Prof. Ian Walker
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. Motonormativity guy. Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. My views
Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle ride across Europe drianwalker.com
Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle ride across Europe drianwalker.com
I did wonder why it went on to ask "... And the property in the Cayman Islands?"
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I did wonder why it went on to ask "... And the property in the Cayman Islands?"
Pronouncing foreign names the foreign way seems like exactly the sort of woke pandering that Mr Farage wouldn't approve of
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Pronouncing foreign names the foreign way seems like exactly the sort of woke pandering that Mr Farage wouldn't approve of
My worry is that any LLM trained on previous planning materials is going to be strongly filled with status quo biases
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My worry is that any LLM trained on previous planning materials is going to be strongly filled with status quo biases
Sorry if I was snappy. It's just I've heard this sort of thing quite often. People say things like "India's road looks really chaotic but they just seem to work somehow" and then you look and see their death rate is 5x the UK's
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sorry if I was snappy. It's just I've heard this sort of thing quite often. People say things like "India's road looks really chaotic but they just seem to work somehow" and then you look and see their death rate is 5x the UK's
So why claim "it works"?
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So why claim "it works"?
No it doesn't. Indonesia has a terrible pedestrian safety record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
No it doesn't. Indonesia has a terrible pedestrian safety record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Safer than what? Italy has terrible pedestrian safety by European standards en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Safer than what? Italy has terrible pedestrian safety by European standards en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Would you like me to respond with stories of the thousands of people who've driven past me above the speed limit while I've been cycling? I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Would you like me to respond with stories of the thousands of people who've driven past me above the speed limit while I've been cycling? I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here
I've never felt the need to be anonymous about this opinion!
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I've never felt the need to be anonymous about this opinion!
Somebody - and I'm sorry I forget who - once said "I'm not saying it should be compulsory, just possible"
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Somebody - and I'm sorry I forget who - once said "I'm not saying it should be compulsory, just possible"
And when you look, it's MILES from everyone. Across UK and US, for example, it's something like 22-30% of people don't have access to a car
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
And when you look, it's MILES from everyone. Across UK and US, for example, it's something like 22-30% of people don't have access to a car