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3 key things
👉 living in city w good local regional & long-distance public transport
👉 doing £ sums & realising that for annual cost of car (tax MOT insurance repairs petrol parking stress) I could hire one occasionally/ use taxis without hassle or impact of owning
👉 liking 🚲 & 🚶‍♀️

Before a new Commissioner - we start with a new Secretary of State - BBC reporting Heidi Alexander MP will replace Louise Haigh
(Alexander a former deputy Mayor of London for Transport/ Deputy Chair of Transport for London )

I love how the street lights mirror the shape of the fox’s head 🦊

Hahah I always thought the brand was Iowa, like the state, til you wrote that 🤦‍♀️

Thanks Gary !

Aside from feeling it’s a now cold & lawless space, Twitter is v poor user experience;
⬆️ bot replies, nothing to do with posts
⬆️ things highlighted in my feed I’m not interested in / don’t follow
⬆️ ads

⬇️ feeling connected to my follows/ followers
⬇️ encountering new/interesting posts/accounts

Thanks Jay to you and your team 🙏

Must be bonkers busy right now so please know you are all very appreciated!!

What amazing progress Will.
I work in Greater Manchester and we’re just starting on this journey - do you use a wide range of solutions for enforcement or is the default using cameras?

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Worked both print & broadcast.

My theory is - egos.

Channels need controllers, physical papers editors - both about taking a curated position at a moment in time.

That format seems to give more power to those in charge (or illusion of?)

Rolling/ on demand formats less so?

Totally agree - article says

‘vision is every reporter / editor able to upload content to website, no segregation between ‘print’ & ‘digital’ as part of moving to a digital-first approach’

What doing for last 20 years?
Or for slow starters, 10.
Writing been on wall for 2 decades - in 144 font.

Highlight was Commissioner speaking to pupils & seeing how many raised their hands when asked ‘who now walks to school, who was driven before?’

Schools in GM can register their interest here in being one of 100 school streets to be launched by 2027: 👇

www.beenetwork.com/school-streets

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