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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

In a nutshell, why we can't have nice things, and why nothing ever gets done in this country.

Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

Ideally of course you want civil engineers who understand all the issues and have a bit of knowledge about transport planning as well as design expertise 😉

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

Carlton has provided some great context here! 😊

Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 1d

Much to parse here. First, it's part of Sketch's ongoing campaign "Poor British Motorist!" This was during the great motorway building boom. And do you know who profited from that boom? Transport minister Ernest Marples ...

Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

But but but fuel is far too expensive!

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

This is great, both are. You don't so explicitly, but are you essentially saying that continuous footways are not the solution in the majority of cases in this country? (Until/unless major changes made to the surrounding network)

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent article, very thoughtful and thought-provoking. See also Robert's article (also very good) linked within.

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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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 4d

So lucky to live here 💙

Photo taken at the end of a jetty looking out at a choppy sea. There's an orange and white life ring affixed to the metal railing. The sky is blue with some light clouds slightly obscuring the sun. Sun rays are shining down onto the sea giving a peaceful yet slightly moody effect.

Photo looking along the shore line of a sandy beach where the tide has just turned and is starting to come back in. The sky is blue and my dog, a black and tan sighthound wearing a red coat and black harness, is trotting happily along in front of me.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 4d

Mad isn't it?

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

Let's hope you agree with each other! 😃 Looking forward to reading both of them.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

Basically, drivers seem to accept having to give/take where other motor vehicles are concerned, yet when cycles are involved they are outraged that they might need to wait or deviate.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

We did have a bit of controversy a while back when contraflow cycling was permitted on some narrow one way streets. My response was to provide some examples of equally narrow streets that are two-way for all traffic, yet drivers manage to negotiate around each other.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

I actually prefer to look at killed and seriously injured, rather than just fatalities. Although KSI stats can be a bit dodgy as the definition of what is "serious" varies wildly.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

Why wouldn't it be ok? There are examples of contraflow cycle lanes all over the place! Or am I missing something? (Feel like death warmed up today so that's entirely possible)

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome to Bournemouth!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 8d

Oh I have no idea in that case! 😂

Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 8d

Yes I think I saw one in my garden yesterday! (South coast) I thought it was a wren hopping about in my shrub, as it was so tiny, but it was making that funny chirpy sound.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah, this park is pretty well connected, with a traffic free path from one big residential area, and a mostly traffic-free route from another. So lots of the kids cycle here, it's really nice to see.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 11d

So grateful to live somewhere that a bunch of kids that don't know each other, can turn up at a park, chuck their bikes down and just play football together, for free.
(Incidentally, anyone who says that "multicultural is a failed experiment" clearly has never seen a random group of kids play)

Photo looking down on a football pitch where a rag tag bunch of kids are playing. Bikes and jumpers chucked on the sidelines.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 11d

That sounds like when you have a 20mph with flashing lights around drop off and pick up times. The 20mph is only advisory and in my experience these are universally ignored, so they're basically pointless.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 11d

OMG my neighbour two doors up is Indian and this morning there are the most incredible smells wafting over the hedge...Damn these immigrants making my tummy rumble!!

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 13d

British Horse Society!

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 13d

After work rounders on the beach - what a gorgeous evening! Got to grab these moments whilst we can 😎

Photo of a sandy beach with a group of people playing rounders. The sky is beautifully blue.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 13d

Very good 👍

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