.

It then asks awkward questions (maybe for councillors)

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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 1d

October Rides Month – Part 2. This time I cycle from Utrecht to Nieuwegein and Houten, showing clear contrasts in cycling quality between the three municipalities.
📹 New video and blog post now online:

October Rides Month – Part 2: From Utrecht to Nieuwegein and Houten

On this second Wednesday in October, it’s time for the second instalment of October Rides Month. This time, I cycle parts of two main cycle routes: one from Utrecht to Nieuwegein, and one from Utrecht to Houten. The ride was filmed in May 2025, starting around 16:15, so we can clearly see the beginning of the afternoon rush hour.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 23h

is going to be almost impossible to get designs to the pedestrian-friendly side of the line (and it is one junction).

But, as stand-alone junction, this is getting to the kind of thing we are talking about within standard design and so it is great to see an example like this.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 23h

It's not meant to be a criticism of what is on the ground there because that junction is so much better than most UK practice, but that main road needing traffic calming and a zebra crossing suggests it might be a bit busy?

Of course, if an individual project cannot include network design, then it

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 1d

And reposted for the lunchtime crowd

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

We're pleased to report on a project that Mark has been working on with Robert Weetman for Manchester City Council.

This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.

What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?

ForewordThis post has a companion written by Robert Weetman. We have been working collaboratively on something which we think needs to be more widely known, but we also thought it might be fun and …

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1d

Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.

Headline:
Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 1d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

We can be quite sure that too much traffic means they don't work, especially for the most vulnerable people.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. And vice versa too.

It does hopefully mean that there's also an approach that allows difficult conversations with the public and councillors - "OK, you want a flow-focussed approach; who is on your list of people it's fine to exclude?"

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

It is also worth adding that pedestrian-friendly design also requires the widespread deployment of 20mph speed limits and the gradual design of streets to make them self-enforcing.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

Not at all ;) Our view is that the network becomes a really important consideration.

Unless the planning and policy (political) side is addressed, the engineers cannot fully unleash their full design talents, but they can push standard design further.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

But it is *also* true that a pedestrian-friendly layout cannot just be dropped into an existing situation without considering the network; there are subtly different jobs here which has made the whole investigation fascinating.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 1d

OK folks, as promised, here's a blog post about some work I've been doing with Robert Weetman on designing better side road junctions.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

We're pleased to report on a project that Mark has been working on with Robert Weetman for Manchester City Council.

This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.

What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?

ForewordThis post has a companion written by Robert Weetman. We have been working collaboratively on something which we think needs to be more widely known, but we also thought it might be fun and …

cityinfinity.co.uk

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

To some extent. We think they are one piece in the jigsaw, but best deployed through network design unless the conditions already support - there will be places where they can be deployed now.

On the flipside, LTNs are also key and if we don't touch the network, we'll always have standard designs.

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

We're pleased to report on a project that Mark has been working on with Robert Weetman for Manchester City Council.

This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.

What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?

ForewordThis post has a companion written by Robert Weetman. We have been working collaboratively on something which we think needs to be more widely known, but we also thought it might be fun and …

cityinfinity.co.uk

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 2d

Last Friday evening, Mark spoke at CYCLEWight's AGM where he talked about network design in the rural context, along with some of the infrastructure changes needed to enable rural cycling and urban connections.

The slides from are available from our website:

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Designing for sustainable mobility. We believe in giving something back to society. After all, society has helped to train engineers and it keeps us all in a job! If you represent a walking or cycl…

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 5d

Love a curly lamp post - here's one at Leith in Edinburgh. So elegant

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 5d

Whoops, should have been tagged #FridayFun!

City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 5d

The ammonite lighting columns along The Cobb, Lyme Regis.

A lighting column with two flat conical lanterns. The bracket is a curved arch into which there is an outline of an ammonite curling into the space under the arch. The assembly is black and viewed against a blue sky with white fluffy clouds.

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Nicole @nicamsterdam.bsky.social · 7d

Amsterdam from the tram window. On my way home. Passing the Stedelijk Museum.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 6d

"I'm puzzled when people say the Swiss have good transportation b/c they're rich. It has nothing to do with that. They're still using trams from 1970. They restore them every 7 years. Making do is part of the culture. If you're using trams for 50 years, that's a hell of a savings."
—Norman Garrick
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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a little description of what "forgiving kerbs" are all about from @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social, including a short video of such a kerb line in action.

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#thursdaythoughts | Mark Philpotts

You may have heard the term "forgiving kerb", but what does that actually mean? Well, it's quite easily shown with a video - in this one it's me on a West Midlands cycle hire bike on the top end of th...

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 7d

No clue what's happening here, but I approve.

Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 7d

Will do 👍 …⚡️📦🚲

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City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 7d

Well, it's at about 50 slides long, but with plenty of photos too!