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tired of saying “i told you so”.

nowletsbeclear.substack.com
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New post on the Euston advertising screen debacle, which I still can’t believe actually happened:

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The Euston debacle
Because advertisers speak louder than passengers.
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People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
tfw you watch the it crowd for the first time in ages and realise you’re now older than the main cast at the time of filming

😐
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I’m not sure who (outside of the DfT and government) is actually in favour of smart motorways, but I’ve written about them anyway:

open.substack.com/pub/nowletsb...
Sitting ducks.
Your life in the hands of a red X.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
the swiss bar fire thing is really just awful.

acoustic foam on the ceiling, evidently not fire rated.

music continues as fire starts.

multiple videos of the fire in early stages recorded by people on their phones.

no sense of alarm or urgency.

idk what to say
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
must dart charge really email me to keep my account open just because i haven’t crossed the bloody bridge in 12 months
January 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
my favourite thing about new year’s eve in london is honestly fireworks going off every hour as people celebrate the new year in their home countries
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
New post on the Euston advertising screen debacle, which I still can’t believe actually happened:

open.substack.com/pub/nowletsb...
The Euston debacle
Because advertisers speak louder than passengers.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"The new information screens are more accessible as they are easier to read than the dot matrix screens they have replaced."

i winced
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oh, I wrote a thing about why the new GBR railway clock is a bit rubbish, even if i kinda like it.

nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/the-gbr-cl...
The GBR clock is a bit pants.
A railway clock probably shouldn't require explaining.
nowletsbeclear.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
this is the minutiae i am here for
Now if I were really splitting hairs (when don’t I?) I would probably have made the corners of the inner yellow triangle the centres of the radii of the rounded corners of the black triangle; maybe it was felt that the rounded corners of the black triangle were pointed enough?
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Always thoroughly enjoy these informative articles by the @danielhwright.bsky.social on @thebeautyoftransport.com; this one, reflecting on the recent unveiling of the GBR (Great British Railways) brand, is both measured in its objectivity and thorough in its scope…
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Another post, because I really miss holding in the door button on trains.

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Push to open (but not yet!)
Why the way door buttons work has changed, I think.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A post in which I pretend I know anything at all about information design, and look at departure boards.

Designing to inform - departure boards

open.substack.com/pub/nowletsb...
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
the smell of damp mop at liverpool street elizabeth line endures on
December 29, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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"Puberty blockers are unsafe, on a side note here is your prescription for the ozempic I'm forcing you to take, fatty"
- Wes Streeting
December 14, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 12:53 AM