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@lastnotlost.bsky.social
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Day to day at http://mastodon.online/@lastnotlost
Blogposts at https://lastnotlost.wordpress.com/
Londoner, walks, rides a bicycle, drives a car, often lost.

Still no idea what an "eco-caramel coconut latte" is.
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cs3cs6count.bsky.social
London's cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter ran for 286 days this year, and recorded a total of 2,528,907 cycle journeys (Jan-start of Jul, late Sept-Dec).

A full 365 day run-rate would have been 3,227,000, getting us well past an annual #3million for the first time.

Happy 2026!
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lastnotlost.bsky.social still last @lastnotlost.bsky.social · 15h
31 Dec'25, morning o'clock, brass-monkey cold:
> Victoria Embankment, #CS3Count, 917 cycle journeys counted so far this morning, 836,019 since the late September reboot.

Over 750k journeys Oct/Nov/Dec, beating previous Q4s by 90+k!

HNY 🎉
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Two images of the cycleway C3/CS3 journey counting totem, with the electronic display showing "cyclists today 917" and "cyclists this year 836,019"
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
31 Dec'25, morning o'clock, brass-monkey cold:
> Victoria Embankment, #CS3Count, 917 cycle journeys counted so far this morning, 836,019 since the late September reboot.

Over 750k journeys Oct/Nov/Dec, beating previous Q4s by 90+k!

HNY 🎉
cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Two images of the cycleway C3/CS3 journey counting totem, with the electronic display showing "cyclists today 917" and "cyclists this year 836,019"
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Boxing Day, 26 December 2025, gone dark o'clock:
> cycleway C3 Victoria Embankment #CS3Count 1,480 cycle journeys recorded on the day, 824,356 since the late September reboot;
> cycleway C6 Blackfriars Road #CS6Count with its now permanent "please wait sign starting"

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Collage of three pictures of the electronic displays on the cycle journey counting totems. The display on the cycleway C3 counter shows "cyclists today 1480" and "cyclists this year 824356". The display on the cycleway C6 counter shows "please wait sign starting"
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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crisortunity.bsky.social
Will be fascinated to see what they actually put out in the end
lastnotlost.bsky.social still last @lastnotlost.bsky.social · 8d
One for @crisortunity.bsky.social "My officials are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to progress an assessment of the traffic levels in South-West London following the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles"

FOI opportunities incoming!
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December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Oh, great, HMG's Dept for Transport #DfT signs off an AI tool to analyse & summarise consultation responses

(evaluation report, 23 Dec'25)

www.gov.uk/government/p...
AI Consultation Analysis Tool evaluation
Findings from a technical evaluation of the Consultation Analysis Tool, an AI-driven system that analyses consultation responses with robust human insight.
www.gov.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
One for @crisortunity.bsky.social "My officials are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to progress an assessment of the traffic levels in South-West London following the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles"

FOI opportunities incoming!
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Question Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Conservative Life peer Lords To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether extra pollution has been caused by diverted traffic due to the length of time that Hammersmith Bridge has been closed. Answer Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Labour Life peer Lords Answered on 23 December 2025 My officials are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to progress an assessment of the traffic levels in South-West London following the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles, and further updates will be made available in the near future.
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
"The BBC are trying to force us all to live in 15 minute Suttons"

(Folk complaining at an airport check-in desk, in style of Telegraph's cartoonist Matt)
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December 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Mmm ... why might Bristol City Council want to permit heavier trucks in bus lanes?
And in a bus lane on the right-hand side of the road?
(PDF in latest batch of DfT sign auths: assets.dft.gov.uk/trafficauths... )
Proposed blue bus lane signs, showing bus, "authorised vehicles", truck over 7.5t, motorcycle, bicycle, taxi. Note this is a bus lane in a right-hand lane, not the usual left kerb-side lane.
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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This sign means no bikes, buses, or taxis right?
Road sign with restriction for cycles buses taxis, and directions for Peckham and Rotherhithe
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Has the DfT's "Road Safety Strategy" been kicked into 2026?

1st Dec: "We intend to publish the [road safety] strategy this year"

4th Dec: "The Government intends to publish the Road Safety Strategy this year."

19th Dec: "We will set out more details in due course."

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https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-21/93517 Question Joe Morris Labour Hexham Commons To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Road Safety Strategy on people in Hexham constituency. Answer Lilian Greenwood Labour Nottingham South Commons Answered on 1 December 2025 The Government treats road safety seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. The Road Safety Strategy is under development and will include a broad range of policies which will have national reach. We intend to publish the Strategy this year. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-20/hl12180 Roads: Safety Show full question Question for Department for Transport UIN HL12180, tabled on 20 November 2025 Question Lord Moylan Conservative Life peer Lords To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the new Road Safety Strategy. Answer Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Labour Life peer Lords Answered on 4 December 2025 The Government intends to publish the Road Safety Strategy this year. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-12/99542 Question Dr Al Pinkerton Liberal Democrat Surrey Heath Commons To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing police officers with additional roadside powers in cases where a driver has tested positive for (a) drugs or (b) alcohol. Answer Lilian Greenwood Labour Nottingham South Commons Answered on 19 December 2025 We are considering a range of policies under the new Road Safety Strategy; the first for ten years. This includes the case for changing the motoring offences, such as drink and drug driving. We will set out more details in due course.
December 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Not the first Londoner to complain about an unnecessary erection at this location
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Strata Tower, with 3 never working wind turbines built into the top
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Some parking spaces with ‘DOCTORS ONLY’ written in paint in front of them. Parked in one of the spaces is a van from ‘DrainDoctor’
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
"Around Arthur’s Seat, a popular place that people visit for walking, climbing and other recreational activities, there are fewer than ten bike parking spaces in the entire area. "
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December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Friday 12th December, late o'clock:
#CS3Count Victoria Embankment 7,009 cycle journeys recorded by late evening, 751,723 since the late-September reboot of the counter - and 55k up over the last week.

Cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Electronic display showing "cyclists this year (sic) 751723" Electronic display showing " cyclists today 7009"
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
#TfL's annual Travel in London report was quietly released last week (lots of PDFs at tfl.gov.uk/corporate/pu...)
> cycling stage numbers up post-pandemic to 1.5+million/day
> At least 1 in 10 journeys are by hire bike
> Silvertown shuttle bus averages 127 users/day
graph showing increasing number of daily cycle stage journeys Assuming that this estimate from peak hours could be extrapolated to the whole day and considering the estimate of 1.9 per cent of daily cycle journey stages made by Santander Cycles discussed in the previous section, this would amount to approximately 12 per cent of cycle journey stages made by hired cycles on an average day in London in 2024, leaving an estimated 88 per cent made by private cycles. While tentative, these figures seem to align to an alternative estimate from the LTDS suggesting that 11 per cent of cycling trips (note that trips are different from journey stages, although usually very aligned for cycling) made by London residents aged five and over between 2022/23 and 2024/25 were made by hired cycles, compared to 89 per cent by private cycles. It is clear, therefore, that cycle hire (and in particular dockless cycle hire) has an important presence in London with over one in 10 cycle journey stages being made on a hired cycle. As of June 2025, a couple of months after the launch of the service, the Silvertown Cycle Shuttle carried an average of 127 cycles per day. This means that demand for the Silvertown Cycle Shuttle is similar to the Woolwich Ferry but is the lowest of all east London cycle crossings except for the IFS Cloud Cable Car. It is likely that the reasons for this are a complex combination of several factors such as: • The location of trip attractors (origins and destinations of the trips) in this part of London, which would be a key factor in what is the most convenient crossing for the most direct route. • The number of people who cycle in this part of London, the number and type of trips made by those people and the propensity for others to take up cycling. • The relative attractiveness of each crossing for people who cycle, determined by: the presence of cycling infrastructure, the need to dismount and board another vehicle (for example the shuttle bus, the ferry or even the lifts at the foot tunnels), the need to add wait time (relevant for the shuttle bus and the ferry in particular), the cost (relevant to the IFS Cloud Cable Car only), etc. • Potential users’ awareness of the different alternatives, in particular of the relatively new Silvertown Cycle Shuttle.
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Q: "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to improve grace periods for parking fines and transparency for the appeal and enforcement process."

A: "A 10-minute grace period became mandatory for all councils in England on 6 April 2015 ..."

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dft-answers.bsky.social DfT Answers @dft-answers.bsky.social · 22d
A question on #Parking #Fines tabled by Alex Ballinger on 05-12-2025 has been answered by Simon Lightwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-05/97679
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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jwfurlong.bsky.social
We have created cyclability scores for every postcode in London in this paper out today.

As you can see... there is really substantial spatial variation across Greater London!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
davefev.bsky.social DaveFev @davefev.bsky.social · 22d
Our new paper (with @jwfurlong.bsky.social and @rachelaldred.bsky.social) out today calculates cyclability scores for every postcode in Greater London, revealing a lot of variation across the city.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)

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A map of Greater London using colour grading to show variation in cyclability scores for each postcode.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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davefev.bsky.social
Our new paper (with @jwfurlong.bsky.social and @rachelaldred.bsky.social) out today calculates cyclability scores for every postcode in Greater London, revealing a lot of variation across the city.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)

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A map of Greater London using colour grading to show variation in cyclability scores for each postcode.
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
I don't moralise about folk taking a flight each year to enjoy a well-earned holiday ... but this frequent flyer site advising how to buy and fly empty "comfort seats" next to you is completely bonkers

www.headforpoints.com/2025/12/08/h...
How to book spare middle 'comfort seats' on Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air, Jet2
We show you how to book spare middle 'comfort seats' on Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air and Jet2. It is NOT as simple as booking a 2nd seat in a random name!
www.headforpoints.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
The War On Motorists has escalated ...
( /s )

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December 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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iambrianjones.bsky.social
This masterpiece was published on this day in 2021.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Friday 5th December, late after a very soggy and cold day:
#CS3Count Victoria Embankment 6,100 cycle journeys recorded by late evening, 696,581 since the late-September reboot of the counter

Cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Electronic display on totem showing "cyclists today 6100" Electronic display on totem showing "cyclists this year 696581"
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
According to the #FarageGraph, Labour's ferry will transport "up to 10,000 cyclists per day" between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf

According the Thames Clipper's ticket page, the single fare booked online is £5.90

Note that the Mayor below doesn't mention the fare.

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/05/labour-funds-britains-first-electric-ferry-for-london-cycli/ Labour funds Britain’s first electric ferry for London cyclists Battery-powered Orbit Clipper takes less than two minutes to cross the Thames Christopher Jasper Transport industry editor Christopher Jasper 05 December 2025 1:15pm GMT Related Topics River Thames, Central London, Sadiq Khan, Uber, Labour Party 3 Gift this article free London electric ferry Uber Boat London’s Uber-sponsored electric ferry is part of a £15m push to encourage cycling Britain’s first electric ferry has entered service carrying thousands of London cyclists across the Thames. The Orbit Clipper, which is battery-powered, will transport up to 10,000 cyclists a day between Rotherhithe on the south bank of the river and Canary Wharf on the northern side. Screenshot of Thames Clipper page showing single fare between Rotherhithe Pier and Canary Wharf is £5.90
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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cs3cs6count.bsky.social
On Wednesday 3 Dec'25, the cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter on Victoria Embankment recorded 11,635 cycle journeys - the first time we've crowdsourced a 10k+ on a day in December!

Thanks to @highpoh.bsky.social and @westcountrytim.bsky.social for recent scores ... wet Thurs 4th👇

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westcountrytim.bsky.social Timothy @westcountrytim.bsky.social · 27d
Cycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 1,980 cycle journeys for the day at 08:40 this morning (684,394 since being reset). Pouring rain this morning in London. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Ouch!

"This has been law for over 70 years and all drivers are required to learn this in order to pass their driving test."

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Question Helen Morgan Liberal Democrat North Shropshire Commons To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update guidance to allow 30mph speed limit repeater signs on roads with street lighting. Answer Simon Lightwood Labour Wakefield and Rothwell Commons Answered on 4 December 2025 The Department has no plans to update legislation to allow 30mph speed limit repeater signs on roads with street lighting. Repeater signing is not used on street lit roads subject to a 30mph speed limit because the lamp columns act as the repeaters. Guidance is provided in rule 124 of the Highway Code. This has been law for over 70 years and all drivers are required to learn this in order to pass their driving test.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM