Alan Dawson
@alandawson.bsky.social
NHS director of strategy and planning. Mountain biking and bikepacking.
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Exclusive: More than 50 groups connected to transport and public health have urged the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, to set specific targets for levels of walking and cycling in England, warning that plans as they stand are too vague.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Exclusive: More than 50 groups connected to transport and public health have urged the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, to set specific targets for levels of walking and cycling in England, warning that plans as they stand are too vague.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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HOT RESEARCH NEWS!
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
February 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
HOT RESEARCH NEWS!
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor...
Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵
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FYI The Russian bots are here. Get your block hammers ready.
Pro-Russian disinformation makes its Bluesky debut
The first symptoms of disinformation are emerging on the social media network Bluesky, with echoes of the pro-Russian "Matryoshka" campaign that flooded Elon Musk's X -- but with a few twists.
www.france24.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
FYI The Russian bots are here. Get your block hammers ready.
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17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of:
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.
Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.
Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.
December 18, 2024 at 10:36 AM
17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of:
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.
Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.
Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.
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UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows
UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows
Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:10 AM
UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows
Wonderful autumn rides this week - Taff Trail the highlight.
November 2, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Wonderful autumn rides this week - Taff Trail the highlight.
Rebellion Way done. Thanks Cycling UK, what a great route. Highly recommended.
September 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Rebellion Way done. Thanks Cycling UK, what a great route. Highly recommended.
Enjoying the Rebellion Way so far. Great to be back in Norwich.
September 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Enjoying the Rebellion Way so far. Great to be back in Norwich.
Loved this sign on one of the most congested roads into Leicester
September 12, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Loved this sign on one of the most congested roads into Leicester
Don’t travel on the train much. Are passengers blaring music out of a bluetooth speaker, seemingly looking for conflict, a thing now? Encountered two on the same train!
September 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Don’t travel on the train much. Are passengers blaring music out of a bluetooth speaker, seemingly looking for conflict, a thing now? Encountered two on the same train!
Extraordinary outcome! Feel like surely some context is missing from this story.
Man doing 160mph not deliberately speeding, says judge https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywjjv4xz5o #UK #BBCUK
September 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Extraordinary outcome! Feel like surely some context is missing from this story.
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What’s getting in the way of NHS productivity? Our recent blog from @theasrstein.bsky.social sets out how few of the contributing factors can be properly reviewed without an environment of psychological safety.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/pr...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/pr...
Productivity in the NHS: what’s getting in the way?
Following on from her earlier commentary on why our conversations about productivity in the NHS are not very productive, Thea Stein explores the many factors that may be affecting the health service’s...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
August 27, 2024 at 3:11 PM
What’s getting in the way of NHS productivity? Our recent blog from @theasrstein.bsky.social sets out how few of the contributing factors can be properly reviewed without an environment of psychological safety.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/pr...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/pr...
Walked up the Cadair Idris and the cloud cleared as we reached the summit. Foxes Path descent is not for the faint hearted!
August 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Walked up the Cadair Idris and the cloud cleared as we reached the summit. Foxes Path descent is not for the faint hearted!
Scandinavian style cross built into the wall at Ellerburn in the North Yorkshire moors. Well over a thousand years old!
August 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Scandinavian style cross built into the wall at Ellerburn in the North Yorkshire moors. Well over a thousand years old!
Wonderful ride over the moors from Pickering to Goathland and back by steam train. A good day out in Yorkshire.
August 14, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Wonderful ride over the moors from Pickering to Goathland and back by steam train. A good day out in Yorkshire.
Great ride today on the North Yorkshire Moors. Purple Haze from the Lost Lanes North book by Jack Thurston.
August 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Great ride today on the North Yorkshire Moors. Purple Haze from the Lost Lanes North book by Jack Thurston.