Laura F
@dantsis87.bsky.social
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Laura F
@dantsis87.bsky.social
· Nov 10
👋 hi everyone I've just made the leap from X and will be rebuilding my followers, if you follow me on X please give me a follow here thanks! #Oxford #cycling #energy #hedgehogs #urbandevelopment
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@ianwalker.bsky.social comments “The implication is that there has to be action to disrupt, or add friction to, existing car journeys if we want to unlock the benefits of providing alternatives.”
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, a new review finds.
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, new review finds
These non-coercive measures need to be combined with measures such as higher driving costs or reduced car access to have an effect
road.cc
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@ianwalker.bsky.social comments “The implication is that there has to be action to disrupt, or add friction to, existing car journeys if we want to unlock the benefits of providing alternatives.”
It's not everyday you get to be in a meeting with your cycling hero at work but it happened to me today 🤩 Lizzie Deignan joined our volunteering working parents network call and it was brilliant to hear how she's balanced being a mum and a professional cyclist 👏🚲💚
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's not everyday you get to be in a meeting with your cycling hero at work but it happened to me today 🤩 Lizzie Deignan joined our volunteering working parents network call and it was brilliant to hear how she's balanced being a mum and a professional cyclist 👏🚲💚
👇 this happened today 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
👇 this happened today 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
5000 miles on my wonderful e bike "Lizzie" since I got her in July 2021 - I never imagined I'd cycle so far 🥳🚲💚 here's to many more happy miles!
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I am pretty excited for the Camden High Line, an elevated pedestrian route from Camden Town to King's Cross in London, designed by James Corner (the NYC High Line and Seattle Overlook Walk guy). It has planning permission and construction begins soon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I am pretty excited for the Camden High Line, an elevated pedestrian route from Camden Town to King's Cross in London, designed by James Corner (the NYC High Line and Seattle Overlook Walk guy). It has planning permission and construction begins soon.
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enjoyed Children in Need this evening - don't forget to donate! #pudsey #childreninneed
a yellow teddy bear is dancing with a bandage on its head .
Alt: Pudsey, a yellow teddy bear is dancing with a bandage on its head for BBC Children in Need
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Enjoyed Children in Need this evening - don't forget to donate! #pudsey #childreninneed
By enabling people to buy e bikes through the scheme it encourages active travel and in many cases enables households to go car free. If we didn't have my husband's @ternbicycles.com GSD and my Cube e bike we might not be #carfree. Short sighted imho (and silly reporting on the Surrey hills point).
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
By enabling people to buy e bikes through the scheme it encourages active travel and in many cases enables households to go car free. If we didn't have my husband's @ternbicycles.com GSD and my Cube e bike we might not be #carfree. Short sighted imho (and silly reporting on the Surrey hills point).
Love this 🤣🚲 n+1
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Love this 🤣🚲 n+1
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or whe...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
Love this, pavement etiquette really annoys me too. As does the sheer volume of space given over to vehicles in our cities. Pedestrians need more space in so many places.
Lovely morning cycling in the Olympic park, we love cycling as a family 🚲🚲🚲💚 7yo is now very excited (and I am slightly terrified!) that the min. age for the orbit is 8yo 😬😯 #cycling #Olympicpark #Stratford
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lovely morning cycling in the Olympic park, we love cycling as a family 🚲🚲🚲💚 7yo is now very excited (and I am slightly terrified!) that the min. age for the orbit is 8yo 😬😯 #cycling #Olympicpark #Stratford
Excellent meal at the German Gymnasium last night, so great to be back!
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Excellent meal at the German Gymnasium last night, so great to be back!
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
Es was sehr lekker! Nüremberger rostbratwürsten und apfelstrudel 😋 #GermanGymnasium #KingsCross #London
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Truth bomb 👇: Traffic lights exist for cars, not for people walking or cycling. Before cars, we didn’t need them. Only when intersections became controlled and no communication was necessary could high speeds exist without chaos. We traded human interaction for convenience for motorists and danger.
Warum müssen wir in der Stadt ständig an Ampeln halten? Nur wegen der Autos. Fuß- und Radverkehr käme problemlos ohne Ampeln zurecht. Sie werden propagiert als Hilfe für schwächere Verkehrsteilnehmer, sind aber eigentlich ein Symptom der Auto-Dominanz.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Truth bomb 👇: Traffic lights exist for cars, not for people walking or cycling. Before cars, we didn’t need them. Only when intersections became controlled and no communication was necessary could high speeds exist without chaos. We traded human interaction for convenience for motorists and danger.
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Great to be back in Coal Drops Yard yesterday evening, I love it there 😊 such a great area of public realm #CoalDropsYard #London
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Great to be back in Coal Drops Yard yesterday evening, I love it there 😊 such a great area of public realm #CoalDropsYard #London
Great morning yesterday cycling around the Olympic park - love being able to cycle around with my 7yo on so many traffic free routes #cycling #Stratford #Olympicpark
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Great morning yesterday cycling around the Olympic park - love being able to cycle around with my 7yo on so many traffic free routes #cycling #Stratford #Olympicpark
Fantastic day at the London 3 Day this afternoon 🚲💚😊 #london3day #trackcycling saw one of my cycling heroines win as well (Katie Archibald) - my 7 year olds first time in the velodrome and he loved it 🥰
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fantastic day at the London 3 Day this afternoon 🚲💚😊 #london3day #trackcycling saw one of my cycling heroines win as well (Katie Archibald) - my 7 year olds first time in the velodrome and he loved it 🥰
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Frank Blackburn designed a system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure hydrants, which saved the Marina District after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake.
Frank Blackburn, whose S.F. fire ‘genius’ saved the Marina after Loma Prieta quake, dies
Frank Blackburn designed a system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure hydrants, which saved the Marina District after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Frank Blackburn designed a system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure hydrants, which saved the Marina District after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake.
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
Wow. We fight for better public/active travel in Oxford and it's not enough but Doug Ford is on another level 😭
“Ontario’s [actually Doug Ford’s] plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list. Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.” Via @breachmedia.ca
Money over lives and better mobility.
Money over lives and better mobility.
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Wow. We fight for better public/active travel in Oxford and it's not enough but Doug Ford is on another level 😭
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I made an infographic map. Oxford's Congestion Charge scheme (from 29th Oct) is not like most congestion charge schemes, because you can get to most streets in the city without being charged. My impression is a lot of people haven't realised this.
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I made an infographic map. Oxford's Congestion Charge scheme (from 29th Oct) is not like most congestion charge schemes, because you can get to most streets in the city without being charged. My impression is a lot of people haven't realised this.
12 years married 👩❤️👨💒 celebrated by going to mass at the church we got married in followed by a delicious lunch at The Ivy 🥰
Stunning morning cycling into town #Oxford #anniversary
Stunning morning cycling into town #Oxford #anniversary
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
12 years married 👩❤️👨💒 celebrated by going to mass at the church we got married in followed by a delicious lunch at The Ivy 🥰
Stunning morning cycling into town #Oxford #anniversary
Stunning morning cycling into town #Oxford #anniversary
Us too, we love train travel! Europe is so well connected by train now, we're exploring further afield and really enjoying it! #carfree #flightfree #trains
Every single time I take a train, be it a long haul between cities or the public transit variety, I’m furious that we did cars to ourselves.
It’s so much more pleasant than driving, taking a bus, or literally any part of taking a flight. I will always vote for trains if given the opportunity.
It’s so much more pleasant than driving, taking a bus, or literally any part of taking a flight. I will always vote for trains if given the opportunity.
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Us too, we love train travel! Europe is so well connected by train now, we're exploring further afield and really enjoying it! #carfree #flightfree #trains
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Can't easily stop and take a selfie with trail-side Halloween decorations when you're in a car.
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Can't easily stop and take a selfie with trail-side Halloween decorations when you're in a car.