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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Aug 2

Cricket was on at the Oval in London this week. It was pouring with rain. This is just one of five parking bays for the cricket fans to get to the ground (unfortunately taking most of the pavement rather than taking up storage spaces on the road. Is it time we talked about e-vehicle storage space?)

Shows maybe 100 rental bikes parked on a pavement. There is a main road along the side. It is raining. There is a tree canopy over the road

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Jul 4

I couldn't believe that advertising post was located where it was when I first saw it. Hoorah!

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · Jun 12

In crashes, high-fronted cars typically strike adult pedestrians above the centre of gravity, often first hitting vital organs.

The higher the vehicle front the more likely a person will be knocked under the car, rather than pushed to the side, at speeds of up to 50 km/h.
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · Jun 12

NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.

This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · Jun 11

We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road.

Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.

(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)

Junction of Chapel and Cabbell Streets. Two simple side road zebras without Belisha beacons can be seen with pedestrians crossing and a driver yielding. Edgware Road underground station entrance visible in the background.

North junction of Chapel and Cabbell Streets. One simple side road zebras without Belisha beacons can be seen with pedestrians crossing. Edgware Road underground station entrance is visible.

Junction of Transept and Chapel Streets looking West with three pedestrians crossing a simple side road zebra without Belisha beacons.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · Jun 7

Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲

As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.

So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!

Illustration of a woman with a helmet carrying a bicycle while boarding a blue and white train. The text reads: ‘Bikes on trains? You want it – EU got it!’ An EU flag is shown on the ground and in the top-left corner.

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · Jun 6

Dude, where’s my road ? In the Bois de Vincennes in Paris, they closed a road and replaced it with a wide lane for bikes and pedestrians - but not as wide as the road before, now there is a bit more green around it ;)

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Jun 4

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · Jun 4

AFTER | BEFORE 🧵

After 4 years, we managed to close the street in front of our kids’ school to cars.

Here’s what it looks like today:

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Jun 4

Nice to see the England cricket team hop on e-bikes to cycle to their game against the West Indies at the Oval in London last night www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-i...

London traffic chaos makes West Indies late for Oval ODI as England cycle in

Traffic-light outage near the ground causes issue for team bus on journey from Chelsea

www.espncricinfo.com

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 21

35% fewer collisions & 36% fewer casualties on London roads that have been dropped to new 20mph limit. No evidence it increases congestion. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

More 20mph roads on way for London after injuries and collisions are cut by a third

Research commissioned by TfL on the safety benefits of 20mph has given the green light for more speed cuts

www.standard.co.uk

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 16

For a tiny brief minute it felt like I was on a high quality route between towns (for about 30 seconds)

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 15

I’m not sure I have ever seen this sign used in the UK anywhere else. Seen it plenty of times overseas

Shows a lane with bushes and trees either side. There is a signpost with a round blue sign showing a car and a bicycle

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 15

There were a couple of shockingly dangerous sections yes. Also one b narrow section where the paving had split and it nearly toppled me into oncoming traffic

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 15

More shots of the Chertsey - Woking cycle path (shared cycle path and foot way. As you can see, Surrey County Council has not been particularly interested in maintaining the asset

Shows a footway with a white lane down the middle. A man is walking towards the camera. There is a cycle lane on the right side of the white line. Almost all of the cycle way is covered in vegetation. There are trees on either side

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 15

There is a cycle path between Chertsey and Woking in Surrey. This section of it nearly killed me today. I was approaching slowly when a car came out from the right. There’s simply zero room to brake safely in that context

Shows a shared use cycle path and foot way that is slightly wider than my bicycle handle bars. There is a tall fence on the right. A driveway ahead and to the left a busy and fast main road with cars on it

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · May 14

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”

(Among MANY other public benefits.)

Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness

Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane

Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.

www.fastcompany.com

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Jack Thurston @jackthurston.bsky.social · May 12

Life-affirming account in the FT of a father and son's weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, riding @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social on routes from my book Lost Lanes North www.ft.com/content/2446...

My post-cancer joy ride in the Yorkshire Dales

In celebration of a clean bill of health, novelist Ben Markovits set out to tackle one of the toughest routes with his son

www.ft.com

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Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · May 9

Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply.

Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it.

capx.co/coventrys-tr...

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 8

Love this

AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · May 7

Curly-Wurly M4 #bridge the movie, from today's ride... 😁 Apparently this section of the M4 motorway south of Swindon was built in 1971, so the bridge is likely of a similar age. Quite impressive really. #NCN45 #cycling

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · May 1

New look urban mobility in London. A cargo bike delivery on one side of the street. A cargo bike heading back into town on the other. And a large goods lorry in the background

Shows a wide road. Skyscrapers in the background. Victorian buildings either side. A cargo bike delivery on one side of the street. A cargo bike heading back into town on the other. And a large goods lorry in the background

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · Apr 30

New research shows children are 82% more likely to suffer fatal injuries in a SUV collision than one involving a car.

In children under 10, the risk of being killed was 130% higher.

www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians'

Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK

www.standard.co.uk

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Apr 26

I definitely did not realise this

Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · Apr 26

Did you know Beijing has a dedicated, elevated cycling expressway?

Opened in 2019, the six-metre wide, 5.4-km long viaduct includes a counterflow lane, and six on- and off-ramps.

Electric bikes are prohibited, and speed is limited to 15 km/hr. It is used by an average of 11,600 cyclists every day.

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Apr 24

The City of London (the financial centre) has seen a massive change in how its streets are used. Since 2019:
• - 24% private motors (exc buses + coaches)
• - 15% freight vehicles
• + 60% cycling
• - 30% walking + wheeling
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Servi... via @lastnotlost.bsky.social

Graph shows total motor vehicles in City of London 1999 - 2024. In 1999, there were 198,000 motor vehicles a day and 8,000 people on cycles. In 2024, there were 59,000 motor vehicles a day and 52,000 people on cycles

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Danny Williams @mrdannyw.bsky.social · Apr 17

Actually amazed to see this level of granular data about individual speeding drivers is made public in NYC

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Apr 17

New research by @marcelemoran.bsky.social:

NYC's 10 worst speeders averaged >300 tickets *each* in 2024. 2 questions:
🔹 Why hasn't NY taken away their licenses?
🔹 Why are they still allowed to own cars (esp w/o Intelligent Speed Assist that prevents reckless speeding)?

www.amny.com/news/where-d...

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Active Travel England @ategov.bsky.social · Apr 16

The country is walking and wheeling more

Today's National Travel Survey shows trips walked or wheeled up 7% in 2024, compared to 2019🧑‍🦽🚶‍♀️

While average distance was up 13% to 230 miles a year 💪

This is progress as we work to make active travel a safe everyday choice for all

The image shows two graphs - one is walking trips and one is walking distance travelled from 2019 to 2024. In 2019, around 250 walking trips were made per person per year. In 2024, there were 267 walking trips person per year. The average miles walked per person per year in 2019 was 205. It is now 230 miles walked per person per year (year ending June 2024).

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