still last
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Londoner, walks, rides a bicycle, drives a car, often lost.
Still no idea what an "eco-caramel coconut latte" is.
- Reposted by still lastBusy cycle lanes around Parliament square this morning in London
- Reposted by still lastNo ball games No bikes No scooters No noise No kids on their own No fun
- Reposted by still lastI've just checked our consultation response and the clumsy phrasing was contained within so not @linusrees.bsky.social's fault - it was reported accurately. We do need TfL to more actively fund and help to execute alternative E-W routes but we are leading on the planning and design of those routes.
- Reposted by still lastWhat's written in the screenshot/report is untrue - multiple E-W alternative cycle routes are in the works led by WCC. North of Oxford St, have a read: marylebonewestend.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos.... And another through Mayfair at an earlier stage.
- As MPs' questions to ministers are usually on behalf of constituents, I wonder if there's an organised campaign asking what #DfT is doing about #Publicity of #HighwayCode changes? Lots of @dft-answers.bsky.social in the last couple of weeks bsky.app/search?q=hig...
- "...enough for .... 170,000 more active trips per day [across England]." Londoners make *1.5 million* cycle journeys per day. Loving the ambition. bsky.app/profile/dft-...
- A question on #BicyclesAndPedestrians #Safety tabled by Fabian Hamilton on 20-01-2026 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/d…
- FFS, Westminster Council continuing under Labour to fail building an east-west cycle route off Oxford Street. WCC has been crayoning routes on maps for 10+ years and done SFA. bsky.app/profile/fitz...
- Sam Corbett writes in The (London) Times: "Was 2025 the year London became a cycling city?" archive.is/202601261652...
- 2/ Of course, being The Times, now riddled by right-wing influenced nonsense about cycle lanes and people friendly neighbourhoods, the same edition includes the latest claim by a vicar that cycle lane stop folk getting to church archive.is/pACh4
- 3/ "Related articles"
- @carltonreid.com one for your history collection, if not already in it? bsky.app/profile/last...
- A wonderful post by @thegentleauthor.bsky.social about the 1896 catalogue for The Metropolitan Machinists’ Co with the bells, lamps, saddles, trouser clips, capes, gaiters and other accessories for the discerning Victorian cyclist spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/21/t...
- A wonderful post by @thegentleauthor.bsky.social about the 1896 catalogue for The Metropolitan Machinists’ Co with the bells, lamps, saddles, trouser clips, capes, gaiters and other accessories for the discerning Victorian cyclist spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/21/t...
- 2/ Note the "Useful Hints on Cycling", although I (and the whales) am glad we've moved on from using sperm oil
- Reposted by still lastCycle-counter CS3Count on the Embankment cycle lane in London at 2,383 cycle journeys for the day at 08:38 this morning (149,625 for the year). @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
- If Tory -> Reform defector Rosindell gets his way and the London Borough of #Havering is transferred out of London into Essex, @diamondgeezer.bsky.social ponders on the consequences ... "Havering's bus network could significantly deteriorate" #Hexit diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/romf...
- 2/ Hey Havering, say goodbye to your buses bsky.app/profile/adam...
- 22 Jan'26, mid-evening, still raining after a day of drizzle: > #CS3Count Victoria Embankment 7,881 cycle journeys recorded so far today, 135,448 since Jan 1st. cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
- Reposted by still lastThe cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter on Victoria Embankment recorded 56k cycle journeys over the week ending Sat 17th Jan ... compared to 42k-ish the same weeks in 2024 and 2023 #JustNumbers #CS3Count Sunday 18th scores courtesy of @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social 👇 bsky.app/profile/bobf...
- ‘No one cycles in the winter’ London 👇 ( nearly 1200 cycles on a Sunday before 9am ) @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
- Strange how the anti-cycle lane bus huggers never mention how often London's buses are delayed and diverted by badly parked and crashed cars
- 2/ ... "due to a road traffic collision. Routes affected ... " ... "due to an RTC. Routes affected ... "
- 3/ "... due to an overturned car. As this is near a blind bend, buses are diverted on safety grounds. Routes Affected ... "
- @jim.londoncentric.media in Parly records (again?) bsky.app/profile/dft-...
- A question on #ElectricBicycles #HireServices tabled by Munira Wilson on 07-01-2026 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/d…
- Sunday 11 Jan'26, gone dark o'clock. Wet. Cold Cycle journeys recorded by the cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter on Victoria Embankment > 1714 journeys by today's evening; > 40240 journeys in 2026 Westbound display is having a, ahem, stressful day.
- Reposted by still lastSo... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz (Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)at://did:plc:3fgba6fhuyscv52hpegdxerq/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3mc5zte7w7o2w
- Reposted by still lastIf NCSC is here - and has been authenticated - then there really is *zero* reason for every single department and ALB with an X account not to also engage here.
- Passkeys provide an easier, faster and more secure way to log into online accounts than passwords.🗝️ Read more about how the NCSC is keeping pace with evolving technology⬇️ ncsc.gov.uk/collection/ncsc-ann…
- Reposted by still lastDespite (or because of?) sub-zero temps, nearly 2,000 more cycle journeys were recorded 1-7 Jan'26 than in the first week of 2025 along London's cycleway #C3 #CS3 on Victoria Embankment😎 Thursday morning scores and scenes thanks to @westcountrytim.bsky.social 👇 bsky.app/profile/west...
- TLDR: DfT to devolve decision making about pavement parking to highest tier of local authority (mayors, unitary, county). No national ban. bsky.app/profile/holy...
- 2020 pavement parking consultation: government response just dropped at last. www.gov.uk/government/c...
- .. consultation was in 2020, so four years, five secretaries of state to choose the option that local authorities asked for. And politicians wonder why trust in government is broken.
- Reposted by still last2020 pavement parking consultation: government response just dropped at last. www.gov.uk/government/c...
- Has the DfT's "Road Safety Strategy" been kicked into 2026? 1st Dec: "We intend to publish the [road safety] strategy this year" 4th Dec: "The Government intends to publish the Road Safety Strategy this year." 19th Dec: "We will set out more details in due course." 🤔
- 2/ 23 Dec: "The Road Safety Strategy is under development ..." Ah, so kicked into 2026 then. bsky.app/profile/dft-...
- 3/ 7 Jan 25: DfT publishes it's new Road Safety Strategy. > press release, with embedded links to pdfs and consultations: www.gov.uk/government/n... > 60 page PDF with strategy: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/695e2c...
- 4/ #RoadSafetyStrategy has a teaser for kerbnerds ... there will be an updated Manual for Streets
- Won't link to it, but I see Dave 'Over The' Hill has regurgitated his "buses are slower due to affluent cyclists" nonsense again.
- Ah, the temperature is back above 0°C .... the postie is wearing shorts 😎
- Reposted by still lastLondon's cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter ran for 286 days this year, and recorded a total of 2,528,907 cycle journeys (Jan-start of Jul, late Sept-Dec). A full 365 day run-rate would have been 3,227,000, getting us well past an annual #3million for the first time. Happy 2026! bsky.app/profile/last...
- 31 Dec'25, morning o'clock, brass-monkey cold: > Victoria Embankment, #CS3Count, 917 cycle journeys counted so far this morning, 836,019 since the late September reboot. Over 750k journeys Oct/Nov/Dec, beating previous Q4s by 90+k! HNY 🎉 cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
- 31 Dec'25, morning o'clock, brass-monkey cold: > Victoria Embankment, #CS3Count, 917 cycle journeys counted so far this morning, 836,019 since the late September reboot. Over 750k journeys Oct/Nov/Dec, beating previous Q4s by 90+k! HNY 🎉 cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
- Boxing Day, 26 December 2025, gone dark o'clock: > cycleway C3 Victoria Embankment #CS3Count 1,480 cycle journeys recorded on the day, 824,356 since the late September reboot; > cycleway C6 Blackfriars Road #CS6Count with its now permanent "please wait sign starting" cc @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
- Reposted by still lastWill be fascinated to see what they actually put out in the end
- One for @crisortunity.bsky.social "My officials are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to progress an assessment of the traffic levels in South-West London following the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles" FOI opportunities incoming! bsky.app/profile/dft-...
- Oh, great, HMG's Dept for Transport #DfT signs off an AI tool to analyse & summarise consultation responses (evaluation report, 23 Dec'25) www.gov.uk/government/p...
- 2/ ... so we have an AI arms race where govt and councils use AI tools to sift AI generated consultation responses (aka "objection spam") ... with the risk that real folks' useful insights get marked down and ignored www.placechangers.co.uk/blog/ai-obje...
- One for @crisortunity.bsky.social "My officials are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to progress an assessment of the traffic levels in South-West London following the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles" FOI opportunities incoming! bsky.app/profile/dft-...
- A question on #HammersmithBridge #RepairsAndMaintenance tabled by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger on 11-12-2025 has been answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/d…
- 2/ Another Q ... "so that it can reopen to traffic?". Oh, Baroness Fiona, if you pull on some shoes or climb on a bike you can use the bridge today! bsky.app/profile/dft-... (Per Companies House, Fi and her ennobled hubby Robin have properties in Kensington & Vauxhall, so not exactly local ...)
- "The BBC are trying to force us all to live in 15 minute Suttons" (Folk complaining at an airport check-in desk, in style of Telegraph's cartoonist Matt) bsky.app/profile/tinf...
- Mmm ... why might Bristol City Council want to permit heavier trucks in bus lanes? And in a bus lane on the right-hand side of the road? (PDF in latest batch of DfT sign auths: assets.dft.gov.uk/trafficauths... )
- Reposted by still lastThis sign means no bikes, buses, or taxis right?
- Not the first Londoner to complain about an unnecessary erection at this location bsky.app/profile/se1....
- Someone has made a planning enforcement complaint to Southwark Council that a flat in the Strata tower at the Elephant & Castle is being used for "pornographic video production" planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-appli...
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