Max Sullivan
@maxsullivan.bsky.social
Labour Councillor, Bayswater, Westminster City Council (London, UK)
Cabinet Member for Streets
Liveable cities - walking, cycling, public transport, density
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Max Sullivan
@maxsullivan.bsky.social
· Jun 11
We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road.
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
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For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵
I wasn't aware of this dimension when I wrote about the Waymo who hit and injured a school girl in Santa Monica. But it certainly tracks with a company making every attempt to justify their existence and approach. open.substack.com/pub/movepeop...
February 4, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I wasn't aware of this dimension when I wrote about the Waymo who hit and injured a school girl in Santa Monica. But it certainly tracks with a company making every attempt to justify their existence and approach. open.substack.com/pub/movepeop...
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Waymo robotaxi hits child who was previously hidden behind an oversized SUV. Waymo praises its own technology for reacting faster than a human driver. So we need SUV robotaxis. Everything's fine in carbrain countries.
February 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Waymo robotaxi hits child who was previously hidden behind an oversized SUV. Waymo praises its own technology for reacting faster than a human driver. So we need SUV robotaxis. Everything's fine in carbrain countries.
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Wow & double Wow 🙏👍👏👏👏
Well Done Westminster City Council for becoming
“Flagship borough of sanctuary” in London for “asylum seekers & Refugees”.
After horrid days of listening to fascists & anti migrant racist Reform & far right morons it’s a welcome news for the long suffering asylum seekers.🙏
Well Done Westminster City Council for becoming
“Flagship borough of sanctuary” in London for “asylum seekers & Refugees”.
After horrid days of listening to fascists & anti migrant racist Reform & far right morons it’s a welcome news for the long suffering asylum seekers.🙏
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Wow & double Wow 🙏👍👏👏👏
Well Done Westminster City Council for becoming
“Flagship borough of sanctuary” in London for “asylum seekers & Refugees”.
After horrid days of listening to fascists & anti migrant racist Reform & far right morons it’s a welcome news for the long suffering asylum seekers.🙏
Well Done Westminster City Council for becoming
“Flagship borough of sanctuary” in London for “asylum seekers & Refugees”.
After horrid days of listening to fascists & anti migrant racist Reform & far right morons it’s a welcome news for the long suffering asylum seekers.🙏
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Harrow Road in North Paddington is looking a bit rough around the edges these days. Adrian Zorzut went down to chat to businesses as Westminster City Council looks to force long-vacant units back into use, to improve the area's fortunes
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
Plan to improve rundown street where traders 'no longer feel safe'
Harrow Road in North Paddington had 33 vacant shop units last year, according to analysis by Westminster City Council
www.mylondon.news
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Harrow Road in North Paddington is looking a bit rough around the edges these days. Adrian Zorzut went down to chat to businesses as Westminster City Council looks to force long-vacant units back into use, to improve the area's fortunes
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...
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Westminster's Bayswater Rd scheme would deliver a safer continuous cycling connection linking Cycleways 3 and 27, as well as providing a direct east–west route along the north side of Hyde Park.
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Westminster's Bayswater Rd scheme would deliver a safer continuous cycling connection linking Cycleways 3 and 27, as well as providing a direct east–west route along the north side of Hyde Park.
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
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I’m proud to have played a small part in making the massive undertaking of Thames Tideway a success over the last 10 years. A major UK infrastructure project (almost) on time & budget (bar covid). Bazalgette Embankment is a great public realm legacy & well worth a visit.
London's Tideway super sewer is not just cleaning up the Thames, it's also created new bits of city.
The stunning new Bazalgette Embankment - built on the foreshore by Blackfriars Bridge - is now open with new planting, seating, art & lovely views of the river.
The stunning new Bazalgette Embankment - built on the foreshore by Blackfriars Bridge - is now open with new planting, seating, art & lovely views of the river.
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I’m proud to have played a small part in making the massive undertaking of Thames Tideway a success over the last 10 years. A major UK infrastructure project (almost) on time & budget (bar covid). Bazalgette Embankment is a great public realm legacy & well worth a visit.
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I’m down at Hammersmith Bridge to hear SW London politicians wang on about how hundreds of millions should be spent to bring cars back over here. They’ve gathered down by the river for their “reopen the bridge” rally to avoid embarrassing context of huge numbers of pedestrians & cyclists crossing it
January 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I’m down at Hammersmith Bridge to hear SW London politicians wang on about how hundreds of millions should be spent to bring cars back over here. They’ve gathered down by the river for their “reopen the bridge” rally to avoid embarrassing context of huge numbers of pedestrians & cyclists crossing it
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You, a normal person: [visits Westminster to see Big Ben]
Me, a nerd: [visits Westminster to see one of the only side road zebra crossings in the UK]
Me, a nerd: [visits Westminster to see one of the only side road zebra crossings in the UK]
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You, a normal person: [visits Westminster to see Big Ben]
Me, a nerd: [visits Westminster to see one of the only side road zebra crossings in the UK]
Me, a nerd: [visits Westminster to see one of the only side road zebra crossings in the UK]
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Wales could give local authorities the power to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. This would be a first for the UK – giving pedestrians more priority at side streets.
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
Side road zebras - an opportunity for Wales
Ruth Billingham, our Head of Campaigns & Public Affairs, dives into the detail of what this means for walking.
bitly.livingstreets.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wales could give local authorities the power to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. This would be a first for the UK – giving pedestrians more priority at side streets.
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
But what is a side road zebra? And how would it work? 🦓
Find out more: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3MJM5PI
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Last opportunity to comment on proposals for improving cycling on Bayswater Road cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Last opportunity to comment on proposals for improving cycling on Bayswater Road cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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Eerste Sweelinckstraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today. From a car park to a street with seating, bike parking, trees, and space for kids to play. Same street, different priorities. Proof that cities can change and that when politicians choose people over cars, streets become communities.
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Eerste Sweelinckstraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today. From a car park to a street with seating, bike parking, trees, and space for kids to play. Same street, different priorities. Proof that cities can change and that when politicians choose people over cars, streets become communities.
Why is Conservative Felicity Buchan pretending to still be a Member of Parliament? She lost her seat in 2024.
She's been pretty quiet on social media lately but has lately sprung into action to oppose...
Another cycle lane!
1/
She's been pretty quiet on social media lately but has lately sprung into action to oppose...
Another cycle lane!
1/
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Why is Conservative Felicity Buchan pretending to still be a Member of Parliament? She lost her seat in 2024.
She's been pretty quiet on social media lately but has lately sprung into action to oppose...
Another cycle lane!
1/
She's been pretty quiet on social media lately but has lately sprung into action to oppose...
Another cycle lane!
1/
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Bayswater Road Consultation on a segregated route looks very good. Support it here, ends 28th January!!!! Please share
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Bayswater Road Consultation on a segregated route looks very good. Support it here, ends 28th January!!!! Please share
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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What3words is an opaque techy non-solution that seeks to lock people into a proprietary system that replaces a better system that was working perfectly fine. They're almost the last company I'd want to see influencing how government thinks
At what3words for Darren Jones speech on 'Move fast and fix things: modernising Whitehall to deliver for Britain'
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk's Hannah White asks what will make this attempt at reform different - says what matters is what comes next
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk's Hannah White asks what will make this attempt at reform different - says what matters is what comes next
January 20, 2026 at 1:16 PM
What3words is an opaque techy non-solution that seeks to lock people into a proprietary system that replaces a better system that was working perfectly fine. They're almost the last company I'd want to see influencing how government thinks
Hey Toronto urbanism, walking, biking, transit nerds - I’m visiting your city soon for work. Where can I go for nice pootles using my feet or two wheels?
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Hey Toronto urbanism, walking, biking, transit nerds - I’m visiting your city soon for work. Where can I go for nice pootles using my feet or two wheels?
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Advert, Cyclists’ Touring Club Gazette, May 1882: “Cyclists ride 100 miles ... without fatigue by the use of
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Advert, Cyclists’ Touring Club Gazette, May 1882: “Cyclists ride 100 miles ... without fatigue by the use of
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
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The reason I go on about self-driving cars is that it's like watching somebody spend 20 minutes using a thimble to fill a kettle and them saying "I can't wait for the glorious day when I'll have a robot to carry this thimble for me"
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The reason I go on about self-driving cars is that it's like watching somebody spend 20 minutes using a thimble to fill a kettle and them saying "I can't wait for the glorious day when I'll have a robot to carry this thimble for me"
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Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
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Dr. Tony Holohan (ex-CMO): "There is also an asymmetry of risk that should be recognised. Poor behaviour by cyclists mainly endangers cyclists themselves.
Poor behaviour by drivers places cyclists and pedestrians at serious risk of serious injury or death. This reality
tinyurl.com/3hxru677
Poor behaviour by drivers places cyclists and pedestrians at serious risk of serious injury or death. This reality
tinyurl.com/3hxru677
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Dr. Tony Holohan (ex-CMO): "There is also an asymmetry of risk that should be recognised. Poor behaviour by cyclists mainly endangers cyclists themselves.
Poor behaviour by drivers places cyclists and pedestrians at serious risk of serious injury or death. This reality
tinyurl.com/3hxru677
Poor behaviour by drivers places cyclists and pedestrians at serious risk of serious injury or death. This reality
tinyurl.com/3hxru677
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Many streets in the Netherlands once looked like those in the UK today. What matters is what happened next. Hoogeveen shows this clearly: a car-dominated main road in 2019, upgraded by 2024 with cycle tracks. Dutch roads are continuously improved to make cycling safer & neighbourhoods more pleasant
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Many streets in the Netherlands once looked like those in the UK today. What matters is what happened next. Hoogeveen shows this clearly: a car-dominated main road in 2019, upgraded by 2024 with cycle tracks. Dutch roads are continuously improved to make cycling safer & neighbourhoods more pleasant
Wait til Reform's Laila Cunningham finds out (a) what celebrating Easter actually looks like for Christians, (b) that it already happens, and (c) that it's organised with the support of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
January 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Wait til Reform's Laila Cunningham finds out (a) what celebrating Easter actually looks like for Christians, (b) that it already happens, and (c) that it's organised with the support of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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