Scott Urban
@urbanturbo.bsky.social
Lecturer at @hertfordcollege.bsky.social 🔶 Transport activism is climate activism. 🇺🇦 #Oxford #WasColorado
History famously doesn’t repeat but it sure rhymes. Here’s a reflection on the Bank of England decision simply just not to convert gold, after years of austerity. Credit to the excellent @adamramsay.bsky.social for this passage:
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
History famously doesn’t repeat but it sure rhymes. Here’s a reflection on the Bank of England decision simply just not to convert gold, after years of austerity. Credit to the excellent @adamramsay.bsky.social for this passage:
Terrific coverage. "CALLS FOR NEW BUS STATION IN RAILWAY PLANS -- Project not included in the £231 upgrade".
This is urgent -- please consider adding your name to the petition 👇
This is urgent -- please consider adding your name to the petition 👇
October 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Terrific coverage. "CALLS FOR NEW BUS STATION IN RAILWAY PLANS -- Project not included in the £231 upgrade".
This is urgent -- please consider adding your name to the petition 👇
This is urgent -- please consider adding your name to the petition 👇
In the Year of Our Lord 2025. "Restaurateurs apologise after felling 80 historic trees to build car park."
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the Year of Our Lord 2025. "Restaurateurs apologise after felling 80 historic trees to build car park."
The opposite of FMS is “Email the transport portfolio holder in your local authority” (and CC your councillors)! 🖐🏼
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The opposite of FMS is “Email the transport portfolio holder in your local authority” (and CC your councillors)! 🖐🏼
Celebrate your wins! Here’s “Flower Lane”, a popular bit of permeability in OX4. The photo is 2024, showing how unfriendly the approach is for anyone using it. 1/
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Celebrate your wins! Here’s “Flower Lane”, a popular bit of permeability in OX4. The photo is 2024, showing how unfriendly the approach is for anyone using it. 1/
Oxford, you are here:
![Pictured is the Goodwin curve. The y axis is public support for a transport intervention like road pricing. The x axis is time. Congestion is so bad that support for a scheme grows to the point that the authorities press 'go'. But then support falls as details emerge [and scaremongering begins]. The nadir is hit just before go-live on the intervention. Support rises again as the benefits emerge. There is a red arrow pointing to the nadir, with a caption reading "Oxford: You are here."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4rupevn7cnc2b35nweugp2t6/bafkreifc34rexjywblhzbb52howe776ieqk7prdhbdckeh5toihmmyhseu@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Oxford, you are here:
Agree. We need to figure out how to grow this platform. Recent stats seem to be going the wrong way (source: @jaz.bsky.social).
July 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Agree. We need to figure out how to grow this platform. Recent stats seem to be going the wrong way (source: @jaz.bsky.social).
you don't mean this?
February 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
you don't mean this?
I can't @ Alphabet on here but this seems strange
February 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I can't @ Alphabet on here but this seems strange
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Ok Bsky who read this as a kid? I’m just discovering it now. Great fun!
December 28, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Ok Bsky who read this as a kid? I’m just discovering it now. Great fun!
