Exeter Urbanist
@exeterurbanist.bsky.social
Citizen of Exeter, advocating for a healthier, greener future in our city.
Just **ing fix it!! Spend the money to upgrade and fix the line, and while you're at it, double track it and build a couple new stations.
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Frustration over renationalised rail service times in Devon
Commuters between Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo criticise services being reduced.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Just **ing fix it!! Spend the money to upgrade and fix the line, and while you're at it, double track it and build a couple new stations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Huge thanks to Campaign supporters who did a 12hr count on Dryden Road 🌞🌧🎐counting >1500 people on foot, wheels.
We've noted some significant new info that DCC'll need to consider should they choose to think about different ways to keep Dryden Road safe for people on foot, wheels, and bike.
We've noted some significant new info that DCC'll need to consider should they choose to think about different ways to keep Dryden Road safe for people on foot, wheels, and bike.
September 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Huge thanks to Campaign supporters who did a 12hr count on Dryden Road 🌞🌧🎐counting >1500 people on foot, wheels.
We've noted some significant new info that DCC'll need to consider should they choose to think about different ways to keep Dryden Road safe for people on foot, wheels, and bike.
We've noted some significant new info that DCC'll need to consider should they choose to think about different ways to keep Dryden Road safe for people on foot, wheels, and bike.
Now is the time to act! Safeguard land now to construct a new railway branch and stations before the homes are built on and the traffic is unbearable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Public chooses name for 8,000-home new Devon town
Four names were in the running for the new town which will be built on the edge of Exeter.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Now is the time to act! Safeguard land now to construct a new railway branch and stations before the homes are built on and the traffic is unbearable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Councillors in Exeter have lodged a complaint with the City Council over 'intimidating and aggressive' behaviour by a Tory councillor.
"Wearing her councillor lanyard suggested she was acting on behalf of the council. We believe her actions were a breach of the councillor’s code of conduct."
"Wearing her councillor lanyard suggested she was acting on behalf of the council. We believe her actions were a breach of the councillor’s code of conduct."
"Inflammatory" | Exeter councillor caught up in hate hysteria - the PRSD
Official complaints lodged against Conservative Exeter Councillor for breaching Council Code of Conduct over ‘inflammatory behaviour’
www.theprsd.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Councillors in Exeter have lodged a complaint with the City Council over 'intimidating and aggressive' behaviour by a Tory councillor.
"Wearing her councillor lanyard suggested she was acting on behalf of the council. We believe her actions were a breach of the councillor’s code of conduct."
"Wearing her councillor lanyard suggested she was acting on behalf of the council. We believe her actions were a breach of the councillor’s code of conduct."
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Compare with the tarmac swathed local streets in the UK.
In practice, Puccini produces vanzelfsprekend (or "self-evident") streets. The palette favours restrained forms and finishes, with familiar Amsterdam cues. This quiet consistency reduces visual noise, helps people navigate, and simplifies upkeep for crews who know exactly which component goes where.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Compare with the tarmac swathed local streets in the UK.
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This letter from legal expert Robert Huxford endorses our position. Increasing a speed limit by 50% to 30mph is not a trivial change to be made at the whim of politicians to placate public opinion or win votes. Its has legal implications for the local authority, its councilors and its officers.
Councillors who revoke 20mph limits and LTNs risk being held liable for road deaths | Letters
Letters: Robert Huxford reminds local authorities of their duty of care, while Daniel Scharf calls for a lower national speed limit, Shirley Pritchard would like more speed cameras to be installed and Andrew Morgan is a reluctant pedestrian
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August 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This letter from legal expert Robert Huxford endorses our position. Increasing a speed limit by 50% to 30mph is not a trivial change to be made at the whim of politicians to placate public opinion or win votes. Its has legal implications for the local authority, its councilors and its officers.
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Exeter City Council is asking for feedback on a bold new plan to reorganise local government. The proposal would see Exeter and nearby areas form a single unitary authority, meaning one council would handle all local services.
Take a look and have your say 👉 news.exeter.gov.uk/putting-peop...
Take a look and have your say 👉 news.exeter.gov.uk/putting-peop...
August 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Exeter City Council is asking for feedback on a bold new plan to reorganise local government. The proposal would see Exeter and nearby areas form a single unitary authority, meaning one council would handle all local services.
Take a look and have your say 👉 news.exeter.gov.uk/putting-peop...
Take a look and have your say 👉 news.exeter.gov.uk/putting-peop...
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The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan
There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
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Very good report from Transport Select Committee on buses out today - lots of read across to recent @nao.org.uk work on local bus services in the findings on funding, support and guidance to the sector, and clearly communicating long-term strategic ambitions for buses
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England’s buses: more ambition needed to undo a decade of decline and get bums back on seats, Transport Committee tells Govt - Committees - UK Parliament
A new Transport Committee report calls on the Government to reform the way local bus services are funded and to adopt a national ambition for a minimum level of public transport connectivity. Thi...
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August 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Very good report from Transport Select Committee on buses out today - lots of read across to recent @nao.org.uk work on local bus services in the findings on funding, support and guidance to the sector, and clearly communicating long-term strategic ambitions for buses
nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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We asked for your experiences in/near the @exeter.ac.uk
They replied to our report:
"Useful to hear these perspectives.
✅St German’s Rd is within scope of our cycling/walking infra review. We’ll pick this up.
✅Streatham Dr, we plan construction of new pavement, Queen's Dr - Reed Hall"
They replied to our report:
"Useful to hear these perspectives.
✅St German’s Rd is within scope of our cycling/walking infra review. We’ll pick this up.
✅Streatham Dr, we plan construction of new pavement, Queen's Dr - Reed Hall"
August 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We asked for your experiences in/near the @exeter.ac.uk
They replied to our report:
"Useful to hear these perspectives.
✅St German’s Rd is within scope of our cycling/walking infra review. We’ll pick this up.
✅Streatham Dr, we plan construction of new pavement, Queen's Dr - Reed Hall"
They replied to our report:
"Useful to hear these perspectives.
✅St German’s Rd is within scope of our cycling/walking infra review. We’ll pick this up.
✅Streatham Dr, we plan construction of new pavement, Queen's Dr - Reed Hall"
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Great news from Wales on the efficacy of the default 20mph urban speed limit, although given that it was evidence-led this should not be any surprise and besides, physics and biomechanics don't care.
Great work Wales.
1/2
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great work Wales.
1/2
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Journey times up, deaths down: Welsh 20mph speed limit still divisive two years on
Protests continue against default lower limit in urban areas that supporters say is working ‘exactly as intended’
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Great news from Wales on the efficacy of the default 20mph urban speed limit, although given that it was evidence-led this should not be any surprise and besides, physics and biomechanics don't care.
Great work Wales.
1/2
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great work Wales.
1/2
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Crewkerne station in Somerset is closed until further notice because the ground is so dry that the railway embankments can't support trains running at normal speeds
Another example of how our infrastructure isn't resilient to climate change - adaption needed!
www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-...
Another example of how our infrastructure isn't resilient to climate change - adaption needed!
www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-...
July 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Crewkerne station in Somerset is closed until further notice because the ground is so dry that the railway embankments can't support trains running at normal speeds
Another example of how our infrastructure isn't resilient to climate change - adaption needed!
www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-...
Another example of how our infrastructure isn't resilient to climate change - adaption needed!
www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-...
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Would be great to see something like this back up and running again in Exeter.
BBC News - 'Parkinson's cycling club has given me back my independence'
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BBC News - 'Parkinson's cycling club has given me back my independence'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Parkinson's cycling: How it gave me my independence back
Tony Deeney was diagnosed with Parkinson's 23 years ago but cycling has helped him rediscover his independence.
www.bbc.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Would be great to see something like this back up and running again in Exeter.
BBC News - 'Parkinson's cycling club has given me back my independence'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - 'Parkinson's cycling club has given me back my independence'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A new cycle lane is among proposed changes with the aim of reducing traffic to be discussed by Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee today.😀
The make-up of the committee has changed since the May elections and now includes four Reform UK councillors 😢
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The make-up of the committee has changed since the May elections and now includes four Reform UK councillors 😢
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New cycle lane among planned traffic changes in Exeter
The changes are designed to increase the numbers of people on foot and cycling in the Devon city.
www.bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A new cycle lane is among proposed changes with the aim of reducing traffic to be discussed by Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee today.😀
The make-up of the committee has changed since the May elections and now includes four Reform UK councillors 😢
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The make-up of the committee has changed since the May elections and now includes four Reform UK councillors 😢
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Excellent to see Ed Miliband taking the fight to Reform & the Tories over their abandonment of net zero.
Ed is right - the vast majority of the UK public support bold climate action & the extremists are those who deny the need for it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ed is right - the vast majority of the UK public support bold climate action & the extremists are those who deny the need for it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations
Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Excellent to see Ed Miliband taking the fight to Reform & the Tories over their abandonment of net zero.
Ed is right - the vast majority of the UK public support bold climate action & the extremists are those who deny the need for it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ed is right - the vast majority of the UK public support bold climate action & the extremists are those who deny the need for it
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is good news actually!
The station at Cullompton is confirmed, lets make that station as worth it as possible, by encouraging everyone to not drive to Exeter. Perhaps some of the funded slated for the upgrade could be used for better buses linking the station.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
The station at Cullompton is confirmed, lets make that station as worth it as possible, by encouraging everyone to not drive to Exeter. Perhaps some of the funded slated for the upgrade could be used for better buses linking the station.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Blow as vital Devon M5 upgrade put on ‘maybe’ list
Scheme to upgrade Junction 28 had been pledged funding by the Sunak government but is now under review.
www.devonlive.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is good news actually!
The station at Cullompton is confirmed, lets make that station as worth it as possible, by encouraging everyone to not drive to Exeter. Perhaps some of the funded slated for the upgrade could be used for better buses linking the station.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
The station at Cullompton is confirmed, lets make that station as worth it as possible, by encouraging everyone to not drive to Exeter. Perhaps some of the funded slated for the upgrade could be used for better buses linking the station.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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🔔 CONFIRMED: the Government is abandoning First Past the Post... for mayoral and PCC elections.
This is the first acknowledgement we’ve seen from the Government that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose in an age of multi-party politics.
Mayoral elections should be just the first step.
This is the first acknowledgement we’ve seen from the Government that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose in an age of multi-party politics.
Mayoral elections should be just the first step.
July 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🔔 CONFIRMED: the Government is abandoning First Past the Post... for mayoral and PCC elections.
This is the first acknowledgement we’ve seen from the Government that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose in an age of multi-party politics.
Mayoral elections should be just the first step.
This is the first acknowledgement we’ve seen from the Government that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose in an age of multi-party politics.
Mayoral elections should be just the first step.
The southwest is losing the North-South debate... and now it is losing vital infrastructure funding.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Holding Dawlish mainline plans 'just ridiculous', residents say
Residents say holding plans to secure cliffs from Parson's Tunnel to Teignmouth
www.bbc.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The southwest is losing the North-South debate... and now it is losing vital infrastructure funding.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Did you know the Exeter Cycling Campaign is run entirely by unpaid volunteers?
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People who know Exeter could be lovelier & that changing it for the better will require some oomph to overcome the intertia that delivers motornormativity at every turn.
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People who know Exeter could be lovelier & that changing it for the better will require some oomph to overcome the intertia that delivers motornormativity at every turn.
July 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Did you know the Exeter Cycling Campaign is run entirely by unpaid volunteers?
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People who know Exeter could be lovelier & that changing it for the better will require some oomph to overcome the intertia that delivers motornormativity at every turn.
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People who know Exeter could be lovelier & that changing it for the better will require some oomph to overcome the intertia that delivers motornormativity at every turn.
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Right I'm so pissed off that we've got London MPs trying to hijack the Local Buses Bill (which is supposed to be about STUFF OUTSIDE LONDON for a change) to try to ban London / all floating bus stops (utter nonsense), that I've stayed up late writing evidence for the committee. Join me! Link ⬇️
Here's another one near Yarnton. Is the mother I met today who cycles here with her baby supposed to divert into the A44? How?
Come and see what bus stops exist outside London before making amendments which could honestly kill children in my division.
Come and see what bus stops exist outside London before making amendments which could honestly kill children in my division.
June 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Right I'm so pissed off that we've got London MPs trying to hijack the Local Buses Bill (which is supposed to be about STUFF OUTSIDE LONDON for a change) to try to ban London / all floating bus stops (utter nonsense), that I've stayed up late writing evidence for the committee. Join me! Link ⬇️
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The Bus Services (No.2) Bill is at committee stage
Bus stop bypasses (floating bus stops) are being discussed
Well designed bus stop bypasses are the best option in some places for pan-impairment #ActiveTravel and public transport #accessibility. Here's why:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-peo...
Bus stop bypasses (floating bus stops) are being discussed
Well designed bus stop bypasses are the best option in some places for pan-impairment #ActiveTravel and public transport #accessibility. Here's why:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-peo...
Disabled people’s mobility – why Bus Stop Bypasses are sometimes essential briefing
Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Bus Services (No.2) Bill is at committee stage
Bus stop bypasses (floating bus stops) are being discussed
Well designed bus stop bypasses are the best option in some places for pan-impairment #ActiveTravel and public transport #accessibility. Here's why:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-peo...
Bus stop bypasses (floating bus stops) are being discussed
Well designed bus stop bypasses are the best option in some places for pan-impairment #ActiveTravel and public transport #accessibility. Here's why:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-peo...