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deekinstow.bsky.social
Dan Kelly
@deekinstow.bsky.social
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I've spent the last decade banging on about the connections between how we travel and healthier, happier lives. An edgelands regular with Sustrans since 2019.
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Do Hackney's A105 mobility lane users deserve an upgrade?
#GreenLanes
An electric wheelchair user in the kerbside cycle lane protected by black and white plastic wands around 80cm high, positioned every 5m ISH. The road has two motor lanes. The person is wearing a hat with d flaps for the ears and there is a laundry bag on the back of the wheelchair.
September 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Stevenage has banned footway and crossover parking on this estate - great news for the postie!

Here's the traffic order: publicnoticeportal.uk/notice/traff...

Thanks to @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social for the heads up.

@livingstreets.bsky.social @phil-pja.bsky.social
Street view of a 1970's housing estate with semi detached houses with driveways and the remains of front gardens. A postman can be see striding by dressed in red with shorts, a car is parked partly on the footway. The sky is grey.
July 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Loads of data gathering and engagement in 2022:
May 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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80's point closure overdue an easy and obvious upgrade, Seven Kings, #Redbridge.
Carriageway closed to motor traffic but open footways allow walking and wheeling through on both sides. The carriageway is blocked with an area of grass with a medium sized mature tree in the centre. The carriageway is blocked in foreground with two parked cars in marked bays. The carriageway is approximately 7m wide here. he sky is grey blue and the sun is shining. Housing in the background is a brick construction and likely dates from late eighties.
April 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Our borough has begun tackling unfair subsidies by increasing pay-to-park hours by 110% across the borough.
Excessive "free" parking hours are paid for by all council tax payers many of whom do not keep private cars, especially in the south of the borough.
A car-free street from the air. market stalls can be seen with people walking in between. There are large trees in leaf across the left of the image. Some of the shops have awnings too. There is no a car in sight.
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Did you know that one London borough has a station cycle hub storage service that gives access tosecure 'hubs' at 11 rail and underground stations across the borough? Eleven hubs, all on one electronic fob. £39 a year.
Whaddaya think?
Two white men stand with their bikes in front of a long, low glass, walled building with an orange stripe and orange roof. Through the glass can be seen two tiered cycle racks. The sun is shining.
April 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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April 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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That a book about a network of cycle routes that connects people and places is considered a "book about sport" says a great deal about the establishment's view of cycling.
Woman in white dress on green and white hire bike. There is a shopping bag in the basket on the front of the bike. She is riding with one hand. The background is blurred to suggest speed.
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The UK prime minister's comms team set a up a shoot at a Halfords (owned by vast private equity firm CVC) for the head of state to talk about damage to car tires caused by potholes caused by ever heavier vehicles caused by the motor industry in cahoots with the finance sector and fossil fuel firms.
A pie chart with just two slices. One is 95% of the chart and represents the budget for yet another tunnel under the thames for drivers. The remaining sliver represents all of active travel england's budget for the next financial year. The background is white, the sliver is orange, the rest of the chart is...teal.
March 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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This feels like a stunt. Very little of the network is open to full sized cycles and now staff are obliged to recognise an ebike? Guess which one of these is electric and which is not.
Drop handlebars on a pale green bike on a plain background. Tan wall tires and lots of sprockets on the back wheel. No sign of a battery or motor. An upright bike with smaller wheels, the frame is dark green. The background is plain white. The bike has a low rack over the back wheel and an upright riding position. It appear designed for light cargo duties. No sign of a battery or motor.
March 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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#Carbrain is equivalent to life in the Matrix.

A handful of us have taken the red pill and now we knit our own clothes and campaign for point closures.

It can feel pretty lonely down here.
March 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Picking up a 2 kilos of pro quality filler on the Cortina U5.

For @americanfietser.com
In the foreground address the handlebars and front crate of a Dutch bike. In the crate is a red and black box of decorators filler. The middle ground is a large yellow box marked Grit Salt for the car park in which it stands. Beyond that is a long hedgerow,v clipped neatly. Being that are more commercial structures and trees without leaves as it is January in the UK. The sky has a hint of blue.
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Today, in a break from the usual programming, I'll be driving a Toyota based hybrid up the M11. My maximum speed will be based on conditions not posted limits 😏
Animation of a dog driving a silver Toyota Prius along a motor strewn with abandoned vehicles. The car weaves between the obstacles in this dystopian scene. There is snow on the roadside. The show is Family Guy.
December 28, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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#Pavementparking is a bad habit and drivers need help quitting.

Apologists will have you believe it's about lack of space. It's not.
A white van driver has parked van partially blocking a footway, on top of double yellow lines. Immediately opposite, some 2 metres away, are parking bays with enough length to accommodate 3-4 cars. On the right are terraced homes with tiny front yards. On the left are low rise flats. The road surface is wet. The sky is grey/white.
December 8, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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2021's "Non-prescribed zebra crossings at side roads" study now three years old, anyone know if DfT have drafted any guidance around these yet?

@bricycle.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @ibikebrighton.bsky.social @mrdannyw.bsky.social

Photo in Soho, courtesy Ben Addy.
A zebra crossing very close to the junction of one minor road with another. The setting is urban, with terrace buildings with shops on the ground floor. It is nightime but the scene is very well lit from lamp columns and shop windows. A woman is crossing on the zebra, she has blond hair, blue jeans, a black coat and high heeled black boots. There are LGBTQ rainbows above the Ann Summer shop front in the background : )
December 4, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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When asked if they would like to walk/wheel more of their everyday trips, respondents in a wealthy rural/semi rural area with 80-90% car availability per household responded thus:
A horizontal bar chart showing three possible answers to the questions "Would you like to walk or wheel more of your everyday journeys?". Of 538 responses, 89% responded Yes, 7% no and 4% not sure. The background colour is white, the bars are dark/mid blue.
December 2, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Hackney was my first love when I arrived in London 25 years ago. It's a great shame that the men behind this layout will continue in gainful employment after inflicting this design from from the 80's on #Hackney. Instead outcomes will range from suppressing walking rates to serious injury & death.
November 26, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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I need a hydrologist to explain to me how a street built ON the bank of the river can show as 0.1-1% flood risk on Natural Resources Wales website.
November 25, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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Whilst you can buy a tree on the internet, watching it grow is one of life's great pleasures. Here's one we planted earlier. 😊
A silver Birch tree with leaves turned gold in autumn. The sky behind is a rich blue. Suburban garden fencing can be seen on the left indicating this tree is in a small back garden.
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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It was ok, thanks. Asked some kids in Buckinghamshire about going for walks with friends and family. Pretty clear preferences.
A white board with the question "would you like to go in more walks with your friends and family?" handwritten in blue marker at the top. There are three columns, one each for yes, no and don't know. Children have placed sticky dots in the column corresponding to their answer. Most have answered yes.
November 15, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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Folks, what do we feel are the chances of getting major public bodies like city transport authorities onto Bluesky. Also major climate and social justice related charities? I've written to my employer about it this week.
Selection of climate change related charity logs on a white background, including Fairtrade, WearePossible and Global Justice Now.
November 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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Welcome Waltham Forest's own @labourstone.bsky.social to Bluesky 😎💪💚🚸🚲
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November 14, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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Last week I presented our #TwoRiversWalk project to Bucks CC Local Access Forum. Great to hear from people passionate about public rights of way in person. chesssmarterwatercatchment.org/what-we-do/c...
#Chilterns
#PROW
#RiverChess
#Chalkstreams
A brightly lit conference room with people sitting facing each other but also listening to a presenter standing at the far end of the room. A slide to projected into the wall featuring a map and the project title.
November 13, 2024 at 1:13 PM