Will Mitchell
@royalbluemersey.bsky.social
Public transport, active mobility, safe streets, liveable cities. And Trams!
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Lady and the Tram #ASongOrMovieForTransportationMeans
October 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lady and the Tram #ASongOrMovieForTransportationMeans
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October 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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In addition to 20mph speed limits, the true way to unlock a massive network of safe cycle routes would be to prohibit overtaking of people on bikes on residential streets. While 20mph limits make streets feel safer, being closed passed remains as a barrier to many choosing to cycle instead of drive.
July 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In addition to 20mph speed limits, the true way to unlock a massive network of safe cycle routes would be to prohibit overtaking of people on bikes on residential streets. While 20mph limits make streets feel safer, being closed passed remains as a barrier to many choosing to cycle instead of drive.
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The importance of protected cycle lanes.
In the five years leading up to the replacement of blue paint with segregated cycle tracks and floating bus stops 5 people were killed on CS2. In the ten years since they were constructed no cyclists had died and there have been no significant collisions between cycles and pedestrians at bus stops
July 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The importance of protected cycle lanes.
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“Owning a car does not give you the right to take up public space.” When Pontevedra Mayor Miguel Lores was elected on a car-free platform in 1999, he wasted no time getting to work. The city was in severe decline, with pollution, health, safety, and quality-of-life all trending the wrong direction.🧵
June 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Owning a car does not give you the right to take up public space.” When Pontevedra Mayor Miguel Lores was elected on a car-free platform in 1999, he wasted no time getting to work. The city was in severe decline, with pollution, health, safety, and quality-of-life all trending the wrong direction.🧵
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“To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain.’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of ...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain.’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
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Cycling through Zwolle city centre this evening. Peaceful, vibrant, and car-free. In many cities, this would be a car park. Here, it’s for people walking, cycling, dining and enjoying life outdoors.
June 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Cycling through Zwolle city centre this evening. Peaceful, vibrant, and car-free. In many cities, this would be a car park. Here, it’s for people walking, cycling, dining and enjoying life outdoors.
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That's not the only unchanged thing about him, of course. He's also a cunt and always has been.
June 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
That's not the only unchanged thing about him, of course. He's also a cunt and always has been.
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We can allow history to repeat itself, and powerful interests to shape our streets in one way.
Or we can remember that cities are places where walking, cycling and public transport should be prioritised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Or we can remember that cities are places where walking, cycling and public transport should be prioritised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter
If we want autonomous tech to succeed it must be designed to share space with us, rather than forcing us to adapt to it, says former cycling and walking commissioner Adam Tranter
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We can allow history to repeat itself, and powerful interests to shape our streets in one way.
Or we can remember that cities are places where walking, cycling and public transport should be prioritised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Or we can remember that cities are places where walking, cycling and public transport should be prioritised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This scares me.
We don't have jaywalking in the UK, crappy guard rails are bad enough.
US tech fantasists MUST not be allowed to rule our roads, and squeeze pedestrians and people cycling even further into the margins.
We don't have jaywalking in the UK, crappy guard rails are bad enough.
US tech fantasists MUST not be allowed to rule our roads, and squeeze pedestrians and people cycling even further into the margins.
Today, the Government launches plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK.
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This scares me.
We don't have jaywalking in the UK, crappy guard rails are bad enough.
US tech fantasists MUST not be allowed to rule our roads, and squeeze pedestrians and people cycling even further into the margins.
We don't have jaywalking in the UK, crappy guard rails are bad enough.
US tech fantasists MUST not be allowed to rule our roads, and squeeze pedestrians and people cycling even further into the margins.
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Too often, we design public space around what’s easy for machines and traffic flow, not what’s humane for people.
We’ve done that before.
We’ve lived with the consequences.
And in many places, we’re still trying to undo them.
We’ve done that before.
We’ve lived with the consequences.
And in many places, we’re still trying to undo them.
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Too often, we design public space around what’s easy for machines and traffic flow, not what’s humane for people.
We’ve done that before.
We’ve lived with the consequences.
And in many places, we’re still trying to undo them.
We’ve done that before.
We’ve lived with the consequences.
And in many places, we’re still trying to undo them.
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Today, the Government launches plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK.
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today, the Government launches plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK.
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
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This is tremendous
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'We need to challenge the car-dependent transport system we live in'
Callum Stevens says claims of a 'War on Motorists' are unnecessarily divisive
www.bristol247.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is tremendous
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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Good news. It isn't enough though and the distribution of funding for transport projects is still over-centralised.
In 1900 councils chose to buy tram systems and electrify to improve their communities' lives.
Now everything is reliant on the Treasury.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
In 1900 councils chose to buy tram systems and electrify to improve their communities' lives.
Now everything is reliant on the Treasury.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves unveils £15bn for trams, trains and buses outside London
Focus on capital spending in northern cities and Midlands is recognition Labour needs better economic story for voters
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Good news. It isn't enough though and the distribution of funding for transport projects is still over-centralised.
In 1900 councils chose to buy tram systems and electrify to improve their communities' lives.
Now everything is reliant on the Treasury.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
In 1900 councils chose to buy tram systems and electrify to improve their communities' lives.
Now everything is reliant on the Treasury.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
May 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
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At some point politicians are going to need to acknowledge that giving violent men access to 2t plus heavy weapons that allow them to terrorise and harm dozens of people at once is no longer acceptable. This car was only 1.5t yet look at what it was capable of:
Breaking News: The police filed seven charges against a 53-year-old man after a car hit a packed crowd in Liverpool earlier this week.
British Man Faces 7 Charges Over Liverpool Parade Car Crash
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
At some point politicians are going to need to acknowledge that giving violent men access to 2t plus heavy weapons that allow them to terrorise and harm dozens of people at once is no longer acceptable. This car was only 1.5t yet look at what it was capable of:
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Interesting piece that somehow manages to ignore the elephant in the room : the role of cars and suburbanisation.
Interesting piece that somehow manages to ignore the elephant in the room : the role of cars and suburbanisation.
America needs to make its cities family-friendly again
The pandemic accelerated an urban exodus that was already well under way
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May 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Interesting piece that somehow manages to ignore the elephant in the room : the role of cars and suburbanisation.
Interesting piece that somehow manages to ignore the elephant in the room : the role of cars and suburbanisation.
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Findings that should be a call to action for governments to urgently get high polluting vehicles off the roads.
“Millions of diesel cars on our roads are still emitting toxically high levels of pollution and it’s costing our health, especially the health of our children” - @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
“Millions of diesel cars on our roads are still emitting toxically high levels of pollution and it’s costing our health, especially the health of our children” - @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates
Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Findings that should be a call to action for governments to urgently get high polluting vehicles off the roads.
“Millions of diesel cars on our roads are still emitting toxically high levels of pollution and it’s costing our health, especially the health of our children” - @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
“Millions of diesel cars on our roads are still emitting toxically high levels of pollution and it’s costing our health, especially the health of our children” - @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Seems like quite a small change but this would be real progress. Segregated buses are much more reliable and these routes can be converted to tramways in future. I would go further and segregate a bus route along Anchor Road, Hotwell Road and along to Portway to Avonmouth.
Upcoming changes to several junctions in the city centre will lay an 'unbroken' path for a potential new tram line
Junction changes will lay 'unbroken' path for potential tram line
The route will stretch from the Long Ashton park & ride through the city centre and to the M32
www.bristol247.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Seems like quite a small change but this would be real progress. Segregated buses are much more reliable and these routes can be converted to tramways in future. I would go further and segregate a bus route along Anchor Road, Hotwell Road and along to Portway to Avonmouth.
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to support this. In many UK towns and cities, cars and motor vehicles dominate our streets to such an extent that encroachment onto pavements has been normalised, often at the expense of pedestrians and public safety. Pavements are for people, not for cars.
I've just written to all of the non-Green MPs who have signed @carladenyer.bsky.social's pavement parking EDM.
Please can you write to your MP and ask them to sign it?
It puts pressure on the UK Government to provide a policy context for local councils to act!
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Please can you write to your MP and ask them to sign it?
It puts pressure on the UK Government to provide a policy context for local councils to act!
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Pavement parking - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House notes that communities across the UK are negatively impacted by inconsiderate pavement parking and its knock-on effects on pavement use by wheelchair users, parents and carers with pra...
edm.parliament.uk
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to support this. In many UK towns and cities, cars and motor vehicles dominate our streets to such an extent that encroachment onto pavements has been normalised, often at the expense of pedestrians and public safety. Pavements are for people, not for cars.
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Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Park Street has been on the wane for a while now. These proposals will reverse the trend.
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New bus gate planned for Bristol's Park Street
Bristol City Council could close Park Street to through traffic to speed up bus journeys.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Park Street has been on the wane for a while now. These proposals will reverse the trend.
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