Matt McFeat

From Space Invaders to Sustainable Travel: Lessons from a Paris Street Art Hunt As a Transport Planner, just back to my desk at PJA after a half-term family trip to Paris, you might expect me to post about the ease of travelling to Europe by rail, the low cost of French public tr...

Just back from a family trip by rail to Paris. As a transport planning professional I thought I would be writing about the delights of European public transport, or the transformative investment in active travel. But it was Space Invaders that truly got me thinking. www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-s...

05.11.2025 21:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now that the excitement of a NPPF update has subsided, I thought I would set out some of my thoughts around the opportunities this presents and the challenges we might face when trying to be visionary as transport planners. I hope you enjoy it.

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16.12.2024 16:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A screenshot of a tweet featuring a hot air balloon in the shape of a folded Ordnance Survey map.

This was mine, for the archive.

27.11.2024 22:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lime bike sat a signals waiting for green.

Where there is a wheel, there is a way. Shared mobility to the rescue in London today. Tube at Paddington was stuffed due to Liz Line fault, and I was late! This is what true modal choice looks like. Pity it’s not quite so easy in many places outside the capital.

26.11.2024 18:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bristol City Council is not (yet) on Bluesky.

Please retweet this if you think that all local councils should open Bluesky accounts and use them for communicating with the public.

This will help me to make the case locally for them to get on it!

20.11.2024 10:43 — 👍 97    🔁 86    💬 10    📌 3

PJA has now made the move to Bluesky. Please give us a follow! @pja-betterplaces.bsky.social. You’ll also find my colleague @mattmcf.bsky.social here so far.

12.11.2024 11:45 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Not far away from this one, but certainly less steep.

12.11.2024 08:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Emily, would you consider adding me to your active travel starter list? I am a Technical Director at PJA and a Design West Design Review panel member with a passion for sustainable transport and several bikes. Based in Bristol.

12.11.2024 00:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Jen, would you mind adding me to your transport starter pack? Technical Director at PJA and Design West Review Panel Member based in Bristol. Thanks.

12.11.2024 00:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Barney, great starter pack. Is there room for some forward thinking UK transport planners to be added? I would suggest @phil-pja.bsky.social and myself if possible.

11.11.2024 23:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

View along Cotham Hill where traffic has been filtered to provide a pedestrian and cycle zone with planters and seating to support local businesses

A few private cars taking liberties with the choice of parking location, just on the edge of Cotham Hill where traffic has been filtered to provide a pedestrian and cycle zone with planters and seating to support local businesses

View along Cotham Hill where traffic has been filtered to provide a pedestrian and cycle zone with planters and seating to support local businesses. Big cycle symbol in the road.

Image of share with care road markings with icons for walking, wheeling and cycling

How to tackle that awkward first post here?

How about some photos of a great scheme benefiting from the reallocation of road space in Bristol that I had the pleasure to visit this weekend? Cotham Hill was bustling and vibrant even on a dull November Saturday morning. #Streets #Places #Bristol

10.11.2024 18:16 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 7    📌 0