Owler Nook
@owlernook.bsky.social
When wanting to safely cycle to work gets really out of hand.
Stockport and Manchester.
Stockport and Manchester.
Yesterday at 2pm my train got stuck at Gorton, so I ended up getting the bus.
The 219 is frequent (every ten minutes during the day), and clearly well used (we missed some stops due to a full bus). But it took 30 minutes to cover 2.5 miles. We need fewer people driving into the city.
The 219 is frequent (every ten minutes during the day), and clearly well used (we missed some stops due to a full bus). But it took 30 minutes to cover 2.5 miles. We need fewer people driving into the city.
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yesterday at 2pm my train got stuck at Gorton, so I ended up getting the bus.
The 219 is frequent (every ten minutes during the day), and clearly well used (we missed some stops due to a full bus). But it took 30 minutes to cover 2.5 miles. We need fewer people driving into the city.
The 219 is frequent (every ten minutes during the day), and clearly well used (we missed some stops due to a full bus). But it took 30 minutes to cover 2.5 miles. We need fewer people driving into the city.
Stockport has a car problem. And no wonder: there are only four 'high-frequency' (12 mins or less) bus services, and only one goes south of the town centre.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Stockport has a car problem. And no wonder: there are only four 'high-frequency' (12 mins or less) bus services, and only one goes south of the town centre.
One of the unexpected bonuses of the imminent GM rail fare changes is that Delay Repay suddenly looks a lot more appealing (assuming I buy two singles rather than a return).
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
One of the unexpected bonuses of the imminent GM rail fare changes is that Delay Repay suddenly looks a lot more appealing (assuming I buy two singles rather than a return).
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Oh good, another Transport Plan. Seems to lack any specific targets and vague on whether ever-increasing private car journeys are actually bad.
“Road transport is an important part of our mix. 62% of journeys to work under 6 miles are done by car.”
www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk/mayors-trans...
“Road transport is an important part of our mix. 62% of journeys to work under 6 miles are done by car.”
www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk/mayors-trans...
The East Midlands mayor has launched an important consultation on transport matters entitled "The Mayor's Big Transport Conversation"
You can have your say by accessing it here...
chinleybuxworthtg.co.uk/blogs/the-ea...
@whaleychronicle.bsky.social @paultattam.bsky.social @peaksandpuddles.com
You can have your say by accessing it here...
chinleybuxworthtg.co.uk/blogs/the-ea...
@whaleychronicle.bsky.social @paultattam.bsky.social @peaksandpuddles.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh good, another Transport Plan. Seems to lack any specific targets and vague on whether ever-increasing private car journeys are actually bad.
“Road transport is an important part of our mix. 62% of journeys to work under 6 miles are done by car.”
www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk/mayors-trans...
“Road transport is an important part of our mix. 62% of journeys to work under 6 miles are done by car.”
www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk/mayors-trans...
Unclear as to what's happening here.
- Is it the fault of the open access train service?
- Is it the ORR trying to blame them?
- Why are terrible people expecting non-London staff to be in the office for 9am?
- Is it the fault of the open access train service?
- Is it the ORR trying to blame them?
- Why are terrible people expecting non-London staff to be in the office for 9am?
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
The good news for rail travel between Manchester and London is that a morning train will continue to link England’s biggest cities in under two hours. The bad news: passengers will no longer be able to get onboard.
The rail regulator has axed one of Britain’s fastest and most lucrative intercity services, the 7am Avanti West Coast from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, as part of a timetable shake-up that will take effect in mid-December. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Unclear as to what's happening here.
- Is it the fault of the open access train service?
- Is it the ORR trying to blame them?
- Why are terrible people expecting non-London staff to be in the office for 9am?
- Is it the fault of the open access train service?
- Is it the ORR trying to blame them?
- Why are terrible people expecting non-London staff to be in the office for 9am?
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
And as soon as I press send, the weather turns to shit.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
And as soon as I press send, the weather turns to shit.
Maybe now we'll see some action on pavement parking.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Maybe now we'll see some action on pavement parking.
Very kind of Badenoch to help out Starmer by saying the daftest thing possible, once again.
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Very kind of Badenoch to help out Starmer by saying the daftest thing possible, once again.
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Third: in Brinnington, widening of the existing path between Foliage Road and Brinnington Road.
Deadline is also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
Deadline is also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Third: in Brinnington, widening of the existing path between Foliage Road and Brinnington Road.
Deadline is also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
Deadline is also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
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Second: in Reddish, the footpath-only section of Arthur Street is proposed to be made shared use and the lighting columns moved out of the path, increasing permeability for neighbouring streets.
Deadline also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
Deadline also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Second: in Reddish, the footpath-only section of Arthur Street is proposed to be made shared use and the lighting columns moved out of the path, increasing permeability for neighbouring streets.
Deadline also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
Deadline also 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
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Three more consultations!
First: in Davenport, the cut-through between Frewland Avenue and Beechfield Road is proposed to be lit and widened.
Deadline 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
First: in Davenport, the cut-through between Frewland Avenue and Beechfield Road is proposed to be lit and widened.
Deadline 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Three more consultations!
First: in Davenport, the cut-through between Frewland Avenue and Beechfield Road is proposed to be lit and widened.
Deadline 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
First: in Davenport, the cut-through between Frewland Avenue and Beechfield Road is proposed to be lit and widened.
Deadline 14 December.
consultation.stockport.gov.uk/highways-and...
Should have done this weeks ago.
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Should have done this weeks ago.
Heading into town later has become The Travelling Salesman Problem, except I also need to avoid all the Christmas markets.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Heading into town later has become The Travelling Salesman Problem, except I also need to avoid all the Christmas markets.
This scheme was completed too late to be eligible for Best Completed Scheme at the 2025 Walk Ride GM Awards.
So what won? Find out next week!
So what won? Find out next week!
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This scheme was completed too late to be eligible for Best Completed Scheme at the 2025 Walk Ride GM Awards.
So what won? Find out next week!
So what won? Find out next week!
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Hey Stockport! How's about you do this with your bit of the A6?
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey Stockport! How's about you do this with your bit of the A6?
Turns out Skara Brae in Ultima is Skara Brae IRL.
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Turns out Skara Brae in Ultima is Skara Brae IRL.
I've been set some difficult puzzles in my time as a cycle campaigner, but trying to safely navigate Ashton town centre might be the one that defeats me.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've been set some difficult puzzles in my time as a cycle campaigner, but trying to safely navigate Ashton town centre might be the one that defeats me.
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Chapel St East now open! 😍🚶♀️👨🦽➡️🛴🚲🚌🚛
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Chapel St East now open! 😍🚶♀️👨🦽➡️🛴🚲🚌🚛
Anyone know what this question is fishing for?
A question on #RoadTrafficControl #Oxford tabled by Mr Richard Holden on 18-11-2025 has been answered by Simon Lightwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-18/92048
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Anyone know what this question is fishing for?
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
Bloody hell, Leeds. Things must have been really bad off campus.
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Bloody hell, Leeds. Things must have been really bad off campus.
