Martin
@martintriguy.bsky.social
I’m a 🏳️🌈triathlete.
Interested in trains, cycling and social equality (not necessarily in that order 😜)
Love a heated but friendly debate!
Interested in trains, cycling and social equality (not necessarily in that order 😜)
Love a heated but friendly debate!
Me too!! Too a group of about 15 internal and external people!
Laugh at yourself is the only way to go!
Laugh at yourself is the only way to go!
Been there.
Done that.
Done that.
September 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Me too!! Too a group of about 15 internal and external people!
Laugh at yourself is the only way to go!
Laugh at yourself is the only way to go!
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Beautiful video from @evanedinger.bsky.social showing how cool commuting with a bike can be, especially in a city like London. You experience the city in a more positive and joyful way, and it can even be faster than public transport. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmf6...
I Cycled 2500km in London — Here's How It Changed My Life
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Beautiful video from @evanedinger.bsky.social showing how cool commuting with a bike can be, especially in a city like London. You experience the city in a more positive and joyful way, and it can even be faster than public transport. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmf6...
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Ok Google. Show me a first class example of driver entitlement and trying to take the absolute piss.
“You’re going to have to help pay for the upkeep of my private road you use to access the driveways you shouldn’t actually have”
“No way - and what are you gonna do about it?”
[sticks up a gate]
“Ah”
“No way - and what are you gonna do about it?”
[sticks up a gate]
“Ah”
Neighbours at war as tarmac row sees shopkeeper install car park barrier
Now neighbours want the barrier removed
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ok Google. Show me a first class example of driver entitlement and trying to take the absolute piss.
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✍️ Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
By ST Williams
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
By ST Williams
Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
✍️ Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
By ST Williams
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
By ST Williams
#silvertowntunnel the cycle bus is designed to fail so it can be cancelled though lack of use. Leaving a £2bn tunnel just for cars!
5 full size bikes per bus, with 5 buses per hour. Total capacity of 25 per hour!!! About 30 seconds of rush hour cycle use on the central London cycleways!
5 full size bikes per bus, with 5 buses per hour. Total capacity of 25 per hour!!! About 30 seconds of rush hour cycle use on the central London cycleways!
March 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#silvertowntunnel the cycle bus is designed to fail so it can be cancelled though lack of use. Leaving a £2bn tunnel just for cars!
5 full size bikes per bus, with 5 buses per hour. Total capacity of 25 per hour!!! About 30 seconds of rush hour cycle use on the central London cycleways!
5 full size bikes per bus, with 5 buses per hour. Total capacity of 25 per hour!!! About 30 seconds of rush hour cycle use on the central London cycleways!
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The Gray's Inn Rd permanent cycle track works have very rapidly progressed up to the Guildford St/Calthorpe St junction.
@raynoldchow.bsky.social @edmondchuihw.bsky.social @safecycleldn.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social @lastnotlost.bsky.social
@raynoldchow.bsky.social @edmondchuihw.bsky.social @safecycleldn.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social @lastnotlost.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Gray's Inn Rd permanent cycle track works have very rapidly progressed up to the Guildford St/Calthorpe St junction.
@raynoldchow.bsky.social @edmondchuihw.bsky.social @safecycleldn.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social @lastnotlost.bsky.social
@raynoldchow.bsky.social @edmondchuihw.bsky.social @safecycleldn.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social @lastnotlost.bsky.social
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ULEZ expansion cuts pollution in outer London, study confirms
ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ule...
Reducing the number of polluting road vehicles has reduced the amount of pollution in the air, concludes a study into the impact of expanding the ULEZ zone to outer London
ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ule...
Reducing the number of polluting road vehicles has reduced the amount of pollution in the air, concludes a study into the impact of expanding the ULEZ zone to outer London
ULEZ expansion cuts pollution in outer London, study confirms
Reducing the number of polluting road vehicles has reduced the amount of pollution in the air, concludes a TfL and GLA study into the impact of expanding the ULEZ zone to the outer London boroughs.
ianvisits.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
ULEZ expansion cuts pollution in outer London, study confirms
ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ule...
Reducing the number of polluting road vehicles has reduced the amount of pollution in the air, concludes a study into the impact of expanding the ULEZ zone to outer London
ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ule...
Reducing the number of polluting road vehicles has reduced the amount of pollution in the air, concludes a study into the impact of expanding the ULEZ zone to outer London
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In my local park, Highbury Fields, works have begun to dig up some of the road dividing it and convert it into rain gardens. The rest of the road will remain open as a cycle lane and a permanent play street.
Super proud to have played a role in making this happen.
Super proud to have played a role in making this happen.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In my local park, Highbury Fields, works have begun to dig up some of the road dividing it and convert it into rain gardens. The rest of the road will remain open as a cycle lane and a permanent play street.
Super proud to have played a role in making this happen.
Super proud to have played a role in making this happen.
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Eco-friendly; efficiency on two wheels 🌱
Freedom of a bike studio means…
- ability to pull over & record/film as soon as I’m needed📻🚲
- no parking hassles, no traffic jams – just effortless transitions from riding to reporting 🙌🏽
📸 earlier today.
BBC R4/World Service documentary coming soon.
Freedom of a bike studio means…
- ability to pull over & record/film as soon as I’m needed📻🚲
- no parking hassles, no traffic jams – just effortless transitions from riding to reporting 🙌🏽
📸 earlier today.
BBC R4/World Service documentary coming soon.
February 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Eco-friendly; efficiency on two wheels 🌱
Freedom of a bike studio means…
- ability to pull over & record/film as soon as I’m needed📻🚲
- no parking hassles, no traffic jams – just effortless transitions from riding to reporting 🙌🏽
📸 earlier today.
BBC R4/World Service documentary coming soon.
Freedom of a bike studio means…
- ability to pull over & record/film as soon as I’m needed📻🚲
- no parking hassles, no traffic jams – just effortless transitions from riding to reporting 🙌🏽
📸 earlier today.
BBC R4/World Service documentary coming soon.
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People in Paris asked if there are bike lanes on every street in the Netherlands… No, but there’s a cycling culture on every street 🤩
January 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
People in Paris asked if there are bike lanes on every street in the Netherlands… No, but there’s a cycling culture on every street 🤩
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Have you heard about the Bike Bureau?
BBC Net Zero Transition Plan is live 🌱 delighted to see our solar-powered, hyper mobile reporting studio makes a cameo 🙌🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/sustainabili...
Positive reading to boost you into the weekend… and a little background on our evolution 🚲🚲🚲
BBC Net Zero Transition Plan is live 🌱 delighted to see our solar-powered, hyper mobile reporting studio makes a cameo 🙌🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/sustainabili...
Positive reading to boost you into the weekend… and a little background on our evolution 🚲🚲🚲
January 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Have you heard about the Bike Bureau?
BBC Net Zero Transition Plan is live 🌱 delighted to see our solar-powered, hyper mobile reporting studio makes a cameo 🙌🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/sustainabili...
Positive reading to boost you into the weekend… and a little background on our evolution 🚲🚲🚲
BBC Net Zero Transition Plan is live 🌱 delighted to see our solar-powered, hyper mobile reporting studio makes a cameo 🙌🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/sustainabili...
Positive reading to boost you into the weekend… and a little background on our evolution 🚲🚲🚲
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SitRep - 22/01/25 - Trump threatens Putin with sanctions, higher tariffs and taxes.
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump to Putin: Russia needs to come to the negotiating table, or I will hurt Russia economically.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump to Putin: Russia needs to come to the negotiating table, or I will hurt Russia economically.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SitRep - 22/01/25 - Trump threatens Putin with sanctions, higher tariffs and taxes.
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump to Putin: Russia needs to come to the negotiating table, or I will hurt Russia economically.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump to Putin: Russia needs to come to the negotiating table, or I will hurt Russia economically.
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this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
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Two years ago, this was just another road full of traffic in central London. Now, it's a calm place for people to sit and walk. Streets are for people. Alfred Place.
November 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Two years ago, this was just another road full of traffic in central London. Now, it's a calm place for people to sit and walk. Streets are for people. Alfred Place.
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Esther Road in Waltham Forest was subject to bad flooding in 2021.
Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness.
@labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social
#healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp
Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness.
@labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social
#healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp
January 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Esther Road in Waltham Forest was subject to bad flooding in 2021.
Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness.
@labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social
#healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp
Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness.
@labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social
#healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp
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According to Russian sources, Ukrainian forces are actively bombing the Kinburn Spit.
"On the evening of January 3-4, on the spit, the positions of our volunteers were fired upon by artillery, and then massively attacked by Baba Yaga-type copters. Unfortunately, there are losses among our guys."
"On the evening of January 3-4, on the spit, the positions of our volunteers were fired upon by artillery, and then massively attacked by Baba Yaga-type copters. Unfortunately, there are losses among our guys."
January 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
According to Russian sources, Ukrainian forces are actively bombing the Kinburn Spit.
"On the evening of January 3-4, on the spit, the positions of our volunteers were fired upon by artillery, and then massively attacked by Baba Yaga-type copters. Unfortunately, there are losses among our guys."
"On the evening of January 3-4, on the spit, the positions of our volunteers were fired upon by artillery, and then massively attacked by Baba Yaga-type copters. Unfortunately, there are losses among our guys."
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Hoogeveen: 2019 vs. 2024. When I visited in 2019, I had to share the main road through the town with cars. By 2024, it was upgraded: one lane each way, bidirectional cycle tracks on both sides, separated by parking and trees. Side road crossings now prioritize safety with space for cars to yield.
January 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hoogeveen: 2019 vs. 2024. When I visited in 2019, I had to share the main road through the town with cars. By 2024, it was upgraded: one lane each way, bidirectional cycle tracks on both sides, separated by parking and trees. Side road crossings now prioritize safety with space for cars to yield.
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SitRep - 26/12/24 - Russia started an offensive towards Kherson?
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Head of Kherson said that Russia is actively trying to reach Kherson, meanwhile Russia shot down a civilian airplane, again.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Head of Kherson said that Russia is actively trying to reach Kherson, meanwhile Russia shot down a civilian airplane, again.
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December 26, 2024 at 8:54 PM
SitRep - 26/12/24 - Russia started an offensive towards Kherson?
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Head of Kherson said that Russia is actively trying to reach Kherson, meanwhile Russia shot down a civilian airplane, again.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Head of Kherson said that Russia is actively trying to reach Kherson, meanwhile Russia shot down a civilian airplane, again.
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London's weekly railway news
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www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
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www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London’s weekly railway news
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 7:14 AM
London's weekly railway news
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www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
➡️
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
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Yes! Priority Square intersections are amazing. They calm arterial highways into neighborhood friendly streets, while carrying same volume of motor vehicles.
Stumbled on the one on 't Goylaan in Utrecht. Check out these before/after photos...
Stumbled on the one on 't Goylaan in Utrecht. Check out these before/after photos...
December 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Yes! Priority Square intersections are amazing. They calm arterial highways into neighborhood friendly streets, while carrying same volume of motor vehicles.
Stumbled on the one on 't Goylaan in Utrecht. Check out these before/after photos...
Stumbled on the one on 't Goylaan in Utrecht. Check out these before/after photos...
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So many things could be said about this graph
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
December 19, 2024 at 7:51 AM
So many things could be said about this graph
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
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The Media won't acknowledge this video of the farmers blocking an ambulance with its blue lights on so could you could RT it so people see it?
December 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM
The Media won't acknowledge this video of the farmers blocking an ambulance with its blue lights on so could you could RT it so people see it?
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It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 1:40 AM
It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
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SitRep - 07/12/24 - Zelensky met Macron and Trump
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky went to Paris and met with Macron and Trump to talk about Ukraine.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky went to Paris and met with Macron and Trump to talk about Ukraine.
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December 8, 2024 at 9:02 AM
SitRep - 07/12/24 - Zelensky met Macron and Trump
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky went to Paris and met with Macron and Trump to talk about Ukraine.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky went to Paris and met with Macron and Trump to talk about Ukraine.
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Plans submitted for Southwark station student scheme, previous scheme vs new application.
🏠 429 student rooms and 44 self contained dwellings for affordable rent
🏗️ Urban Infil development, of an site earmarked for development for over 25yrs
🏠 429 student rooms and 44 self contained dwellings for affordable rent
🏗️ Urban Infil development, of an site earmarked for development for over 25yrs
December 4, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Plans submitted for Southwark station student scheme, previous scheme vs new application.
🏠 429 student rooms and 44 self contained dwellings for affordable rent
🏗️ Urban Infil development, of an site earmarked for development for over 25yrs
🏠 429 student rooms and 44 self contained dwellings for affordable rent
🏗️ Urban Infil development, of an site earmarked for development for over 25yrs