Harborne Cyclist
@benji-p.bsky.social
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The future of transportation isn’t the #Hyperloop* or self-driving cars. It’s the bus, the bike and the elevator. Via @slate.com.
AND it’s better land-use & infrastructure decisions, reprioritizing space & budgets, accessible streets, & smart pricing mechanisms.
*hyperloop was always a distraction
AND it’s better land-use & infrastructure decisions, reprioritizing space & budgets, accessible streets, & smart pricing mechanisms.
*hyperloop was always a distraction
The Future of Transportation Is Not the Hyperloop or the Self-Driving Car. It’s the Bus, the Bike, and the Elevator.
Getting people around in new, different ways relies mostly on technologies that we have had for a while.
slate.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The future of transportation isn’t the #Hyperloop* or self-driving cars. It’s the bus, the bike and the elevator. Via @slate.com.
AND it’s better land-use & infrastructure decisions, reprioritizing space & budgets, accessible streets, & smart pricing mechanisms.
*hyperloop was always a distraction
AND it’s better land-use & infrastructure decisions, reprioritizing space & budgets, accessible streets, & smart pricing mechanisms.
*hyperloop was always a distraction
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Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
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Do you find that getting around your patch of Brum is too difficult and unsafe? We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Get behind the movement for better streets today.
Support us – Better Streets for Birmingham
Our mission Better Streets for Birmingham wants safer streets and more transport choice for everyday trips. To do this, we need to make changes to our streets, improve enforcement, and reconsider how we move around Birmingham. We help residents to unde...
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Do you find that getting around your patch of Brum is too difficult and unsafe? We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Get behind the movement for better streets today.
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We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Does this sound like something you want too? Join us as a supporter today!
Support us – Better Streets for Birmingham
Our mission Better Streets for Birmingham wants safer streets and more transport choice for everyday trips. To do this, we need to make changes to our streets, improve enforcement, and reconsider how we move around Birmingham. We help residents to unde...
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Does this sound like something you want too? Join us as a supporter today!
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It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
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Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
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It’s so important to show people—esp public leaders—that e-bikes may look like traditional pedal bikes, but they’re used completely differently.
They’re like a miracle drug for replacing car trips.
They’re like a miracle drug for replacing car trips.
Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
Further, steeper, greener: Implications from an electric bicycle mode choice model
Electric bicycles are transforming the active mobility landscape, potentially increasing active mode uptake and delivering environmental and health benefits. This study examines electric bicycle mo...
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July 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s so important to show people—esp public leaders—that e-bikes may look like traditional pedal bikes, but they’re used completely differently.
They’re like a miracle drug for replacing car trips.
They’re like a miracle drug for replacing car trips.
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#SafeStreetsNow - world wide
Traffic safety advocates are at Rainier and Charles this morning to mourn the people who are expected to be killed by traffic violence - if the city continues to maintain the existing dangerous conditions in this rapidly growing area close to future light rail.
July 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#SafeStreetsNow - world wide
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🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
July 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
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If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Paris & @annehidalgo.bsky.social are praised for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get nearly enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’re doing is common sense.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
June 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Paris & @annehidalgo.bsky.social are praised for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get nearly enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’re doing is common sense.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
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Every day I cycle to work I realise that cycling is very often the fastest and most convenient way of getting around a big city, and, on my commute, orders of magnitude better than driving a car. It's a shame that many UK legislators either don't understand this, or are actively hostile to cycling.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Every day I cycle to work I realise that cycling is very often the fastest and most convenient way of getting around a big city, and, on my commute, orders of magnitude better than driving a car. It's a shame that many UK legislators either don't understand this, or are actively hostile to cycling.
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I have just spent a few hours writing up some evidence for the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill which is in the Commons committee stage.
It should be boring but important stuff about running bus services with a model that suits each area.
1/n
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910/p...
It should be boring but important stuff about running bus services with a model that suits each area.
1/n
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910/p...
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Documents, and debates for Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
bills.parliament.uk
June 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I have just spent a few hours writing up some evidence for the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill which is in the Commons committee stage.
It should be boring but important stuff about running bus services with a model that suits each area.
1/n
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910/p...
It should be boring but important stuff about running bus services with a model that suits each area.
1/n
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910/p...
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Kid walks out the door to school and I get to enjoy a peaceful coffee alone.
This is my motivation for safe streets. It’s really not radical or complicated.
This is my motivation for safe streets. It’s really not radical or complicated.
a cup of coffee with a heart shaped steam coming out of it
Alt: a cup of coffee with a heart shaped steam coming out of it
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Kid walks out the door to school and I get to enjoy a peaceful coffee alone.
This is my motivation for safe streets. It’s really not radical or complicated.
This is my motivation for safe streets. It’s really not radical or complicated.
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Prioritize Yourself.
my 2025 holiday card.
my 2025 holiday card.
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Prioritize Yourself.
my 2025 holiday card.
my 2025 holiday card.
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We need safe streets so caregivers everywhere can sip coffee in peace while the children transport themselves to school and Summer camp.
June 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We need safe streets so caregivers everywhere can sip coffee in peace while the children transport themselves to school and Summer camp.
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If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
June 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
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Getting fucking sick of this 'fake/illegal ebike' bollocks that blurs the definitions of ebikes. EAPC regs are very clear on this! If electric cycle is EAPC compliant then it's an ebike. If it is not, it is defined as an electric motorcycle & required by law to be treated as a motorbike NOT EBIKE!
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Getting fucking sick of this 'fake/illegal ebike' bollocks that blurs the definitions of ebikes. EAPC regs are very clear on this! If electric cycle is EAPC compliant then it's an ebike. If it is not, it is defined as an electric motorcycle & required by law to be treated as a motorbike NOT EBIKE!
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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The awesome @carolecadwalla.bsky.social warning Americans of the techno authoritarian state being built by Trump and his tech broligarchs
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
Carole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The awesome @carolecadwalla.bsky.social warning Americans of the techno authoritarian state being built by Trump and his tech broligarchs
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
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Taking back control is popular
If the government can step into save British Steel, why not...
Water in public ownership 💧
Energy in public ownership 💡
Trains in public ownership 🚄
Buses in public ownership 🚌
Royal Mail in public ownership 📮
And stop privatising the NHS 🏥
If the government can step into save British Steel, why not...
Water in public ownership 💧
Energy in public ownership 💡
Trains in public ownership 🚄
Buses in public ownership 🚌
Royal Mail in public ownership 📮
And stop privatising the NHS 🏥
The one exception to all this in Scunthorpe the praise for the government on stepping in to save the steelworks, some were frustrated it took so long but almost everyone felt it had “saved the town”. Question is how can the Government or any party show they can do more like that
April 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Taking back control is popular
If the government can step into save British Steel, why not...
Water in public ownership 💧
Energy in public ownership 💡
Trains in public ownership 🚄
Buses in public ownership 🚌
Royal Mail in public ownership 📮
And stop privatising the NHS 🏥
If the government can step into save British Steel, why not...
Water in public ownership 💧
Energy in public ownership 💡
Trains in public ownership 🚄
Buses in public ownership 🚌
Royal Mail in public ownership 📮
And stop privatising the NHS 🏥
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Space adventure and exploration should be for the benefit of all humankind, not the whimsy of a few.
April 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Space adventure and exploration should be for the benefit of all humankind, not the whimsy of a few.