Phil Jones
@phil-pja.bsky.social
Engineer, transport planner, whatever. Sylfanwr www.pja.co.uk. Coming at you from Tŷ Bach Twt. Dysgwr Cymraeg. Easy on the palate. Toffs are reckless.
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The word from @phil-pja.bsky.social is that the part of TSRGD which permits zebras across cycle tracks without Belisha beacons and zigzags is simply being extended to side roads. Easy! UK Department for Transport, take note.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The word from @phil-pja.bsky.social is that the part of TSRGD which permits zebras across cycle tracks without Belisha beacons and zigzags is simply being extended to side roads. Easy! UK Department for Transport, take note.
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In Goodwin Curve news, @willhaycardiff.bsky.social's latest newsletter notes how the immediate aftermath of the Welsh 20 mph speed limits saw a petition raise 400,000 signatures. Today, a second petition has just 2387 signatures
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In Goodwin Curve news, @willhaycardiff.bsky.social's latest newsletter notes how the immediate aftermath of the Welsh 20 mph speed limits saw a petition raise 400,000 signatures. Today, a second petition has just 2387 signatures
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Wales outperforms GB in growing domestic tourism expenditure between 2023 and 2024 by 11% compared with 5% for GB.
So demolishing the myth that tourists are put off by 20mph limits. In fact they are better places to holiday in . #20splenty for tourism. www.gov.wales/domestic-gb-...
So demolishing the myth that tourists are put off by 20mph limits. In fact they are better places to holiday in . #20splenty for tourism. www.gov.wales/domestic-gb-...
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Wales outperforms GB in growing domestic tourism expenditure between 2023 and 2024 by 11% compared with 5% for GB.
So demolishing the myth that tourists are put off by 20mph limits. In fact they are better places to holiday in . #20splenty for tourism. www.gov.wales/domestic-gb-...
So demolishing the myth that tourists are put off by 20mph limits. In fact they are better places to holiday in . #20splenty for tourism. www.gov.wales/domestic-gb-...
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Thought it had been done before, then I remembered….
London 2012
London 2012
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thought it had been done before, then I remembered….
London 2012
London 2012
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Patronising. Hideous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Birmingham City's Powerhouse stadium plans revealed - BBC News
Club chairman Tom Wagner reveals the design for his club's new 62,000-capacity stadium in Bordesley Green.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Patronising. Hideous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Search 600+ cycling infrastructure documents from all over the world. Cycling knowledge at your fingertips. bicycleinfrastructuremanuals.com
Bicycle Infrastructure Manuals » Cycling knowledge at your fingertips
We've gathered bicycle infrastructure design manuals and strategy documents from all over the world into one database- cycling knowledge at your fingertips.
bicycleinfrastructuremanuals.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Search 600+ cycling infrastructure documents from all over the world. Cycling knowledge at your fingertips. bicycleinfrastructuremanuals.com
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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If you weren't able to attend Isabelle's talk last week about "Ensuring that Freedom to Cycle is Accessible to All”, the video of the talk is now available.
#InclusiveCycling #ActiveTravel #AccessibleCycling @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social
#InclusiveCycling #ActiveTravel #AccessibleCycling @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social
« Ensuring that freedom to cycle is accessible to all »
YouTube video by Université de Lausanne
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November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you weren't able to attend Isabelle's talk last week about "Ensuring that Freedom to Cycle is Accessible to All”, the video of the talk is now available.
#InclusiveCycling #ActiveTravel #AccessibleCycling @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social
#InclusiveCycling #ActiveTravel #AccessibleCycling @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social
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I’m old enough to remember when the Director General of the BBC categorically didn’t resign after one of its flagship politics shows literally photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn with a Soviet hat and painted red with the Kremlin in the background like some kind of Cold War-era communist mural.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m old enough to remember when the Director General of the BBC categorically didn’t resign after one of its flagship politics shows literally photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn with a Soviet hat and painted red with the Kremlin in the background like some kind of Cold War-era communist mural.
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My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Google translate is *not* your friend 😀
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Google translate is *not* your friend 😀
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Every flag left flying and every case quietly dropped tells extremists they’re winning. The authorities’ fear has become the far right’s fuel – and it’s ordinary people who pay the price. Read Peter Thurlow's analysis ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Government, councils and police: all scared to act as far right run riot
Violent mobs try to intimidate with their flags, while we wonder what those in charge are doing about it
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Every flag left flying and every case quietly dropped tells extremists they’re winning. The authorities’ fear has become the far right’s fuel – and it’s ordinary people who pay the price. Read Peter Thurlow's analysis ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
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On Mon 3 Nov, Sarah Coombes MP hosts a “Meet the West Midlands Road Safety & Active Travel Commissioners” event at Westminster, followed by a screening of City of Cars, an award winning Birmingham documentary by Sarah Chaundler. 📍2.15pm, Portcullis House. All MPs invited - email yours to attend!
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On Mon 3 Nov, Sarah Coombes MP hosts a “Meet the West Midlands Road Safety & Active Travel Commissioners” event at Westminster, followed by a screening of City of Cars, an award winning Birmingham documentary by Sarah Chaundler. 📍2.15pm, Portcullis House. All MPs invited - email yours to attend!
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I think its now got to be the case that respectable people should just refuse to appear on panels with Goodwin, even if that means cancelling on the BBC at short notice.
We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think its now got to be the case that respectable people should just refuse to appear on panels with Goodwin, even if that means cancelling on the BBC at short notice.
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"Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy." @timrgill.bsky.social on this @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id14...
More info on Tim rethinkingchildhood.com/about/
#PlayStreetsBETA
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id14...
More info on Tim rethinkingchildhood.com/about/
#PlayStreetsBETA
About Tim
Tim Gill is an independent scholar, writer and consultant on childhood, and a global advocate for children’s play and mobility. He is the author of Urban Playground: How child-friendly urban …
rethinkingchildhood.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy." @timrgill.bsky.social on this @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id14...
More info on Tim rethinkingchildhood.com/about/
#PlayStreetsBETA
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id14...
More info on Tim rethinkingchildhood.com/about/
#PlayStreetsBETA
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Stop National Highways' toxic water pollution!
"Every time it rains, a toxic brew of oil, particulate matter, and microplastics from tyre and brake wear is washed off the roads..."
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
"Every time it rains, a toxic brew of oil, particulate matter, and microplastics from tyre and brake wear is washed off the roads..."
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop National Highways’ toxic water pollution!
We all know our rivers are polluted. However, it’s not just from sewage, or due to the inaction of failing water companies. What is less talked about, but in many ways worse than sewage and even more ...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Stop National Highways' toxic water pollution!
"Every time it rains, a toxic brew of oil, particulate matter, and microplastics from tyre and brake wear is washed off the roads..."
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
"Every time it rains, a toxic brew of oil, particulate matter, and microplastics from tyre and brake wear is washed off the roads..."
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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German news agency DW interviews Brendan O’Leary, Professor of political science, about Irish Unity post brexit.
In english, for a German audience, O'Leary outlines in very clear & simple terms the potential models for reunification and dispels the myths of how expensive reunification will be.
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In english, for a German audience, O'Leary outlines in very clear & simple terms the potential models for reunification and dispels the myths of how expensive reunification will be.
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Myths and realities of Irish reunification | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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October 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
German news agency DW interviews Brendan O’Leary, Professor of political science, about Irish Unity post brexit.
In english, for a German audience, O'Leary outlines in very clear & simple terms the potential models for reunification and dispels the myths of how expensive reunification will be.
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In english, for a German audience, O'Leary outlines in very clear & simple terms the potential models for reunification and dispels the myths of how expensive reunification will be.
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Dyma beth mae gwleidyddiaeth Reform yn ei olygu: codi ofn ar bobl fel Alison a Cole yn ei milltir sgwâr.
Dydd Iau yma, mae gan bobl Caerffili’r cyfle i sefyll fyny iddyn nhw.
Pleidleisiwch Blaid Cymru am bencampwr lleol, ac i atal Reform. 🏴
Dydd Iau yma, mae gan bobl Caerffili’r cyfle i sefyll fyny iddyn nhw.
Pleidleisiwch Blaid Cymru am bencampwr lleol, ac i atal Reform. 🏴
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dyma beth mae gwleidyddiaeth Reform yn ei olygu: codi ofn ar bobl fel Alison a Cole yn ei milltir sgwâr.
Dydd Iau yma, mae gan bobl Caerffili’r cyfle i sefyll fyny iddyn nhw.
Pleidleisiwch Blaid Cymru am bencampwr lleol, ac i atal Reform. 🏴
Dydd Iau yma, mae gan bobl Caerffili’r cyfle i sefyll fyny iddyn nhw.
Pleidleisiwch Blaid Cymru am bencampwr lleol, ac i atal Reform. 🏴
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Absolutely right Phil. The argument seems to go: Car brained conspiracy theorists and the media that enables them didn't like a thing, so we should never do it again. Spoiler alert: they'll hate whatever less effective measures you pivot too, as well.
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Absolutely right Phil. The argument seems to go: Car brained conspiracy theorists and the media that enables them didn't like a thing, so we should never do it again. Spoiler alert: they'll hate whatever less effective measures you pivot too, as well.
No, backlash has not undercut the success of 30km/hour speed limits. They have incontrovertibly reduced death and injuries wherever they’ve been introduced. The backlash is just noise, it doesn’t change the facts.
If we really want safe, vibrant streets, we should focus on design rather than just lower speed limits. neat new work from Carlo Ratti's team: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
There’s a Better Way to Win on Traffic Safety
Backlash has undercut the success of 30km/hour speed limits. New research finds that a less controversial policy can be more effective in slowing cars.
www.bloomberg.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No, backlash has not undercut the success of 30km/hour speed limits. They have incontrovertibly reduced death and injuries wherever they’ve been introduced. The backlash is just noise, it doesn’t change the facts.