Oliver Lord
Leading @cleancitiescampaign.org in the UK
Healthy & climate friendly transport geekery | 🏳️🌈 | Reposts ≠ endorsements
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- NEW #carspreading danger: @cleancitiescampaign.org analysis reveals a 92% rise in number of US-style pick-up trucks on UK roads. We've now more than half a million pick-up trucks where young children can’t be seen over high bonnet ⚠️ 1/7
- Registrations of the most commonly-sold pick-up trucks have nearly doubled in just over a decade, with close to 600,000 now on UK roads (Q3 2025), a rise of 92% since 2014. This is leading to parking mayhem and dangerous roads. City leaders must act to discourage these menacing vehicles... 2/7
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- Battery electric refuse vehicles and community transport minibuses! Great to see @islington-council.bsky.social ditching diesel and leading a rollout of cleaner, quieter EVs in their fleet 👏👏👏 #ElectrifyLondon
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- It's remarkable Westminster Council doesnt charge for car parking in the West End after 18:30... coupled with free congestion charge from TfL and no wonder there's a wild west of traffic in the evenings 😬. More and more SUVs don't help either... #carspreading www.westminster.gov.uk/parking/park...
- Great to see new powers for councils to end the blight of pavement parking in England. This announcement couldn’t have come soon enough given cars are getting heavier and wider every year making pavement parking even more untenable and dangerous. #carspreading www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
- Cargo bikes are often a quick, cheap and far cleaner alternative to polluting vans in cities. And the best thing? They're always ready to lend Santa a hand! #cargorevolution Merry Xmas from @cleancitiescampaign.org 🤓 🚴 🎅
- Visit London's West End on a weeknight and get easily reminded of the great giveaway - FREE car parking from @citywestminster.bsky.social and FREE congestion charge from @london.gov.uk. A great giveaway of public space for status symbols. Worth remembering as tube fares increase again next spring...
- Cant imagine anyone accepts that trees should be used as EV charging gantries 😱. A sad encroachment of car culture on nature, partly down to price (domestic vs public) but also local plans/comms. We need charging masterplans that map out options for residents today and in the future #ElectrifyLondon
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- Another grey rainy day in #utrecht and just another day of cycling to work en mass. Spot the jolly wave even 🤓 👋
- Just arrived in Utrecht for #POLIS2025 conference and to connect with some @cleancitiescampaign.org colleagues! Aiming for loads of inspiration to bring back to UK cities 🤓. HMU if you're here 🇳🇱
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- Pleased @mayoroflondon.bsky.social listened to our campaign to keep #CongestionCharge discount for electric vans but 50% is still troubling for SMEs & charities given costs. Cars are the traffic issue. I spoke with @lbc.co.uk... #ElectricVans #CleanAir #London #SmallBusiness #UrbanFreight #Climate
- I wonder what is in the DfT's assessment of the causes 👀 Feels like another reason to do something about the troubling and dangerous increase in car bonnet height. Chances are big SUVs won't be mentioned at all #elephantintheroom #carspreading www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Hats off to @deathcardiff.bsky.social & Cardiff cllrs for their new parking policy to charge more for the heaviest SUVs 👏 A <10 child 3x more likely to be killed by an SUV and they don't even fit in urban parking spaces - affecting us all! #carspreading NEWS: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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- I was told of a complaint by a resident that 2.1m width restrictions are too narrow for their car! Unsurprising given new cars are getting 1cm wider every 2 years - the Volvo XC90 is 2.14m wide 🤯 Surely this age old infrastructure is needed now more than ever to end #carspreading in our cities? 🙏
- And here's SCAFFOLDERS using a fully electric vehicle in Camden - nice to see HSS helping to #ElectrifyLondon 👏 @adamdkharrison.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social @metecoban92.bsky.social @zakbond.bsky.social
- Ok poor pic but had to quickly snap this fully electric CONCRETE MIXER in London - great to see businesses like Tarmac leading the way! Change is possible @adamdkharrison.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social @metecoban92.bsky.social @zakbond.bsky.social Deets: www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/tarmac-...
- Paris, Zurich... Cardiff next? 🏴 This sounds promising...will check out the details 👀 #carspreading nation.cymru/news/council...
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- Reposted by Oliver LordOn Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight. The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.) Direct democracy!
- Vans have exploded onto our roads! We need better policy that transforms last mile logistics in cities 🙏 ⚡ rewarding businesses that switch from diesel to electric 🚲 enabling an e-cargo bike / quadricyle revolution ⏱️supporting better timed and consolidated activities 🚚💨 @metecoban92.bsky.social
- Ok poor pic but had to quickly snap this fully electric CONCRETE MIXER in London - great to see businesses like Tarmac leading the way! Change is possible @adamdkharrison.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social @metecoban92.bsky.social @zakbond.bsky.social Deets: www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/tarmac-...
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- Looking forward to this fab #ClimateWeekNYC convo delving into Hidalgo's legacy! 15.15 BST on Tuesday 23 Sept Register for the live stream here: www.petitions.cleancitiescampaign.org/nyc-registra...
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- BEWARE of 'plug-in hybrid' electric cars 🚗💨 New @transportenvironment.org analysis shows plug-in hybrids are 5x more polluting on road than official ratings! The battery is used 27% of the time, not 84% as claimed 😬 LINK: www.transportenvironment.org/articles/clo... HT@lucien-mathieu.bsky.social
- Great to see new regs proposed - long long overdue - and pleased that @london.gov.uk is leaning into this unique opportunity to enable a quieter, cleaner and greener #WestEnd "pedicabs should be a fun and green way to see the sights of our city" 🙏 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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