Marcus
@marcus-on-a-bike.bsky.social
Dad, structural engineer (on a pause), bikes, runs, hikes. Resides in London, but heart lives in NYC.
(Formerly @marcus73 over on the tweets)
(Formerly @marcus73 over on the tweets)
@lucidstew.bsky.social you’re now being quoted in the ‘press’ (not mainstream, but they do good stuff)
September 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@lucidstew.bsky.social you’re now being quoted in the ‘press’ (not mainstream, but they do good stuff)
Works appear to have commenced for the St John St works. Street open southbound only, doesn’t appear to have an ‘except cycles’. @maclondon.bsky.social
www.letstalk.islington.gov.uk/st-john-street
www.letstalk.islington.gov.uk/st-john-street
September 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Works appear to have commenced for the St John St works. Street open southbound only, doesn’t appear to have an ‘except cycles’. @maclondon.bsky.social
www.letstalk.islington.gov.uk/st-john-street
www.letstalk.islington.gov.uk/st-john-street
@jonnelledge.bsky.social loved your newsletter piece on curation. I was similarly moved by Giuseppe Penone’s tree within a tree when I randomly wandered into the Hayward in 2020. The little tree is still IN THERE! Mind blown.
August 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social loved your newsletter piece on curation. I was similarly moved by Giuseppe Penone’s tree within a tree when I randomly wandered into the Hayward in 2020. The little tree is still IN THERE! Mind blown.
Good progress on the Boleyn Rd northbound cycle track. Looks like they’re about halfway up to Wordsworth Rd. @maclondon.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Good progress on the Boleyn Rd northbound cycle track. Looks like they’re about halfway up to Wordsworth Rd. @maclondon.bsky.social
I’m usually all about the bikes here, but I do have a soft spot for this one car - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It took me several months to build and we finally had our performance yesterday.
July 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I’m usually all about the bikes here, but I do have a soft spot for this one car - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It took me several months to build and we finally had our performance yesterday.
Level crossings going in on Newington Green right now! Hopefully this means the cycleway will be open in the morning. Delayed from last night due to a closure on Balls Pond road after an unfortunate pedestrian death.
July 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Level crossings going in on Newington Green right now! Hopefully this means the cycleway will be open in the morning. Delayed from last night due to a closure on Balls Pond road after an unfortunate pedestrian death.
Islington ROCKS! Or more specifically they’re placing the play boulders in the Mildmay Liveable neighbourhood
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Islington ROCKS! Or more specifically they’re placing the play boulders in the Mildmay Liveable neighbourhood
June 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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A deal with Microsoft should help! See also this, on steel:
Making carbon-free steel with clean electricity
Steel production generates almost 10% of global carbon emissions and has long been considered “hard to abate.” Enter Boston Metal, a startup that aims to make carbon-free steel using only (sing it wit...
www.volts.wtf
May 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A deal with Microsoft should help! See also this, on steel:
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Excellent news! Sublime is awesome -- check out their appearance on the Volts pod:
May 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Excellent news! Sublime is awesome -- check out their appearance on the Volts pod:
Been said before, but always good to reiterate and reinforce in mainstream outlets. LTNs are the only reason it’s safe for my kids to ride to school. They allow thousands of people who would otherwise feel unsafe riding to give it a go. Necessary and appropriate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Just ignore all the myths about low traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay | Izzy Romilly
After the high court ruled one high-profile scheme unlawful, it is important to make the case for LTNs. Luckily, there is a strong one to make, says Izzy Romilly of climate charity Possible
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Been said before, but always good to reiterate and reinforce in mainstream outlets. LTNs are the only reason it’s safe for my kids to ride to school. They allow thousands of people who would otherwise feel unsafe riding to give it a go. Necessary and appropriate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is interesting… Presumably part of Clerkenwell design week. Alternately, this house melted during our recent heatwave.
May 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is interesting… Presumably part of Clerkenwell design week. Alternately, this house melted during our recent heatwave.
Finally! Hackney seems to have wised up to motorists driving over the pavement to avoid the Sturt St filter. New bell bollard went in yesterday. @hoxtonrich.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Finally! Hackney seems to have wised up to motorists driving over the pavement to avoid the Sturt St filter. New bell bollard went in yesterday. @hoxtonrich.bsky.social
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If I were JD Vance, I would consider whether God is perhaps sending me some fairly specific messages
May 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If I were JD Vance, I would consider whether God is perhaps sending me some fairly specific messages
Some progress on the Essex Rd / Rotherfield St crossing.
April 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Some progress on the Essex Rd / Rotherfield St crossing.
Base layer going in on the Newington Green cycle track today (definitely another layer coming, as it’s below the drainage cuts). Nice new bollard as well to keep vehicles from turning left into the new track on Mildmay Rd. @maclondon.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Base layer going in on the Newington Green cycle track today (definitely another layer coming, as it’s below the drainage cuts). Nice new bollard as well to keep vehicles from turning left into the new track on Mildmay Rd. @maclondon.bsky.social
@islington-council.bsky.social you should be looking to do this in every ward.
The vast majority of car parking removed here and replaced with a playground, seating, greenery and bike parking
March 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@islington-council.bsky.social you should be looking to do this in every ward.
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The St Paul’s Gyratory transformation project construction is due to commence on the 28th April 2025, starting on streets between the former Museum of London roundabout and St Paul’s Underground station. A new public square, Greyfriars Sq, will be created.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/stpaulsgyrat...
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/stpaulsgyrat...
St Paul's Gyratory Transformation Project
The City of London Corporation is working on designs to transform the streets and public realm on the St Paul’s Gyratory System.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The St Paul’s Gyratory transformation project construction is due to commence on the 28th April 2025, starting on streets between the former Museum of London roundabout and St Paul’s Underground station. A new public square, Greyfriars Sq, will be created.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/stpaulsgyrat...
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/stpaulsgyrat...
Not only from my gallery, also from my brain (I designed it)
March 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Not only from my gallery, also from my brain (I designed it)
Really hoping these markings mean they’re adding some extra bollards at Sturt St to keep motorists from driving over the pavement.
March 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Really hoping these markings mean they’re adding some extra bollards at Sturt St to keep motorists from driving over the pavement.
Cleveland St bollard mysteriously reappears! I don’t think it was the council because it’s not locked.
March 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Cleveland St bollard mysteriously reappears! I don’t think it was the council because it’s not locked.
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If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
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"These emissions are largely unregulated by legislation and the study found that these 'non-exhaust' pollution sources are now responsible for the majority of vehicle particulate matter emissions in the UK and parts of Europe, with brake dust the main contributor among them."
Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says
Research shows move to electric vehicles may not be enough to enable pollution from cars to be eradicated
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"These emissions are largely unregulated by legislation and the study found that these 'non-exhaust' pollution sources are now responsible for the majority of vehicle particulate matter emissions in the UK and parts of Europe, with brake dust the main contributor among them."
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A found photo via LU : a vanished Mildmay station on the Mildmay line - Mildmay Park station on the North London Railway, opened 1880 & closed 1934, the building survived as here unitl demolition in the late 1980s. @joebrownlondon.bsky.social #railways #london
February 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A found photo via LU : a vanished Mildmay station on the Mildmay line - Mildmay Park station on the North London Railway, opened 1880 & closed 1934, the building survived as here unitl demolition in the late 1980s. @joebrownlondon.bsky.social #railways #london
