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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 9h

Important new study by the @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social team in @nature.com finding that "the richest 20% of nations, with 15% of the global population, contribute more than 40% of annual ecological overshoot" doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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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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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 1d

This just makes me so sad. People have been trained to hate the sound of other people. Meanwhile we all are marinating in the drone of motors all the time.

Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 1d

This is appalling. It seems the parish council made a mistake, and some adults complained. And it's children and young people who lose out, with plans for a new play space pushed into next year at least.

It's the sound of children playing, FFS.

Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 1d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

‘Fiery and spectacular’ rainbow of autumn colour set to bloom across UK

- National Trust gardeners expect vivid hues and bountiful fungi, nuts and berries thanks to recent weather conditions

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘Fiery and spectacular’ rainbow of autumn colour set to bloom across UK

National Trust gardeners expect vivid hues and bountiful fungi, nuts and berries thanks to recent weather conditions

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 2d

Also… this kind of thing is just frustrating. On several greenways (which are signposted traffic-free cycleways) near me the A frame barriers are far too narrow for this e-bike. I imagine anyone with an adapted cycle would find this impossible to get past.

Handlebars of this e-bike are too wide to fit through the entrance meant for bikes

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 2d

Good thinking. That might work, as long as it didn’t get in the way of our kids buggies, but I’d still struggle to get it through our narrow corridor & find somewhere to put it

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 2d

This particular e-bike model isn’t for me in the longer term though and this picture shows why. It is a lot heavier and bigger than is comfortable lifting up into our house + finding a place to store it is tricky.

E-bike leaning against a front porch with steps up to a front door

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 2d

Only a few days into loaning this e-bike and the cycling experience is everything I hoped - getting around is both easier and more fun. The only negatives are the same as for other cyclists: eg potholes, dodgy infrastructure. Finding traffic less worrying with the added confidence in my acceleration

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 2d

Giving the e-bike a proper runaround the south & centre of Bristol today. I was keen to see how it handled the iconic Park Street hill. Answer = incredibly well. Still had to work enough to raise my heart rate but nowhere near the level when trying it on my regular bike.

E-bike parked at the top of Park Street, Bristol

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Richard Hebditch @richard.hebditch.org · 2d

"Today’s [aviation] collective act of faith – amid much scepticism – is in following an uncertain path to sustainability, through green fuels that are yet to be widely produced."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying

The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed views

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 2d

📣 New research just published. Thank you @seai-ie.bsky.social for supporting the work

To increase e-cargo bike uptake, we must focus on:

1. Network Planning & Safety
2. Maintenance & Surface Quality
3. Design & Exclusion

activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

Situating the E-Cargo Bike in an Emerging Cycling Network: A Qualitative Study

In many low-cycling contexts, cycling is routinely marginalised in transport planning practice while, in everyday traffic interactions, cyclists are frequently disregarded as legitimate road users. E-...

activetravelstudies.org

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 3d

Me too. Unless someone comes along with a secure way to park one in our street (or we move) there’s not a lot of chance of us getting one

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 4d

We live in a city and have an e-cargo bike to transport small around, and it's great!

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting research on attitudes towards & use of e-cargo bikes in the UK.

Particularly noteworthy for demonstrating the level of interest in e-cargo bikes nationally and the extent to which they replace car journeys. In a trial in suburban areas over 50% of the distance travelled replaced car use

E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: insights from surveys and suburban trials

This paper explores the potential of e-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK, reporting on a series of surveys and trials. Hypothesising …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting research on attitudes towards & use of e-cargo bikes in the UK.

Particularly noteworthy for demonstrating the level of interest in e-cargo bikes nationally and the extent to which they replace car journeys. In a trial in suburban areas over 50% of the distance travelled replaced car use

E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: insights from surveys and suburban trials

This paper explores the potential of e-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK, reporting on a series of surveys and trials. Hypothesising …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 5d

Mum passed away two years ago today. This poem has stuck with me over those years and helped me recognise & make space for grief.

“When grief comes to you as a purple gorilla you must count yourself lucky.
You must offer her what’s left
of your dinner, the book you were trying to finish…”

Grief

Eventually she puts one of her heavy purple arms around me, leans her head against mine, and all of a sudden things are feeling romantic. So I tell her, things are feeling romantic.

www.poetryfoundation.org

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 5d

How do you know your city is a healthy habitat for people? A decent place to start is whether children can play freely in their neighbourhoods and get around independently.

This is an excellent introduction to Tim’s work and the benefits of shifting away from car centric urban spaces.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 8d

New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...