Cllr David Wilcox
@david-on-a-bike.bsky.social
@BristolGreen Councillor for Lockleaze. cllr.david.wilcox@bristol.gov.uk
Also at @david_on_a_bike@mastodonapp.uk
Might of been glued to the internet since 1986.
Also at @david_on_a_bike@mastodonapp.uk
Might of been glued to the internet since 1986.
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We want trains! Slow, fast—whatever, we'll take 'em.
'Cos railways always trump runways and highways.
During this Holiday Travel Chaos Week, here are some crucial voices showing the way to better inter-city travel:
go.bsky.app/7UrkcMw
'Cos railways always trump runways and highways.
During this Holiday Travel Chaos Week, here are some crucial voices showing the way to better inter-city travel:
go.bsky.app/7UrkcMw
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We want trains! Slow, fast—whatever, we'll take 'em.
'Cos railways always trump runways and highways.
During this Holiday Travel Chaos Week, here are some crucial voices showing the way to better inter-city travel:
go.bsky.app/7UrkcMw
'Cos railways always trump runways and highways.
During this Holiday Travel Chaos Week, here are some crucial voices showing the way to better inter-city travel:
go.bsky.app/7UrkcMw
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Good morning. To almost everyone
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Good morning. To almost everyone
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Long-term investment works: Ten years ago I stood on Vauxhall Bridge as the previous mayor opened the first of London's protected cycle superhighways (and one man emphatically flipped him the bird). Now there's 1.5m cycling trips PER DAY in London (up 12.7% on 2024) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Long-term investment works: Ten years ago I stood on Vauxhall Bridge as the previous mayor opened the first of London's protected cycle superhighways (and one man emphatically flipped him the bird). Now there's 1.5m cycling trips PER DAY in London (up 12.7% on 2024) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Tyne walking and cycling tunnel refurbishment cost a total of £18 million.
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tyne Tunnel restoration costs top more than £18m
The refurbishment cost £11m more than expected, the North East Combined Authority confirms.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Tyne walking and cycling tunnel refurbishment cost a total of £18 million.
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Funnily enough, no UK cities are on this list.
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives.
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives
The Copenhagenize Index, the most comprehensive ranking of urban cycling friendliness, evaluates 100 cities on how far they’ve gone to make cycling safe, convenient, and appealing.
momentummag.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Funnily enough, no UK cities are on this list.
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Wow.......another 14 years of this and it'll be close to petrol duty ! 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wow.......another 14 years of this and it'll be close to petrol duty ! 🙄
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Scary stuff - and well done @theguardian.com for exposing such a sordid, sad, dangerous business.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Scary stuff - and well done @theguardian.com for exposing such a sordid, sad, dangerous business.
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I resent the imposition of USB-C connectors. My dislike comes from my ability to almost always get a USB plug around the right way first time. In fact, more than 4/5 times. I have now lost one of the things I excelled in and that makes me grumpy.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I resent the imposition of USB-C connectors. My dislike comes from my ability to almost always get a USB plug around the right way first time. In fact, more than 4/5 times. I have now lost one of the things I excelled in and that makes me grumpy.
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“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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This isn’t true! Regulated fares have always been set by the government, regardless of operator!
Train fares frozen: not happened for decades.
Bringing rail back into public ownership means we can take action on fares.
Bringing rail back into public ownership means we can take action on fares.
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This isn’t true! Regulated fares have always been set by the government, regardless of operator!
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Well I never.
Not RPI+1%, not RPI, not even CPI, just 0%...
Not RPI+1%, not RPI, not even CPI, just 0%...
The Chancellor has announced that regulated rail fares will be frozen next year. A huge win for passengers and the economy, and one of our Budget asks!
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Well I never.
Not RPI+1%, not RPI, not even CPI, just 0%...
Not RPI+1%, not RPI, not even CPI, just 0%...
This is a very welcome but long overdue announcement, that regulated rail fares will not rise in the budget. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
But - and there is always a but..
But - and there is always a but..
Relief for rail passengers as fare freeze in England announced for 2026
Chancellor will confirm the measure, intended to help commuters on expensive routes, in her budget speech
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This is a very welcome but long overdue announcement, that regulated rail fares will not rise in the budget. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
But - and there is always a but..
But - and there is always a but..
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Every once in a while I go back and rewatch this performance, and every time I'm glad I did youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, more - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | 2004 Induction
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Every once in a while I go back and rewatch this performance, and every time I'm glad I did youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y
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It is so tiresome and unedifying to see sitting Labour councillors continue to attack their own administration’s traffic reduction measures, when
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
www.mylondon.news
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It is so tiresome and unedifying to see sitting Labour councillors continue to attack their own administration’s traffic reduction measures, when
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
"We've seen clear evidence that LTNs are delivering real benefits, traffic is down by an average of 38% inside [the zones] and 2% on boundary roads”
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Over 100,000 people have joined the Green Party since @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected Leader in September.
That's huge.
That's huge.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Over 100,000 people have joined the Green Party since @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected Leader in September.
That's huge.
That's huge.
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‼️170,000 Green Party members!!!
📈 Our movement keeps growing bigger and bigger and bigger.
💚 200,000 members by the end of the year?
✅️ You know what to do: Join.greenparty.org.uk
📈 Our movement keeps growing bigger and bigger and bigger.
💚 200,000 members by the end of the year?
✅️ You know what to do: Join.greenparty.org.uk
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
‼️170,000 Green Party members!!!
📈 Our movement keeps growing bigger and bigger and bigger.
💚 200,000 members by the end of the year?
✅️ You know what to do: Join.greenparty.org.uk
📈 Our movement keeps growing bigger and bigger and bigger.
💚 200,000 members by the end of the year?
✅️ You know what to do: Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Cycle chic from NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Cycle chic from NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
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Sunset view from the rear of the 15:31 to Paris. 31 is the magic number today as that's how many years I've now done on the railway.
#TrainLife
#TrainLife
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sunset view from the rear of the 15:31 to Paris. 31 is the magic number today as that's how many years I've now done on the railway.
#TrainLife
#TrainLife
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My story from a day reading the very long and very damning report by the official Covid inquiry into the actions of government during the pandemic.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My story from a day reading the very long and very damning report by the official Covid inquiry into the actions of government during the pandemic.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I should give a massive shout out to the work of @badvertising.bsky.social and @adfreecities.bsky.social and their awesome station “domination” at
Southwark.
Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?
Southwark.
Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I should give a massive shout out to the work of @badvertising.bsky.social and @adfreecities.bsky.social and their awesome station “domination” at
Southwark.
Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?
Southwark.
Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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Half of US Americans now have a passport. In 1990 (when Home Alone hit the cinemas) only 5 percent of the population had a passport. Americans became richer and more avid travelers in the last few decades.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Half of US Americans now have a passport. In 1990 (when Home Alone hit the cinemas) only 5 percent of the population had a passport. Americans became richer and more avid travelers in the last few decades.