Rich Grundy
@richgrundy.bsky.social
London-based, sometimes travelling, often cycling
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Following today’s sentencing of Paul Doyle, several people have understandably queried why he was not banned from driving for life.
It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Following today’s sentencing of Paul Doyle, several people have understandably queried why he was not banned from driving for life.
It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
Love to see people normalising using cargo bikes as an option for collecting things on Facebook Marketplace
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Love to see people normalising using cargo bikes as an option for collecting things on Facebook Marketplace
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Petrol prices are the lowest they’ve been since *2001*, after adjusting for inflation.
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
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Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Petrol prices are the lowest they’ve been since *2001*, after adjusting for inflation.
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
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MP for Henley and Thame, Freddie van Mierlo has tabled an amendment to the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill to expedite active travel projects. This would update guidance on Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) for active travel schemes (walking and cycling routes) in the public interest.
May 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
MP for Henley and Thame, Freddie van Mierlo has tabled an amendment to the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill to expedite active travel projects. This would update guidance on Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) for active travel schemes (walking and cycling routes) in the public interest.
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Hammersmith Bridge hasn't made traffic worse. Nearby bridges all showing less traffic since 2018, in new TfL data.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hamm...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hamm...
March 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Hammersmith Bridge hasn't made traffic worse. Nearby bridges all showing less traffic since 2018, in new TfL data.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hamm...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hamm...
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My book, Local, is 99p on Kindle, for today ONLY. Bargain! buff.ly/3XDVriL
March 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
My book, Local, is 99p on Kindle, for today ONLY. Bargain! buff.ly/3XDVriL
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If you read books on Kindle, you can get my most recent book for FREE for the next five days... 📚💰🆓
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness, Kindle Edition: £0.00
https://buff.ly/4g6iius
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness, Kindle Edition: £0.00
https://buff.ly/4g6iius
January 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If you read books on Kindle, you can get my most recent book for FREE for the next five days... 📚💰🆓
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness, Kindle Edition: £0.00
https://buff.ly/4g6iius
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness, Kindle Edition: £0.00
https://buff.ly/4g6iius
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"Morning rush-hour speed from New Jersey through the Holland Tunnel, a main route under the Hudson River into Manhattan, has almost doubled to 28mph compared with a year earlier. Evening speed over the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn has increased from 13mph to 23mph" on.ft.com/40kdbjn
Extraordinary
Extraordinary
First US congestion pricing scheme brings dramatic drop in NY traffic
Speeds along bridges and tunnels to Manhattan are sharply up and roads are much less clogged
on.ft.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"Morning rush-hour speed from New Jersey through the Holland Tunnel, a main route under the Hudson River into Manhattan, has almost doubled to 28mph compared with a year earlier. Evening speed over the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn has increased from 13mph to 23mph" on.ft.com/40kdbjn
Extraordinary
Extraordinary
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Should be replicated on every road throughout the UK.
Three years ago, under the Dark Sky, I asked my followers to send me examples of relatively recent bike lanes in the French countryside. Here are 4 before/after examples I was then able to create with Streetview, to promote the idea that creating bike lanes outside cities is also a possibility.
January 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Should be replicated on every road throughout the UK.
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"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
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Excellent to see Labour getting rid of the arbitrary deadline to register all historic rights of way.
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Excellent to see Labour getting rid of the arbitrary deadline to register all historic rights of way.
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it
December 13, 2024 at 1:29 PM
🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it
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"Making walking and cycling more practical and safer would go a long way toward removing barriers to improving physical activity levels and could significantly improve the health of England’s increasingly urban population."
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities
Professor Whitty’s report outlines a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations, and includes case studies from core cities in England.
www.gov.uk
December 13, 2024 at 9:29 AM
"Making walking and cycling more practical and safer would go a long way toward removing barriers to improving physical activity levels and could significantly improve the health of England’s increasingly urban population."
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Absolute scenes of carnage in Penarth
December 7, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Absolute scenes of carnage in Penarth
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NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy
Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:56 PM
NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
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💥London’s cycling boom continues💥
📈New data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🥳💚💚
We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels 🚲🙂🚲
📈New data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🥳💚💚
We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels 🚲🙂🚲
November 28, 2024 at 7:30 AM
💥London’s cycling boom continues💥
📈New data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🥳💚💚
We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels 🚲🙂🚲
📈New data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🥳💚💚
We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels 🚲🙂🚲
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Hackney's new visualisations of the disastrous Pembury Junction redesign highlight just how bad their plans are & show major issues for cyclist & pedestrian safety—reality will be even worse.
Full analysis:
hackneycycling.org.uk/campaigns/pe...
Council site:
news.hackney.gov.uk/a-greener-sa...
Full analysis:
hackneycycling.org.uk/campaigns/pe...
Council site:
news.hackney.gov.uk/a-greener-sa...
Hackney's Pembury Junction visualisations show how bad their design really is - Hackney Cycling Campaign
Hackney have released new visualisations of their dangerous redesign of Pembury Junction. The only times these designs have been publicly …
hackneycycling.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Hackney's new visualisations of the disastrous Pembury Junction redesign highlight just how bad their plans are & show major issues for cyclist & pedestrian safety—reality will be even worse.
Full analysis:
hackneycycling.org.uk/campaigns/pe...
Council site:
news.hackney.gov.uk/a-greener-sa...
Full analysis:
hackneycycling.org.uk/campaigns/pe...
Council site:
news.hackney.gov.uk/a-greener-sa...
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Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
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Remember that footage of gamekeepers killing a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor?
Seen pictures of moors being set alight in recent weeks?
It’s time to ban driven grouse shooting.
Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social’s petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Seen pictures of moors being set alight in recent weeks?
It’s time to ban driven grouse shooting.
Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social’s petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Remember that footage of gamekeepers killing a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor?
Seen pictures of moors being set alight in recent weeks?
It’s time to ban driven grouse shooting.
Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social’s petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Seen pictures of moors being set alight in recent weeks?
It’s time to ban driven grouse shooting.
Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social’s petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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As it’s Sunday morning, please pour yourself a cup of coffee and imagine how much happier society would be with more families on tandems.
November 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM
As it’s Sunday morning, please pour yourself a cup of coffee and imagine how much happier society would be with more families on tandems.
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National Cycle Network charity
@sustrans.bsky.social is braced for “substantial cuts” as last year's funding cuts finally bite... as the Department for Transport says it doesn't know how the budget's £100m for active travel will be spent yet cyclingindustry.news/national-cyc...
@sustrans.bsky.social is braced for “substantial cuts” as last year's funding cuts finally bite... as the Department for Transport says it doesn't know how the budget's £100m for active travel will be spent yet cyclingindustry.news/national-cyc...
National Cycle Network charity Sustrans braced for "substantial cuts"
Sustrans braced for “substantial” cuts as CEO of National Cycle Network charity says it needs long-term public investment
cyclingindustry.news
November 15, 2024 at 11:46 AM
National Cycle Network charity
@sustrans.bsky.social is braced for “substantial cuts” as last year's funding cuts finally bite... as the Department for Transport says it doesn't know how the budget's £100m for active travel will be spent yet cyclingindustry.news/national-cyc...
@sustrans.bsky.social is braced for “substantial cuts” as last year's funding cuts finally bite... as the Department for Transport says it doesn't know how the budget's £100m for active travel will be spent yet cyclingindustry.news/national-cyc...