Engineer Like A Girl
@engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social
Chartered Civil Engineer working in the world of active travel 🚴♀️ 🌍 Likes to talk about transport, urbanism, climate change, the environment and nature ❤️ Mum to two boys, a dog and a cargo bike. Laka insurance referral code: AYCD2
This new route in Poole is not yet complete but teasingly some sections of it are now open. If you look closely at the old road markings you can see how much carriageway width is being reallocated. It's going to be so good when it's finished - I can't wait! 😁
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This new route in Poole is not yet complete but teasingly some sections of it are now open. If you look closely at the old road markings you can see how much carriageway width is being reallocated. It's going to be so good when it's finished - I can't wait! 😁
It felt very strange seeing the Christmas lights being put up in Bournemouth today whilst the sun was blazing down and it was 16+ degrees out! 😕
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It felt very strange seeing the Christmas lights being put up in Bournemouth today whilst the sun was blazing down and it was 16+ degrees out! 😕
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Streets that work for disabled people work better for everyone.
Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen.
If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?
Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen.
If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Streets that work for disabled people work better for everyone.
Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen.
If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?
Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen.
If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?
Great afternoon getting nicely pickled at Conker gin HQ... Lovely selection of spirits but ooh, cargo bike! 😁
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Great afternoon getting nicely pickled at Conker gin HQ... Lovely selection of spirits but ooh, cargo bike! 😁
What a guy, I hope he makes a full recovery 💚
BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The family of Samir Zitouni say they are "immensely proud" and he has "always been a hero".
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What a guy, I hope he makes a full recovery 💚
BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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With 6 other orgs, we have written to the Chancellor ahead of next month's Budget urging her to reclaim £4.2 billion a year in lost revenue by allowing the "temporary" 5p fuel duty cut to come to an end and ending the 14-year fuel duty freeze.
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
With 6 other orgs, we have written to the Chancellor ahead of next month's Budget urging her to reclaim £4.2 billion a year in lost revenue by allowing the "temporary" 5p fuel duty cut to come to an end and ending the 14-year fuel duty freeze.
Traffic calming, Devon style 💪
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Traffic calming, Devon style 💪
I'm currently staying on a farm in the middle of nowhere, where the roads have grass growing down the middle of them and everything is hilly and muddy. This is the farmer's car. For anyone who claims that a Range Rover is essential if you live anywhere slightly sub-urban... 😉
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm currently staying on a farm in the middle of nowhere, where the roads have grass growing down the middle of them and everything is hilly and muddy. This is the farmer's car. For anyone who claims that a Range Rover is essential if you live anywhere slightly sub-urban... 😉
Poole Harbour. Not bad, not bad.
October 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Poole Harbour. Not bad, not bad.
Ah, yet another weekend of train disruption. I love public transport, I really really do. But you've got to wonder how we can expect people to use it with any confidence when more journeys than not seem to be disrupted. My sister was supposed to be here half an hour ago, now the train is "delayed"
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Ah, yet another weekend of train disruption. I love public transport, I really really do. But you've got to wonder how we can expect people to use it with any confidence when more journeys than not seem to be disrupted. My sister was supposed to be here half an hour ago, now the train is "delayed"
Well, Eddie Izzard's solo performance of Hamlet was bloody brilliant! See it if you can, touring internationally.
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Well, Eddie Izzard's solo performance of Hamlet was bloody brilliant! See it if you can, touring internationally.
Gonna be a wild night down here on the south coast, batten down the hatches!
Storm Benjamin has been named by MeteoFrance
We are likely to see impacts from wind and rain across the UK tonight and tomorrow with yellow warnings issued ⚠️
Stay updated 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
We are likely to see impacts from wind and rain across the UK tonight and tomorrow with yellow warnings issued ⚠️
Stay updated 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Gonna be a wild night down here on the south coast, batten down the hatches!
To steal @crisortunity.bsky.social's turn of phrase...Good morning to almost everyone!
(And don't get me started on the random post in the middle of the footway, have reported)
(And don't get me started on the random post in the middle of the footway, have reported)
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
To steal @crisortunity.bsky.social's turn of phrase...Good morning to almost everyone!
(And don't get me started on the random post in the middle of the footway, have reported)
(And don't get me started on the random post in the middle of the footway, have reported)
Not related to the photo, but they just played Sunshine on Leith by the Proclaimers on Radio 2. One of my all-time favourite songs and my goodness,I don't think there's any other song which makes me so emotional 😭
October 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Not related to the photo, but they just played Sunshine on Leith by the Proclaimers on Radio 2. One of my all-time favourite songs and my goodness,I don't think there's any other song which makes me so emotional 😭
Well, that was a new one!
Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔
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Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔
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October 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Well, that was a new one!
Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔
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Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔
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I think it's always interesting to reframe stats to the cost of NOT doing the thing.
In Wales, Cornwall, Edinburgh, London and so many places when most 30mph roads were changed to 20mph, people injured or killed by motor vehicles reduced by 20%+. With minimal change to journey times and £2bn saving in insurance costs it's a huge win. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
October 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think it's always interesting to reframe stats to the cost of NOT doing the thing.
Little pootle in the sunshine to check out some emerging sexy infrastructure. A new *rubs thighs* machine-laid stepped cycle track complete with what will be a bus stop bypass (second picture, use your imagination).
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Little pootle in the sunshine to check out some emerging sexy infrastructure. A new *rubs thighs* machine-laid stepped cycle track complete with what will be a bus stop bypass (second picture, use your imagination).
Carlton has provided some great context here! 😊
Much to parse here. First, it's part of Sketch's ongoing campaign "Poor British Motorist!" This was during the great motorway building boom. And do you know who profited from that boom? Transport minister Ernest Marples ...
This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!
October 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Carlton has provided some great context here! 😊
Excellent article, very thoughtful and thought-provoking. See also Robert's article (also very good) linked within.
We're pleased to report on a project that Mark has been working on with Robert Weetman for Manchester City Council.
This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.
This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.
What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?
ForewordThis post has a companion written by Robert Weetman. We have been working collaboratively on something which we think needs to be more widely known, but we also thought it might be fun and …
cityinfinity.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Excellent article, very thoughtful and thought-provoking. See also Robert's article (also very good) linked within.
This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!
So lucky to live here 💙
October 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So lucky to live here 💙
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
So grateful to live somewhere that a bunch of kids that don't know each other, can turn up at a park, chuck their bikes down and just play football together, for free.
(Incidentally, anyone who says that "multicultural is a failed experiment" clearly has never seen a random group of kids play)
(Incidentally, anyone who says that "multicultural is a failed experiment" clearly has never seen a random group of kids play)
September 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So grateful to live somewhere that a bunch of kids that don't know each other, can turn up at a park, chuck their bikes down and just play football together, for free.
(Incidentally, anyone who says that "multicultural is a failed experiment" clearly has never seen a random group of kids play)
(Incidentally, anyone who says that "multicultural is a failed experiment" clearly has never seen a random group of kids play)