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Phil Jones
@phil-pja.bsky.social
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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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Plymouth dockyard end of shift, 1950s
Large number of people cycling out of Plymouth dockyard at shift end in the 1950s
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Britain didn’t get any more hilly between 1949 and 2024.
A graph showing cycle traffic in Billion Vehicle Kilometres per year between 1949 and 2024
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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A cycle track crossing a side street in West Bromwich where both the cycle track and the side street are marked with give way lines.
October 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Quince chez Jones
Quinces grown in our garden
September 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Both Ways is good, right?
A pedestrian crossing in Camden painted in the colours of the Trans Flag
July 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Bus Stop Bypass, Reykjavik. @bricycle.bsky.social @psimonk.bsky.social
A bus stop bypass in Reykjavik, Iceland
June 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Hong Kong would be great if you could cross the street.
A picture across a main street in Hong Kong showing multiple pedestrian barriers.
May 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Who can argue she doesn’t deserve to cycle?
A girl with her bike getting ready to ride to school
April 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Brilliant start to the day at the Global Bike Bus Summit.
April 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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My little example.
Garden office, straw bale construction
January 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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We get this, courtesy of National Highways. maps.app.goo.gl/kNneGvFTdbZj...
Cycle/pedestrian bridge Cycle/pedestrian bridge Cycle/pedestrian bridge
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Ooh exciting…

Thanks, @nacto.bsky.social
Urban Bikeway Design Guide 3rd Edition
January 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Thanks Andrew, great to meet you too, I had a super time and looking forward to the Global Bike Bus Summit!

bikebussummit.org

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Children and adults riding to school on the Worcester Bike Bus
January 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Not yet from what I could see.
A parallel crossing in Sheffield
January 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Interesting to see the ‘Dutch’ roundabout and the ‘Voorrangsplein’ in Sheffield yesterday. Both seemed to be working pretty well. Some good stuff happening in the city.
The Sheffield ’Dutch’ Roundabout The Sheffield ‘Voorrangsplein’ junction
January 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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A brutal end to 2024.
Cardboard models of Birmingham Central Library and Cables Wynde House, Glasgow.
December 31, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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I forgot we were racing against climate change in 2009. I wonder whether we won.
A photo of a 2009 Birmingham half-marathon T-shirt
December 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Cutting up a squash for roasting is just vegan butchery.
A dismembered squash. If squashes had arms or legs, that is.
December 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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This is what bringing down the average by ~3mph does.
A chart showing the reduction in road casualties in Wales
December 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Brilliant framing by @20splenty.bsky.social.
A post by 20sPlenty giving casualty data for Wales, showing 489 fewer people were killed or injured in the 9 months post-implementation, compared to a year before.
December 10, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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I bloody love this picture. #Bennysbabbies @coldwarsteve.bsky.social #birmingham
The picture Benny’s Babbies in Birmingham Art Gallery
December 1, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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And here’s @kaarinaruta.bsky.social joining the Bluesky bus! Still so central to the Wales 20 project.
Winners of the CIHT Cymru Safety Award.
November 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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We won!
Award certificate
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Despite not aligning with EU veh standards, new GB cars likely to have Intelligent Speed Assistance anyway. NI cars will have to (Windsor Framework).

Over time will help rebut argument against 20mph limits that they won’t be enforced.

media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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Screenshot of https://media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DT-Tracker-Q2-Q3-2024.pdf
November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Fy nhŷ bach twt yn yr eira y bore ‘ma. @waterslee.bsky.social
Tŷ bach twt yn yr eira
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 AM