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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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lastnotlost.bsky.social
Current situation at Vauxhall Bridge per TfL
#wet
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Just learned about the #Honda #Motocompacto ... a 20kg , er, ebike that does max 15mph, with a range of 12 miles on a 3.5 hour charge ... $1000

motocompacto.honda.com

... if I wolf a slice of vicky sponge in couple of minutes, I can shift an acoustic bike 20 miles and accelerate faster.
narrow white rectangular box sitting on two narrow wheels with a small seat, handlebar, footrests and kickstand "Product specs, max 15mph, range 12 miles, full charge in 3.5hours, acceleration 7 seconds 0-15mps, weight capacity 265 US pounds, vehicle weight 41.3 US pounds"
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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wundelin.bsky.social
On a more serious note, it is unacceptable that a bit of rain consistently floods cycle lanes and pavements in Wandsworth. It affects cyclists and pedestrian, like this lady who has problems crossing the road due to a big puddle blocking her way
Elderly woman crossing the road with a cane and an umbrella. Being stranded in front of a big puddle.
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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wundelin.bsky.social
The new water feature on Balham High Road seems to be made permanent now. It looks great when the sun is shining ☀️
It is part of a series of similar water features that have appeared across the boroughs. Thanks to TfL and Wandsworth Council 🌊🚧
Large puddle across the cycle lane and large parts of the pavement. Reflection of the sky in the water
February 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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wundelin.bsky.social
Does anything help against cycle lanes looking like this?
Flooded cycle lane in London
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Over on Xitter, Tory Brexiteer Lord Paddy O'Grenfell is shit posting something about cycling infrastrucure in central London by quote posting a fab vid of a child cycling on a road <with no cycling infrastructure in outer London>

These c*nts expect us to tug our forelocks and do as we're told
Lord Moylan @danielmgmoylan The amount of road space dedicated to cycling in central London is already disproportionate to its contribution to passenger transport.
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
This afternoon, #RBKC has shuffled the barriers on Albert Bridge, making room for folk on bikes on the carriageway instead of the pavement.
(Is this arrangement just for this afternoon? Or a temporary layout until post 20 Feb while inspection works continue?)
#AlbertBridge
February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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cs3cs6count.bsky.social
London's cycleway #C8 #CS8 getting much needed upgrades after (an eternity) of planning.
📹 @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social

While Q'town Road gets improved by #Wandswoth Council, the seg'd track stops at Chelsea Bridge managed by #RBKC where folk cycling must use bus lane.

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wandsworthcycling.bsky.social Wandsworth Cycling Campaign @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social · 4d
The Queenstown Road cycle infrastructure is progressing well - more of this please!
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole) asks about keeping pedestrians safe from evil e-bike and e-scooter riders.

Have a guess how many questions ND-J has asked about pedestrians KSI'd by (the drivers of) motorised vehicles.

Spoiler: it will be a round number.

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dft-answers.bsky.social DfT Answers @dft-answers.bsky.social · 3d
A question on #Pedestrians #Accidents tabled by Neil Duncan-Jordan on 09-02-2026 has been answered by Simon Lightwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-09/112067
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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lastnotlost.bsky.social
Hammersmith's Tories: "we'll reward dangerous drivers who crash into stationary objects"

... what a manifesto.

(WBR = Wandsworth Bridge Road")
Liam Downer-Sanderson @DownerSanderson Another one bites the dust. @LBHF The parklets on WBR are constantly hit, cause accidents and cost residents money. The local Conservatives are opposed to them and will remove them on day one of winning the council in May. Sign the petition👇 https://hfconservatives.org.uk/campaigns/demand-removal-wandsworth-bridge-road-parklets 12:50 PM · Feb 11, 2026 .... accompanied with two pictures of huge bright green planter boxes broken because **drivers** have crashed into them
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Hammersmith's Tories: "we'll reward dangerous drivers who crash into stationary objects"

... what a manifesto.

(WBR = Wandsworth Bridge Road")
Liam Downer-Sanderson @DownerSanderson Another one bites the dust. @LBHF The parklets on WBR are constantly hit, cause accidents and cost residents money. The local Conservatives are opposed to them and will remove them on day one of winning the council in May. Sign the petition👇 https://hfconservatives.org.uk/campaigns/demand-removal-wandsworth-bridge-road-parklets 12:50 PM · Feb 11, 2026 .... accompanied with two pictures of huge bright green planter boxes broken because **drivers** have crashed into them
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Can someone ask Tory MP Sir Julian Smith about the economic and social impact of drink-drivers killing and injuring his constituents?
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Sir Julian Smith Conservative Skipton and Ripon Commons To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic and social impact on rural pubs and hospitality businesses of reducing the drink driving limit; and whether alternative measures have been considered. Answer Lilian Greenwood Labour Nottingham South Commons Answered on 11 February 2026 The Government is consulting on proposed changes to penalties for motoring offences, as part of the recently published Road Safety Strategy. As part of this, the Government is consulting on the general principle of lowering the drink drive limit in England and Wales, which has remained unchanged since 1967 and is currently the highest in Europe. Current evidence does not suggest a widespread or sustained adverse impact on the hospitality sector overall, but the Government will conduct an impact assessment following consultation responses and an evidenceled options analysis. The consultation is seeking views on a range of measures to reduce drink-driving, including options such as alcohol ignition interlocks (“alcolocks”) for offenders and powers to suspend licences for suspected drink or drug drivers.
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
That's Baroness D'Souza. Who keeps getting done for speeding.

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February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
I wonder what (small) part RBKC's decision six months ago to apply the 3 tonne weight limit on Albert Bridge to goods vehicles only has had affecting the bridge's latest structural issues?
Top of the range Range Rovers and Rollers beloved by Chelsea's residents exceed 3t
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4919043 Road Traffic Acts ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH ALBERT BRIDGE – WEIGHT RESTRICTION AMENDMENT THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND WANDSWORTH (WEIGHT AND WIDTH RESTRICTIONS) (ALBERT BRIDGE) (AMENDMENT NO. 1) TRAFFIC ORDER 2025 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with the agreement of the Council of the London Borough of Wandsworth on 1st July 2025 Made the above-mentioned Order under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The general effect of the Order will be to provide that the existing ban on vehicles weighing more than 3 tonnes maximum gross weight from proceeding over Albert Bridge and in the approach road on its north side between Albert Bridge and Chelsea Embankment applies only to goods vehicles and not to all vehicles. 3. Copies of the Order, which will come in to force on 8th July 2025 and of all other relevant documents may be obtained via email for inspection by contacting trafficorders@rbkc.gov.uk and can be inspected at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX between 9am and 5pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the end of a period of six weeks from the date the Order was made. 4. Anyone wishing to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make an application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 2nd July 2025 ANDREW BURTON Director of Highway and Regulatory Services
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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albertlechat.bsky.social
-Vous êtes gentil avec vos vélos, mais comment on fait après une grosse chute de neige?

-Copenhague: #holdmyCarlsberg
😎
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
@rosamundi.bsky.social if you haven't seen this, and if of interest ... lots of joy.

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jamesdart.bsky.social James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 14d
Love these pics from Uganda (Jinja district), where groups of women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life.

📸 Luis Tato
In eastern Uganda's Jinja district, groups of older women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life In eastern Uganda's Jinja district, groups of older women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life In eastern Uganda's Jinja district, groups of older women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life In eastern Uganda's Jinja district, groups of older women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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westcountrytim.bsky.social
Busy cycle lanes around Parliament square this morning in London
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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No ball games
No bikes
No scooters
No noise
No kids on their own
No fun
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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maxsullivan.bsky.social
I've just checked our consultation response and the clumsy phrasing was contained within so not @linusrees.bsky.social's fault - it was reported accurately. We do need TfL to more actively fund and help to execute alternative E-W routes but we are leading on the planning and design of those routes.
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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maxsullivan.bsky.social
What's written in the screenshot/report is untrue - multiple E-W alternative cycle routes are in the works led by WCC. North of Oxford St, have a read: marylebonewestend.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos.... And another through Mayfair at an earlier stage.
You said, we did
See the results of the consultation here
marylebonewestend.commonplace.is
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
As MPs' questions to ministers are usually on behalf of constituents, I wonder if there's an organised campaign asking what #DfT is doing about #Publicity of #HighwayCode changes?
Lots of @dft-answers.bsky.social in the last couple of weeks

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Lots of MPs asking the same question to DfT about publicity of highway code changes
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
"...enough for .... 170,000 more active trips per day [across England]."

Londoners make *1.5 million* cycle journeys per day.

Loving the ambition.

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The strategy builds upon ongoing work in this area. On 12 December 2025 we announced that we are allocating £626 million for local authorities from 2026-27 to 2029-30 to deliver walking, wheeling and cycling schemes, enough for 500 miles of new walking and cycling routes and 170,000 more active trips per day.
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
FFS, Westminster Council continuing under Labour to fail building an east-west cycle route off Oxford Street.

WCC has been crayoning routes on maps for 10+ years and done SFA.

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As cycling will be forbidden at any time within the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street, Barraclough asks that TfL reconsider whether cycling should be permitted before 11am when the number of shoppers is at a minimum. The council wants TfL to produce an alternative East/West route which will be required during the hours that cycling is banned on Oxford Street.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
Sam Corbett writes in The (London) Times: "Was 2025 the year London became a cycling city?"

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Was 2025 the year London became a cycling city? new Uptake has surged and TfL’s cycleway now rivals Copenhagen’s in scale, with Timothée Chalamet among those embracing the ubiquitous Lime bike Timothée Chalamet on a lime green bike on a red carpet at the UK premiere of "A Complete Unknown." Timothée Chalamet arriving at the premiere of A Complete Unknown at BFI Southbank, London, in January last year TIM P WHITBY/GETTY IMAGES FOR THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED Sam Corbett Monday January 26 2026, 4.45pm GMT, The Times Was 2025 the year London truly became a cycling city? When the first velocipedes appeared in London in 1819, the Victorians nicknamed them “dandy horses” and “boneshakers”, and their riders have sometimes been called much worse. But bicycles have steadily grown from an eccentric 19th-century novelty to a dominant force — perhaps the dominant force — on the city’s streets. Recent data from Transport for London (TfL) revealed another double-digit percentage increase in cycling in the capital in 2025, to 1.5 million daily journeys — roughly equivalent to the combined daily ridership of the Northern and Piccadilly London Underground lines, and a surge of 43 per cent compared with 2019. The accelerated uptake can be attributed to several factors, including the increased availability of rental e-bikes and consistent investment in cycling infrastructure. Since 2016, TfL’s network of cycleways has grown almost fivefold from 90km to 431km. And when cyclists brave the roads alongside motor vehicles, they no longer find what the MP Anthony Steen described in 1995 as “a battlefield, with every inch contested.” There are fewer vehicles in the city centre, and they drive much slower than they did in the Nineties. The uptake is particularly marked among commuters. In the City of London, cyclists now comprise 56 per cent of all traffic in peak commuting hours. Heatwaves and strikes gave many the nudge to try cycling for the first time last year, with Lime and Santander Cycles reporting usage surges of more than 70 per cent during the first day of the September Tube strikes. • Bike crashes rise during Tube strike, ambulance service says It was also a year in which cycling made an unlikely entrance into the fashion sphere. Timothée Chalamet set the tone in January when he arrived at the London premiere of A Complete Unknown aboard a Lime bike (which he claims led to a fine of £65 for improper parking). His example was then followed by stars including Pedro Pascal, Olivia Rodrigo, and even several professional Japanese sumo wrestlers. In September, Vogue declared the Lime bike to be “the most coveted accessory” at London Fashion Week, and the England cricket team — back when they were popular — arrived at a match at the Oval on them after their team coach became stuck in traffic. What next, then? TfL has promised to extend the cycleway — which at present runs to 431km, comparable to Copenhagen’s in length but in a city far larger — by about 30 to 40km a year, with a particular focus on areas of outer London where the network remains most sparse. In 2026 cyclists can expect new cycle lanes in areas including Woolwich, Newham, Hammersmith and Streatham Hill. The risk of cycling in London should continue to decrease this year. “We know the biggest barrier to people cycling is not feeling safe,” Will Norman told The Times at a café near TfL’s Southwark headquarters. Norman, who cycles to Southwark from his home in Hackney every morning, has been the city’s walking and cycling commissioner since the role was established under Sadiq Khan in 2016. He is continuing to push for zero annual transport deaths by 2041 as part of the city’s Vision Zero strategy. “You can’t have any other target than zero. Some will say that’s impossible, but Helsinki has done it and Oslo has done it,” Norman says, referring to feats achieved in Helsinki in 2025, and Oslo in 2019 and 2023. In comparison, 110 people were killed in road accidents in London in 2024, and 253 in New York. Of course, much of the increase in journeys has been driven by the availability of the almost ubiquitous rental e-bike. Convenient and zippy, they’ve encouraged Londoners to complete more “multi-modal” journeys, speeding from Tube station to final destination. Antisocial parking, however, has angered many. Reactions are largely split according to age: Lime reports that almost half of Londoners aged 18-34 use their bikes on a weekly basis, while, according to a survey conducted last year by Boston Consulting Group, 69 per cent of Londoners aged over 75 think they should be banned entirely. E-bike parking and use is regulated by local authorities, meaning 33 different regimes across the city. In August last year, for instance, Hounslow council ended its contract with Lime and awarded one to Forest, while neighbouring Richmond council renewed its Lime contract but continued to refuse access to Forest. The result was a rampart of abandoned bikes along the border of the two boroughs. Norman and TfL hope this issue will be solved this year with the passage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which would allow the transport body to create city-wide regulations. With Lime, Forest and now Voi continuing to jockey for market position, it remains to be seen which providers will benefit — and which will be hindered — by such an approach. But as more people take to the dandy horses and boneshakers, will other transport providers lose ground? One survey conducted by Lime in November suggests that 43 per cent of Londoners now think the city is better known for its bicycles than its black cabs. Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, is unconvinced: “Are we concerned about losing our iconic status to a load of green bicycles? No.” He believes there are still occasions when cycling just won’t do. “If you, me and our wives are going out for dinner, we’re not getting four Lime bikes, are we?”
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
lastnotlost.bsky.social
@carltonreid.com one for your history collection, if not already in it?
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lastnotlost.bsky.social still last @lastnotlost.bsky.social · 22d
A wonderful post by @thegentleauthor.bsky.social about the 1896 catalogue for The Metropolitan Machinists’ Co with the bells, lamps, saddles, trouser clips, capes, gaiters and other accessories for the discerning Victorian cyclist

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The Metropolitan Machinists’ Company Catalogue | Spitalfields Life
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January 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM