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Lee Wratten
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Urban planner | formerly think tanks and trains
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Hei hei from the Hvalross in Vardø, a fish port on a butterfly-shaped island in the Barents Sea, starting point for the #Schengen200 adventure. Schengen is 40 in 2025 and we’re attempting the longest point-to-point journey within it, by public transport, in about 200 hours. bsky.app/profile/poli...
September 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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jennylandreth.bsky.social
But soft, what light through yonder window?

Brakes.
A car’s brake lights seen through my front door.
March 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
Best Storm Éowyn photo. Blackpool, by Sonia Bashir.
January 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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priscillapage.bsky.social
once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
excerpt reads: "I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on fear. But I think this is such a joke -- it's pathetic and stupid at the same time. When people are in fear, they don't want to go to work. So many people today have that feeling. Then the fear starts turning into hate, and they begin to hate going to work. Then the hate can turn into anger and people can become angry at their boss and their work. If I ran my set with fear, I would get 1 percent, not 100 percent, of what I get. And there would be no fun in going down the road together. And it *should* be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic."
December 11, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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hanneydp.bsky.social
A few years old now but methodology still sound for this TfL analysis. About 33% of current car trips can feasibly be changed now in London. A further 33% with some work. Takes account of disabled people, kids+family, elderly etc

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Key data - TfL study says 34% current car trips in London could feasibly be made by another mode Venn diagram shows 1.5m of transferable trips by car are to public transport, 700k by 2 of 3 of walking, cycling and PT, and 162k by all 3 modes Analysis shows long term disabled included in trips that must drive. Also carrying luggage/equipment, escorting others, and travelling with children under 5
January 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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adamtranter.bsky.social
A new Birmingham City Council scrutiny report has highlighted the enormous financial burden of road harm, with road casualties costing around £205 million in Birmingham EVERY year.

The current status quo is not only unacceptable on a human level but also economically ruinous.
When someone dies or is injured on the city’s roads, survivors and bereaved families are the ones most directly affected. However, it indirectly affects everyone within the city too. The total societal cost of killed and seriously injured casualties in the West Midlands for 2023 was £444 million. Road deaths and serious injuries in Birmingham during 2023 account for approximately £205 million of the regional costs (almost 50%). The costs are calculated annually based on estimated real costs for lost output, medical and ambulance, police, insurance and damage to property. Currently every fatality is estimated to cost £2.4 million, and when a person is seriously injured, £271,00015.
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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ohlookbirdies.bsky.social
He offers ab solution
August 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM