Stuart Hay
@streetwurrier1.bsky.social
Environmentalist, urbanist, wannabe photographer, and Dad. View of the planet from Edinburgh.
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Fabulous transformation.
Hopefully coming to a street near you, quite soon 🙂
Also it's proof positive that legs are mightier than the car!
Hopefully coming to a street near you, quite soon 🙂
Also it's proof positive that legs are mightier than the car!
Eerste van der Helststraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today
March 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Fabulous transformation.
Hopefully coming to a street near you, quite soon 🙂
Also it's proof positive that legs are mightier than the car!
Hopefully coming to a street near you, quite soon 🙂
Also it's proof positive that legs are mightier than the car!
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SUVs are the second-largest cause of the global rise in emissions over the past decade – more than the entire aviation industry.
Great campaign from @cleancitiescampaign.org highlighting the many dangers of the growing appetite for bigger cars 👇
Great campaign from @cleancitiescampaign.org highlighting the many dangers of the growing appetite for bigger cars 👇
On average, SUVs burn 20% more fuel than regular cars. They're not just eating up space - they're eating up our planet too. It's time to think smarter, and smaller.
Join us in tackling #carspreading and tag us in your worst SUV moments. More info at cleancitiescampaign.org/cars...
Join us in tackling #carspreading and tag us in your worst SUV moments. More info at cleancitiescampaign.org/cars...
February 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
SUVs are the second-largest cause of the global rise in emissions over the past decade – more than the entire aviation industry.
Great campaign from @cleancitiescampaign.org highlighting the many dangers of the growing appetite for bigger cars 👇
Great campaign from @cleancitiescampaign.org highlighting the many dangers of the growing appetite for bigger cars 👇
Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says - only traffic reduction not just EVs will tackle the air quality health crisis
February 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says - only traffic reduction not just EVs will tackle the air quality health crisis
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NEW on Substack, my post on Keeling House, Bethnal Green. Denys Lasdun's brutalist masterpiece, designed for the East End working class; sold off to the private sector in 1999.
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/keeling-ho...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/keeling-ho...
January 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
NEW on Substack, my post on Keeling House, Bethnal Green. Denys Lasdun's brutalist masterpiece, designed for the East End working class; sold off to the private sector in 1999.
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/keeling-ho...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/keeling-ho...
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In the UK, auto insurance prices dropped 16% in a year.
A big reason: Lower urban speed limits
Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."
A big reason: Lower urban speed limits
Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."
UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’
Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In the UK, auto insurance prices dropped 16% in a year.
A big reason: Lower urban speed limits
Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."
A big reason: Lower urban speed limits
Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."
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Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.
January 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.
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READ: Barcelona has a plan to create a city-wide network of quieter streets that are easier and safer to travel on foot or by bike. Instead of bumper-to-bumper cars, streets will be lined with trees, play parks, bike-lanes, benches and green people-places. #Barcelona
www.politico.eu/article/barc...
www.politico.eu/article/barc...
Barcelona bets on green to boost city’s mental health
Plans to expand low-traffic, green zones are targeted at reclaiming streets for residents — and lifting their spirits in the process.
www.politico.eu
January 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
READ: Barcelona has a plan to create a city-wide network of quieter streets that are easier and safer to travel on foot or by bike. Instead of bumper-to-bumper cars, streets will be lined with trees, play parks, bike-lanes, benches and green people-places. #Barcelona
www.politico.eu/article/barc...
www.politico.eu/article/barc...
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Where is your city on this 5-step journey?
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Popular to “do the wrong things ‘better’”!
I see Sheffield in the “have cake and eat it” of steps forward and back at same time.
“Grey to Green!” because “bigger ring road!”
www.fastcompany.com/90278237/5-s...
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Popular to “do the wrong things ‘better’”!
I see Sheffield in the “have cake and eat it” of steps forward and back at same time.
“Grey to Green!” because “bigger ring road!”
www.fastcompany.com/90278237/5-s...
5 steps to making better cities
Before you can do the right thing, you have to do the right thing badly. And before that, you have to do the wrong thing.
www.fastcompany.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Where is your city on this 5-step journey?
Helpful from @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Popular to “do the wrong things ‘better’”!
I see Sheffield in the “have cake and eat it” of steps forward and back at same time.
“Grey to Green!” because “bigger ring road!”
www.fastcompany.com/90278237/5-s...
Helpful from @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Popular to “do the wrong things ‘better’”!
I see Sheffield in the “have cake and eat it” of steps forward and back at same time.
“Grey to Green!” because “bigger ring road!”
www.fastcompany.com/90278237/5-s...
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800 year old York Minster now has 184 solar panels installed, which will generate 70,000 kWh of energy, enough to deliver a third of the Minster’s electricity requirements
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
January 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
800 year old York Minster now has 184 solar panels installed, which will generate 70,000 kWh of energy, enough to deliver a third of the Minster’s electricity requirements
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
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Am live with Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk shortly talking about Elon Musk's proposed funding for Nigel Farage and Reform - and why Britain's election finances laws have been so broken for so long, but neither Labour nor Conservative has even tried to fix them.
December 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Am live with Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk shortly talking about Elon Musk's proposed funding for Nigel Farage and Reform - and why Britain's election finances laws have been so broken for so long, but neither Labour nor Conservative has even tried to fix them.
Has anyone checked that councils have learnt the lessons of the Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash Tragedy www.heraldscotland.com/news/2481081... this includes sheriff recommendations on routing bin lorries alway from busy streets & times ????
December 22, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Has anyone checked that councils have learnt the lessons of the Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash Tragedy www.heraldscotland.com/news/2481081... this includes sheriff recommendations on routing bin lorries alway from busy streets & times ????
No street cleaners’ no enforcement and then this 🤔 …https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14124/bin-it-to-win-it-litterlotto-rolls-out-in-edinburgh
Bin it to win it - LitterLotto rolls out in Edinburgh
Bin it to win it LitterLotto rolls out in Edinburgh
www.edinburgh.gov.uk
December 18, 2024 at 7:15 AM
No street cleaners’ no enforcement and then this 🤔 …https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14124/bin-it-to-win-it-litterlotto-rolls-out-in-edinburgh
It seems the development of National Parks in Scotland has all the symptoms of shambolic top down public policy making. Another postive environmental policy done very badly www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2479...
'This is too big a matter to be determined on the basis of a consultation alone.'
Division is building in the proposed Galloway National Park area. Outside Dumfries council, the call is for a referendum. Is that the solution?
www.heraldscotland.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:10 AM
It seems the development of National Parks in Scotland has all the symptoms of shambolic top down public policy making. Another postive environmental policy done very badly www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2479...
A lesson in auto industry ethics, on par with big tobacco #roadsafety #whistleblowing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
JLR whistleblower sacked for publishing concerns about VinFast cars
Mechanical engineer Hazar Denli lost his job after publishing online concerns about an electric car.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 6:42 AM
A lesson in auto industry ethics, on par with big tobacco #roadsafety #whistleblowing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It seems to be working: "Air pollution in Barcelona has fallen by more than 30% in the last 8 years." www-publico-es.translate.goog/public/conta...
December 17, 2024 at 6:53 AM
It seems to be working: "Air pollution in Barcelona has fallen by more than 30% in the last 8 years." www-publico-es.translate.goog/public/conta...
Always enjoy starting the day with Edinburgh thanks to Mike trawls through social media at silly O’clock to get curated highlights for subscribers - check it out
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Fury over £100k salaries, councillors cause 20mph delay, bike lane warning, Leith designer’s Hollywood gig + how would you spend £50m?
⮑ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news without the noise: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...
#Edinburgh #Scotland
⮑ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news without the noise: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...
#Edinburgh #Scotland
December 17, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Always enjoy starting the day with Edinburgh thanks to Mike trawls through social media at silly O’clock to get curated highlights for subscribers - check it out
Princes Street Edinburgh from Calton Hill with the tower of the former North British Railway Hotel (Now the Balmoral) Spires of St Mary’s Cathedral towards the Horizon #edinburghviews
December 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Princes Street Edinburgh from Calton Hill with the tower of the former North British Railway Hotel (Now the Balmoral) Spires of St Mary’s Cathedral towards the Horizon #edinburghviews
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NEW STARTER PACK! Who are the most creative, persuasive people and organizations that are truly CHANGING THE BROAD CONVERSATION ABOUT BETTER CITIES? The game-changers & mind-changers? This one I teamed up with superb marketer/brander @tomflood.bsky.social to curate. Please share! go.bsky.app/7iNmiCU
December 16, 2024 at 8:14 PM
NEW STARTER PACK! Who are the most creative, persuasive people and organizations that are truly CHANGING THE BROAD CONVERSATION ABOUT BETTER CITIES? The game-changers & mind-changers? This one I teamed up with superb marketer/brander @tomflood.bsky.social to curate. Please share! go.bsky.app/7iNmiCU
LEZ benefits become even more compelling, with every piece of research www.heraldscotland.com/news/2479730...
Air pollution 'linked to increased hospital admissions for mental illness'
Air pollution linked to increased hospital admissions for mental illness as well as physical illness for the first time according to new research…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:20 AM
LEZ benefits become even more compelling, with every piece of research www.heraldscotland.com/news/2479730...
‘Young person run into and killed by car driver’ - as correctly headline news.stv.tv/east-central...
'Beloved son' who died after being struck by Volvo named by police
The 20-year-old pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident in Edinburgh.
news.stv.tv
December 4, 2024 at 11:36 PM
‘Young person run into and killed by car driver’ - as correctly headline news.stv.tv/east-central...
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You can read the report, and my new handbook for police forces, here: www.rc-rg.com/handbook
Handbook & Research | RC-RG
www.rc-rg.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
You can read the report, and my new handbook for police forces, here: www.rc-rg.com/handbook
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We know disappearing a driver has a profound impact on readers, causing them to instead focus away from drivers, and towards those injured, like pedestrians and cyclists, by as much as 30%
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
We know disappearing a driver has a profound impact on readers, causing them to instead focus away from drivers, and towards those injured, like pedestrians and cyclists, by as much as 30%
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However more than two thirds of police news stories still refer to a vehicle rather than a person,'i.e. a car crashed' and 23% refer to that vehicle as active, and almost sentient, such as ‘the car attempted to drive the wrong way’.
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
However more than two thirds of police news stories still refer to a vehicle rather than a person,'i.e. a car crashed' and 23% refer to that vehicle as active, and almost sentient, such as ‘the car attempted to drive the wrong way’.
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I've been working on this project for over a year, so it's great to finally publish it. In 2021 I authored the UK's first Road Collision Reporting Guidelines. But media uptake was patchy. We know press language comes, sometimes verbatim, from police, so...I looked at police language this time.
Most U.K. Police Forces Now Use ‘Incident’ Not ‘Accident’ Finds Research www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... @lauralaker.bsky.social
Most U.K. Police Forces Now Use ‘Incident’ Not ‘Accident’ Finds Research
It's "crash, not accident."
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I've been working on this project for over a year, so it's great to finally publish it. In 2021 I authored the UK's first Road Collision Reporting Guidelines. But media uptake was patchy. We know press language comes, sometimes verbatim, from police, so...I looked at police language this time.