Roy White
@roywhite-ni.bsky.social
Interested in Centre-Left/Green Politics, City & Transport Planning, esp cycling. Formerly @roywhite_ni on Twitter.
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Active Travel England: Critical safety issues for walking, wheeling and cycling
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Critical safety issues for walking, wheeling and cycling
Illustrated guidance on the 16 critical safety issues identified in Active Travel England's route check tool.
www.gov.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Active Travel England: Critical safety issues for walking, wheeling and cycling
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.
Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’
Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.
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US transit systems are is serious trouble in the years ahead. Jarrett’s thread is worth reading.
It's time for clear eyed thinking about the potential for the large-scale destruction of public transit in American cities. It could happen in the next two years. Thread... 1/
July 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
US transit systems are is serious trouble in the years ahead. Jarrett’s thread is worth reading.
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Just make ensure they have time, space and permission to play throughout their everyday lives. Oh, and enable them to walk and cycle for everyday journeys too.
Dutch kids get safe cycling routes to school, ours are encouraged to watch cartoon aerobics classes on their phones...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joe Wicks and government join forces to get children moving
New animated series for kids, known as Activate, will get more children across the country moving more and encouraging a healthier lifestyle.
www.gov.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just make ensure they have time, space and permission to play throughout their everyday lives. Oh, and enable them to walk and cycle for everyday journeys too.
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New @ippr.org report out today
Transport isn’t working for low-income households
Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places
Read how the UK government can achieve this👇
Transport isn’t working for low-income households
Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places
Read how the UK government can achieve this👇
The transport challenge for low-income households | IPPR
Transport policy can make a material difference to people’s finances, especially those struggling to make ends meet. It can also help people better access
www.ippr.org
July 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
New @ippr.org report out today
Transport isn’t working for low-income households
Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places
Read how the UK government can achieve this👇
Transport isn’t working for low-income households
Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places
Read how the UK government can achieve this👇
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2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
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The first Van Morrison bus tour, May 3, 2003. On Hyndford St with Terri Hooley, Rainbow George, Billy Bragg and guitarist/tour manager Wiggy. Far right is Marty Neill. This was a co-production with myself and the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - a fund-raiser for the Ulster Cancer Foundation.
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The first Van Morrison bus tour, May 3, 2003. On Hyndford St with Terri Hooley, Rainbow George, Billy Bragg and guitarist/tour manager Wiggy. Far right is Marty Neill. This was a co-production with myself and the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - a fund-raiser for the Ulster Cancer Foundation.
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Civil servants working under the direction and control of a Sinn Fein minister put an extraordinary argument before the High Court which exposes how for years Stormont hasn't been - and still isn't - remotely interested in protecting the environment.
Stormont told a judge that tarmacking 3,000 acres of farmland would be less polluting than the industrial farming it has encouraged
If you want to save the environment in Northern Ireland, almost the entirety of its surface should be covered in tarmac and concrete over which cars and lorries will drive day and night.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Civil servants working under the direction and control of a Sinn Fein minister put an extraordinary argument before the High Court which exposes how for years Stormont hasn't been - and still isn't - remotely interested in protecting the environment.
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One of the challenges to understanding climate change is that extremes don't necessarily change in the same way as averages.
In Western Europe, for example, the hottest day of the year is warming noticeably faster than the average summer day.
In Western Europe, for example, the hottest day of the year is warming noticeably faster than the average summer day.
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
One of the challenges to understanding climate change is that extremes don't necessarily change in the same way as averages.
In Western Europe, for example, the hottest day of the year is warming noticeably faster than the average summer day.
In Western Europe, for example, the hottest day of the year is warming noticeably faster than the average summer day.
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Thanks to @neheritagelib.bsky.social for publishing our article on Byker. Silvie Fisch and I also currently have a small display at Newcastle’s Farrell Centre on the early years of Byker’s redevelopment.
Privileged to add an excellent piece by @salawatson.bsky.social & Silvie to the site.
Power to all people? covers in length the role of community in moulding modern Byker. The estate's survival is arguably down to the grassroots input from locals whose voices persist.
Link below.
Power to all people? covers in length the role of community in moulding modern Byker. The estate's survival is arguably down to the grassroots input from locals whose voices persist.
Link below.
April 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thanks to @neheritagelib.bsky.social for publishing our article on Byker. Silvie Fisch and I also currently have a small display at Newcastle’s Farrell Centre on the early years of Byker’s redevelopment.
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"This analysis of studies the most important topics identified for X-minute cities, 15-minute cities, and 20-minute cities were urban planning and neighborhoods, mobility and accessibility, and socioeconomic aspects, respectively" A. Sharifi - Hiroshima Univ.
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April 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"This analysis of studies the most important topics identified for X-minute cities, 15-minute cities, and 20-minute cities were urban planning and neighborhoods, mobility and accessibility, and socioeconomic aspects, respectively" A. Sharifi - Hiroshima Univ.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This is a great piece by @drkarenlucas.bsky.social & @hirr4.bsky.social.
“Can the transition to net zero and the push for greener transport also make travel fairer and more accessible for those on low incomes?”
The answer is yes. But only if we make it a priority. The risk is we go the other way.
“Can the transition to net zero and the push for greener transport also make travel fairer and more accessible for those on low incomes?”
The answer is yes. But only if we make it a priority. The risk is we go the other way.
Really interesting, wide-ranging piece on just transitions in transport in this new programme, exploring LTNs, walking and cycling, buses, trains, air travel, and intersections with race, global inequalities, and much more:
www.jrf.org.uk/climate-chan...
www.jrf.org.uk/climate-chan...
April 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is a great piece by @drkarenlucas.bsky.social & @hirr4.bsky.social.
“Can the transition to net zero and the push for greener transport also make travel fairer and more accessible for those on low incomes?”
The answer is yes. But only if we make it a priority. The risk is we go the other way.
“Can the transition to net zero and the push for greener transport also make travel fairer and more accessible for those on low incomes?”
The answer is yes. But only if we make it a priority. The risk is we go the other way.
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Two studies looking at the closure of a single coal-fired power plant in 2005 led to lower exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for babies in utero. This reduction was associated with improved overall neurocognitive skills, social and motor skills in children at 2 years old.
March 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Two studies looking at the closure of a single coal-fired power plant in 2005 led to lower exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for babies in utero. This reduction was associated with improved overall neurocognitive skills, social and motor skills in children at 2 years old.
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Interesting study looking at road space reallocation schemes in Norway from a social justice perspective.
Given re-prioritising from car use to other modes of transport is a prerequisite for a “socially just transition to a low-carbon society” how should we address resistance to these schemes?
Given re-prioritising from car use to other modes of transport is a prerequisite for a “socially just transition to a low-carbon society” how should we address resistance to these schemes?
A social justice perspective on protests against urban transport measures
This paper examines one category of contentious transport measure: that which reallocates parking space from cars to other modes of transport. Such restrictive measures are regarded as essential wi...
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March 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Interesting study looking at road space reallocation schemes in Norway from a social justice perspective.
Given re-prioritising from car use to other modes of transport is a prerequisite for a “socially just transition to a low-carbon society” how should we address resistance to these schemes?
Given re-prioritising from car use to other modes of transport is a prerequisite for a “socially just transition to a low-carbon society” how should we address resistance to these schemes?
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A reminder of the iconic:
Foucault: schools serve the same function in society as prisons and mental institutions
Foucault's Mum: You're still going.
Foucault: schools serve the same function in society as prisons and mental institutions
Foucault's Mum: You're still going.
God, I miss the early days of this app, when every day you'd see a post like this.
March 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A reminder of the iconic:
Foucault: schools serve the same function in society as prisons and mental institutions
Foucault's Mum: You're still going.
Foucault: schools serve the same function in society as prisons and mental institutions
Foucault's Mum: You're still going.
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There are now more than 640 School Streets in London, says @willnorman.co.uk
What next?
School Zones, which incorporate local traffic management measures, such as new crossings across main roads, so that people can move between the neighbourhoods.
What next?
School Zones, which incorporate local traffic management measures, such as new crossings across main roads, so that people can move between the neighbourhoods.
March 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There are now more than 640 School Streets in London, says @willnorman.co.uk
What next?
School Zones, which incorporate local traffic management measures, such as new crossings across main roads, so that people can move between the neighbourhoods.
What next?
School Zones, which incorporate local traffic management measures, such as new crossings across main roads, so that people can move between the neighbourhoods.
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Thank you. Say it in plain language. More of this from everybody, please.
Let’s be clear about the impact of this DOT memo: Pedestrians and cyclists are going to die. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/12/b...
BREAKING: U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes — Streetsblog USA
Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!
usa.streetsblog.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thank you. Say it in plain language. More of this from everybody, please.
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The FBI is now moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for “conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices.
This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The FBI is now moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for “conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices.
This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices.
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Announcing our open feature-length documentary #thegreendivide by @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social now available and shareable on Youtube. With amazing filming of neighborhoods affected by green inequalities and increasing housing prices - by Alberto Bougleux
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nySa...
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The Green Divide
YouTube video by BCNUEJ - Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability
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March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Announcing our open feature-length documentary #thegreendivide by @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social now available and shareable on Youtube. With amazing filming of neighborhoods affected by green inequalities and increasing housing prices - by Alberto Bougleux
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nySa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nySa...
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Thrilled that my new book - Climate Justice and the University - is now available open access. This radical exploration of higher ed reimagines how universities could engage with transformative change for a better future for all. Download whole book or individual chapters
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
Project MUSE - Climate Justice and the University
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March 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thrilled that my new book - Climate Justice and the University - is now available open access. This radical exploration of higher ed reimagines how universities could engage with transformative change for a better future for all. Download whole book or individual chapters
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
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Get the message?
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Get the message?
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
New NI Infra Minister to tackle climate change by thinking about how we travel & decarbonising public transport, but then lists billions of pounds worth of new road infra that she wants to progress, including A5 dualling, 2 by-passes & a relief road.
www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/kimmins...
www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/kimmins...
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New NI Infra Minister to tackle climate change by thinking about how we travel & decarbonising public transport, but then lists billions of pounds worth of new road infra that she wants to progress, including A5 dualling, 2 by-passes & a relief road.
www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/kimmins...
www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/kimmins...
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As a result of a series of deaths the council has put in not one but two new signs and run "a road safety education programme with children" at a local school. The people in this story think that may not be enough.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Grandma was killed after I warned Sandwell Council about busy road'
Safa and her family lead calls for safety measures on the busy A457 after initial pleas were ignored.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As a result of a series of deaths the council has put in not one but two new signs and run "a road safety education programme with children" at a local school. The people in this story think that may not be enough.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"These airports are funnels for UK cash to go overseas - I'd like to hear the rationale for how that generates growth benefits in the UK."
@alchap.bsky.social explains why airport expansions won't create the growth the chancellor wants
@alchap.bsky.social explains why airport expansions won't create the growth the chancellor wants
January 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"These airports are funnels for UK cash to go overseas - I'd like to hear the rationale for how that generates growth benefits in the UK."
@alchap.bsky.social explains why airport expansions won't create the growth the chancellor wants
@alchap.bsky.social explains why airport expansions won't create the growth the chancellor wants
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Award-winning documentary short by David Bunting and James McKay explores whether everyone can live well without harming the environment.
It combines research and artwork to reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...
It combines research and artwork to reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...
Animated film explores sustainable futures
The award-winning documentary short by David Bunting and James McKay explores whether everyone can live well without harming the environment. It reveals how hope and creativity can inspire change.
environment.leeds.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Award-winning documentary short by David Bunting and James McKay explores whether everyone can live well without harming the environment.
It combines research and artwork to reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...
It combines research and artwork to reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...