Chris Cox
@coxyjindas.bsky.social
Frustrated urbanist and active transport advocate in Brisbane, Australia.
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This is no accident. Our roads are designed to prioritise the flow of 2-tonne (and above) vehicles over the lives of humans. If the speed limit along here had already been 30 (it's currently 60, in an area of high pedestrian activity) then this woman and her unborn child would likely still be alive.
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is no accident. Our roads are designed to prioritise the flow of 2-tonne (and above) vehicles over the lives of humans. If the speed limit along here had already been 30 (it's currently 60, in an area of high pedestrian activity) then this woman and her unborn child would likely still be alive.
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On Thursday I attended the reading of a bill to reduce speed limits in residential areas to 30km/h. Cue the online outrage about how this will ruin lives.
Not a single day later a pedestrian is killed in a shopping area where the speed limit is 60km/h. And commenters call it a "tragic accident"
Not a single day later a pedestrian is killed in a shopping area where the speed limit is 60km/h. And commenters call it a "tragic accident"
A 33-year-old woman and her unborn baby died after being hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park in Hornsby.
Pregnant woman killed after being struck by car in Sydney's north-west
A 33-year-old woman and her unborn baby died after being hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park in Hornsby.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
On Thursday I attended the reading of a bill to reduce speed limits in residential areas to 30km/h. Cue the online outrage about how this will ruin lives.
Not a single day later a pedestrian is killed in a shopping area where the speed limit is 60km/h. And commenters call it a "tragic accident"
Not a single day later a pedestrian is killed in a shopping area where the speed limit is 60km/h. And commenters call it a "tragic accident"
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Send him back. Don’t let any more like him in.
www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw...
Senior neo-Nazi may face deportation to South Africa after parliament rally
The Albanese government will consider the visa of Matthew Gruter, a senior member of the group that rallied outside NSW parliament. He may also face the sack.
www.theage.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Send him back. Don’t let any more like him in.
www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw...
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@cyclingmikey.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Canberra man jailed for sexual offences against 11-year-old girl
Canberra man Shegu Bobb has been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court for a series of sexual offences against an 11-year-old girl, after a jury found him guilty earlier this year.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@cyclingmikey.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Broncos living rent free in Canberra's minds.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Broncos living rent free in Canberra's minds.
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New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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JFC... ditch two educators from the board and appoint two religious zealots. That's the LNP for ya.
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
JFC... ditch two educators from the board and appoint two religious zealots. That's the LNP for ya.
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As world leaders meet at COP30 to strengthen climate ambition, the Liberal Party has announced it will abandon Net Zero.
It’s reckless and out of touch with community.
You can’t claim to accept climate science while walking away from the action it demands.
It’s reckless and out of touch with community.
You can’t claim to accept climate science while walking away from the action it demands.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
As world leaders meet at COP30 to strengthen climate ambition, the Liberal Party has announced it will abandon Net Zero.
It’s reckless and out of touch with community.
You can’t claim to accept climate science while walking away from the action it demands.
It’s reckless and out of touch with community.
You can’t claim to accept climate science while walking away from the action it demands.
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We fundamentally misunderstand these things about streets:
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We fundamentally misunderstand these things about streets:
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
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For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
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REVEALED: A campaign that led to the axing of a large wind farm project in Central QLD was spearheaded by an anti-renewables group that used fake sources in its official submission.
90% of submissions were generated by a group which used AI to prepare its submission.
90% of submissions were generated by a group which used AI to prepare its submission.
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
REVEALED: A campaign that led to the axing of a large wind farm project in Central QLD was spearheaded by an anti-renewables group that used fake sources in its official submission.
90% of submissions were generated by a group which used AI to prepare its submission.
90% of submissions were generated by a group which used AI to prepare its submission.
Seeing people who own the same make of EV as me boasting how they've hacked it so they can watch Youtube and Netflix while driving pisses me off severely.
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Seeing people who own the same make of EV as me boasting how they've hacked it so they can watch Youtube and Netflix while driving pisses me off severely.
Did somebody say Menulog?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Breaking: Menulog to stop Australian operations later this month
Food delivery company Menulog says it will cease operating in Australia in two weeks' time.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Did somebody say Menulog?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
In other completely unsurprising academic study outcomes, drivers are the most likely source of road rage on Australian roads, new study finds.
Parents the most likely source of abuse on Australia’s sporting fields, new study finds
Parents the most likely source of abuse on Australia’s sporting fields, new study finds
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Two in five coaches report having witnessed verbal abuse
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Bullying, racism and inappropriate sexual advances also reported
Facing abuse, bullying, racism and even inappropriate sexual advances, the plight of Australia’s coaches has shocked even the researchers behind the first major national survey into positive sporting behaviours.
More than one in six coaches have directly experienced verbal abuse in the past 12 months, and two in five have witnessed it, according to the first annual results from the Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) Positive Behaviours in Sport Study, and parents were responsible almost half the time (47%). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
In other completely unsurprising academic study outcomes, drivers are the most likely source of road rage on Australian roads, new study finds.
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If you caught the train into Perth city this morning, you would have arrived on time.
A reminder: you are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic
A wider freeway would still have been blocked by the police incident
#publictransport
#urbansm+
Kwinana Freeway blockage 11 Nov 2025, Perth
A reminder: you are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic
A wider freeway would still have been blocked by the police incident
#publictransport
#urbansm+
Kwinana Freeway blockage 11 Nov 2025, Perth
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you caught the train into Perth city this morning, you would have arrived on time.
A reminder: you are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic
A wider freeway would still have been blocked by the police incident
#publictransport
#urbansm+
Kwinana Freeway blockage 11 Nov 2025, Perth
A reminder: you are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic
A wider freeway would still have been blocked by the police incident
#publictransport
#urbansm+
Kwinana Freeway blockage 11 Nov 2025, Perth
This is a rarity. 16 years for a fatal road rage incident. Judge Conlan said it best: "The message must be sent loud and clear that the use of motor vehicles as weapons will not be tolerated and significant punishments will follow."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Driver jailed for 16 years over 'extreme' Sydney road rage death
A driver has been handed a 16-year jail sentence after he "used his vehicle as a weapon" to cause the tragic death of Rhyce Harding in Sydney's west.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is a rarity. 16 years for a fatal road rage incident. Judge Conlan said it best: "The message must be sent loud and clear that the use of motor vehicles as weapons will not be tolerated and significant punishments will follow."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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In #NewYorkCity, Mayor-elect Mamdani “has pledged to eliminate the city’s arcane, decades-old parking requirements for new developments, which often increase the cost of construction.”
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
Mamdani Seeks to Freeze Rents on Stabilized Units. What About the Rest?
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In #NewYorkCity, Mayor-elect Mamdani “has pledged to eliminate the city’s arcane, decades-old parking requirements for new developments, which often increase the cost of construction.”
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
This is a fascinating consultation happening in Queensland. For international urbanist folks, the plan was to build heavy rail between Brisbane and Maroochydore, about 150km north.
Instead, the govt is proposing a hybrid rail to Birtinya, and bus the rest.
People are...underwhelmed.
Instead, the govt is proposing a hybrid rail to Birtinya, and bus the rest.
People are...underwhelmed.
High-capacity, high-frequency service | The Wave Stage 3 (Metro)
A different way to travel
www.yoursay-projects.tmr.qld.gov.au
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is a fascinating consultation happening in Queensland. For international urbanist folks, the plan was to build heavy rail between Brisbane and Maroochydore, about 150km north.
Instead, the govt is proposing a hybrid rail to Birtinya, and bus the rest.
People are...underwhelmed.
Instead, the govt is proposing a hybrid rail to Birtinya, and bus the rest.
People are...underwhelmed.
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I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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You know you've got a strong team when Jess Sergis is on the bench! #Jillaroos
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
You know you've got a strong team when Jess Sergis is on the bench! #Jillaroos