Paul Sloan
@shamrocksoup.bsky.social
Northern Irish exile, living the suburban dream in sunny Surbiton, Greater London. Mildly interested (seldom interesting) in active travel, progressive politics.
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Today we're taking a look at some of the cycle infrastructure that's been installed in Kingston in recent years. We're starting at the most Northerly point of the Borough near the boundary with Wandsworth where Cycleway 30 on Kingston Vale starts
March 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Today we're taking a look at some of the cycle infrastructure that's been installed in Kingston in recent years. We're starting at the most Northerly point of the Borough near the boundary with Wandsworth where Cycleway 30 on Kingston Vale starts
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Councils need to stop promoting canals as part of the cycle network, it's not safe and rules out a lot of women in particular.
@londoncycling.bsky.social this doesn't fit in with your current campaigns about the social safety of cycle networks, does it?
@londoncycling.bsky.social this doesn't fit in with your current campaigns about the social safety of cycle networks, does it?
February 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Councils need to stop promoting canals as part of the cycle network, it's not safe and rules out a lot of women in particular.
@londoncycling.bsky.social this doesn't fit in with your current campaigns about the social safety of cycle networks, does it?
@londoncycling.bsky.social this doesn't fit in with your current campaigns about the social safety of cycle networks, does it?
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WHY WIMBLEDON BUSES ARE SO SLOW
Nose-to-tail traffic from Gap Rd junction back to Hartfield Cresc. It took a full 6 mins for my 131 bus to go 400m - on a Sunday PM. This is because: the bus lane stops where the tailback starts...1/
Nose-to-tail traffic from Gap Rd junction back to Hartfield Cresc. It took a full 6 mins for my 131 bus to go 400m - on a Sunday PM. This is because: the bus lane stops where the tailback starts...1/
January 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
WHY WIMBLEDON BUSES ARE SO SLOW
Nose-to-tail traffic from Gap Rd junction back to Hartfield Cresc. It took a full 6 mins for my 131 bus to go 400m - on a Sunday PM. This is because: the bus lane stops where the tailback starts...1/
Nose-to-tail traffic from Gap Rd junction back to Hartfield Cresc. It took a full 6 mins for my 131 bus to go 400m - on a Sunday PM. This is because: the bus lane stops where the tailback starts...1/
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Many people (including me) have been warning for a long time that because of the gaping Labour vacuum around Brexit, the Tories may end up denouncing it first.
We're not there yet but we're much closer.
If the Tories do reverse-ferret Labour will end up stuck.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We're not there yet but we're much closer.
If the Tories do reverse-ferret Labour will end up stuck.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Many people (including me) have been warning for a long time that because of the gaping Labour vacuum around Brexit, the Tories may end up denouncing it first.
We're not there yet but we're much closer.
If the Tories do reverse-ferret Labour will end up stuck.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We're not there yet but we're much closer.
If the Tories do reverse-ferret Labour will end up stuck.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Fascinating article in The Guardian by @richada.bsky.social on how the private school school run significantly increases pollution (27%}. As anyone who lives in Oxford knows, private school term time is a big pollution and congestion problem.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution
Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Fascinating article in The Guardian by @richada.bsky.social on how the private school school run significantly increases pollution (27%}. As anyone who lives in Oxford knows, private school term time is a big pollution and congestion problem.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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And still we are having to urge the Government to cancel the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) 🤦🏽
🛣️Transport was responsible for 36% of all emissions in 2023
🫰🏽The LTC is likely to cost £12 billion
😲It is expected to return only 22p for every pound spent
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/lower-thames...
🛣️Transport was responsible for 36% of all emissions in 2023
🫰🏽The LTC is likely to cost £12 billion
😲It is expected to return only 22p for every pound spent
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/lower-thames...
January 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And still we are having to urge the Government to cancel the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) 🤦🏽
🛣️Transport was responsible for 36% of all emissions in 2023
🫰🏽The LTC is likely to cost £12 billion
😲It is expected to return only 22p for every pound spent
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/lower-thames...
🛣️Transport was responsible for 36% of all emissions in 2023
🫰🏽The LTC is likely to cost £12 billion
😲It is expected to return only 22p for every pound spent
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/lower-thames...
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This is good from Polly Toynbee. Arbitrary presenteeism is counterproductive.
"Much evidence suggests that working from home benefits employees and employers alike ... It’s time to count effectiveness, not desk hours"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Much evidence suggests that working from home benefits employees and employers alike ... It’s time to count effectiveness, not desk hours"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour has been sucked into the WFH culture war. It should know better | Polly Toynbee
It’s free, it’s sensible and it makes workers happy. The government needs to accept that this is the new normal, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is good from Polly Toynbee. Arbitrary presenteeism is counterproductive.
"Much evidence suggests that working from home benefits employees and employers alike ... It’s time to count effectiveness, not desk hours"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Much evidence suggests that working from home benefits employees and employers alike ... It’s time to count effectiveness, not desk hours"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Appalling that a pedestrian in his 20s has been hit and killed by a lorry at Carpenters Rd/Stratford High Street, one of our worst junctions: staggered crossings, pedestrian 'cages', useless paint for cycling. Vision Zero must mean zero. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Man dies after being hit by lorry in east London collision
A pedestrian in their twenties was pronounced dead at the scene
www.standard.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Appalling that a pedestrian in his 20s has been hit and killed by a lorry at Carpenters Rd/Stratford High Street, one of our worst junctions: staggered crossings, pedestrian 'cages', useless paint for cycling. Vision Zero must mean zero. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Wondering where the quiet roads of the Christmas hols have gone?
-In London, around 25% of primary pupils are driven to school resulting in 480,000 car trips per day.
#saferoutes #activetravel
-In London, around 25% of primary pupils are driven to school resulting in 480,000 car trips per day.
#saferoutes #activetravel
January 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Wondering where the quiet roads of the Christmas hols have gone?
-In London, around 25% of primary pupils are driven to school resulting in 480,000 car trips per day.
#saferoutes #activetravel
-In London, around 25% of primary pupils are driven to school resulting in 480,000 car trips per day.
#saferoutes #activetravel
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Taking the leap into Bluesky 👋
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Taking the leap into Bluesky 👋
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The automatic air pollution monitor on Cromwell Road, Kingston, shows higher levels of Nitrogen oxides this weekend. www.airqualityengland.co.uk/site/latest?...
January 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The automatic air pollution monitor on Cromwell Road, Kingston, shows higher levels of Nitrogen oxides this weekend. www.airqualityengland.co.uk/site/latest?...
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My Co-founder Josh Weinsch took this photo of his little daughter’s bike, which was in their driveway when they evacuated. Their neighborhood was vaporized.
January 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My Co-founder Josh Weinsch took this photo of his little daughter’s bike, which was in their driveway when they evacuated. Their neighborhood was vaporized.
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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
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A great example of how the hysteria that the right wing press in Britain drums up harms and misinforms farmers.
The landowner in this case IS the National Trust.
The landowner in this case IS the National Trust.
A tale of two headlines based on the same press release.
The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”
The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”
January 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A great example of how the hysteria that the right wing press in Britain drums up harms and misinforms farmers.
The landowner in this case IS the National Trust.
The landowner in this case IS the National Trust.
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The UK is not a serious country anymore, although its been like that for a while. Musk is a danger to us all and should be treated as such. The 90s approach of belittling these guys won't work. Progressives have to start using our elbows.
Wes Streeting offers olive branch to Elon Musk after Keir Starmer criticism
Wes Streeting offered an olive branch to Elon Musk following his attacks on the UK government after Labour rejected a call for a national inquiry into child grooming. The billionaire X owner triggered...
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The UK is not a serious country anymore, although its been like that for a while. Musk is a danger to us all and should be treated as such. The 90s approach of belittling these guys won't work. Progressives have to start using our elbows.
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Journalists call for public inquiry after landmark tribunal rules against PSNI and Metropolitan Police
www.thedetail.tv/articles/jou...
www.thedetail.tv/articles/jou...
Journalists call for public inquiry after landmark tribunal rules against PSNI and Metropolitan Police
The Detail editor Trevor Birney and former Detail journalist Barry McCaffrey have made British legal history today
www.thedetail.tv
December 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Journalists call for public inquiry after landmark tribunal rules against PSNI and Metropolitan Police
www.thedetail.tv/articles/jou...
www.thedetail.tv/articles/jou...
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We have some very obvious issues with road violence justice in Scotland as this article highlights. This article specifically highlights the lack of consideration given when a road user endangers a vulnerable road user. How do we change this? Justice needs to provide protection.
Prosecutors 'considered it to be in the public interest' to ignore the dangerous driving (close pass & red light jumping) to accept a plea of guilty to a standard mobile phone use charge from this driver.
So it's in the public interest to let drivers endanger cyclists. 😡 road.cc/content/news...
So it's in the public interest to let drivers endanger cyclists. 😡 road.cc/content/news...
Wife of ex-Scotland footballer scores hat-trick as cyclist films close pass, running red light and phone use... but rider left frustrated by "ludicrously lenient" punishment of £255 fine and penalty p...
Cyclist accuses courts of "poor protection of vulnerable road users" after driver only punished for mobile phone use having accepted deal with prosecutor
road.cc
December 11, 2024 at 10:11 AM
We have some very obvious issues with road violence justice in Scotland as this article highlights. This article specifically highlights the lack of consideration given when a road user endangers a vulnerable road user. How do we change this? Justice needs to provide protection.
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Good review of Kingston's new bus station.
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Good review of Kingston's new bus station.
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In Kingston Upon Thames we find Bentalls Department store, a symbol of the town. The 1936 extension was expanded and rebuilt in 1992, the facade kept intact, but what we like more is the furniture depository at the rear, with its Spanish hacienda tower 3/9
December 8, 2024 at 11:12 AM
In Kingston Upon Thames we find Bentalls Department store, a symbol of the town. The 1936 extension was expanded and rebuilt in 1992, the facade kept intact, but what we like more is the furniture depository at the rear, with its Spanish hacienda tower 3/9
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Good write up of an event focused on the rollout of 20mph speed limits. Notable cross-party support at local level. Event shared learning from councils that had “… found ways to deliver what their communities wanted: civilised, quieter, healthier, better streets and places that are more vibrant”
The call for 20mph is growing louder among English councils
More than 500 highways professionals and local community representatives attended the two-hour ‘Delivering 20’ webinar hosted by Landor LINKS and 20
www.transportxtra.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Good write up of an event focused on the rollout of 20mph speed limits. Notable cross-party support at local level. Event shared learning from councils that had “… found ways to deliver what their communities wanted: civilised, quieter, healthier, better streets and places that are more vibrant”
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I have unfollowed 3 people because they retweeted too much. Let this be a warning to the rest of you.
November 26, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I have unfollowed 3 people because they retweeted too much. Let this be a warning to the rest of you.
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Big developments in the battle for control of London’s e-bike market www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
TfL spends £1m on parking bays for e-bikes (as thousands more bikes due next year)
Voi to compete with Lime and Forest as designated bays are created on Red Routes after ‘Wild West’ concerns
www.standard.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Big developments in the battle for control of London’s e-bike market www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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Brilliant to see so many people cycling, scooting and walking to school! Exactly why we need even more school streets across Kingston.
A minute of November school drop in a #schoolstreet in Kingston.
It's wonderful and shows how the overwhelming majority want to travel to school.
@kingstoncycling.bsky.social
It's wonderful and shows how the overwhelming majority want to travel to school.
@kingstoncycling.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Brilliant to see so many people cycling, scooting and walking to school! Exactly why we need even more school streets across Kingston.