Andrew Smith

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Industry urges integrated approach to transport, planning and more as government unveils new town plans | New Civil Engineer The Starmer administration utilised the first day of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, 28 September, to announce its plans for new towns,

Planning for transport infrastructure isn't the problem. Getting the funding out of the Treasury looks more difficult than ever. www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/indus...

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Exploring recent urban extensions in Dún Laoghaire and Cherrywood. One being a huge 60p dwellings passivhaus scheme, the other a TOD on the LUAS tram extension. Nice going Dublin!

Dublin and its environs 🇮🇪

Thurrock isn't in Kent. AI checker clearly not in use yet.

Another outing of @plandrew.bsky.social and my little research project on the names and naming of new build developments in the UK

UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference (PRC) 2025
Day 1 in Belfast complete 😀

Brighton & Hove

The best of twinning: talented young musicians perform in France The joy of music can forge links and lasting friendships between enthusiastic and talented young orchestral players from across Europe

Brexit can’t break every bond. 🌍🎶

Triorca Youth Orchestra are young musicians from Norwich and its twin cities in Novi Sad, Koblenz and now Rouen. Last month they turned twinning into music, friendship and a stunning Rouen cathedral concert.

🎻 Read the story ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

At #IPrA2025 presenting @plandrew.bsky.social and my work on names of new build housing developments!

Bar chart showing: Children have less freedom than their parents and grandparents % who agreed that as a child they... Played on the street Were free to explore

Visualisation showing: Today's schoolchildren have less playtime than previous generations Average break time per day in English schools has dropped from 1995 to 2021

Sad graphs on the squeezing of outdoor play and school playtimes in England. Maybe rather than showing Adolescence in schools we could improve play facilities for young people?
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Entry for @planningshit.bsky.social

They tie with verka for me

I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the way this government is treating trans people and immigrants, and you have a Labour MP, for God sake write to them.

Hmm, let's see. I'm also lagging by 20mins playing #catchup so can't (yet) tell 😆

Let's see how BlueSky holds up to #eurovision trends, chats and mem3s...litmus test time...

A MSc short-course module in numbers and pictures.

5 themes, 4 external speakers, 3 days, 2 site visits (and teaching over 2 campuses) and 1 RTPI president!

Intense, but full of substance!

Oh, damn trump doesn't give a flying fuck. Who'd have thought...

Chlorinated dreams crushed

📢 NEW REPORT! Our lastest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - is out now. Read it here: buff.ly/74cCIdK

Manchester & Cardiff - MSc Transport and Planning March trip.

Our students discussed and compared: development, governance, mobilities, delivery, retail, health, green infrastructure and more!

Great students, Great speakers and a Great trip 👌

Bring on Birmingham and Glasgow in June! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

SketchUp legacy lines

Weekend reading sorted! Also great to see some of my site visits featured too 😀 #TransportPlanningDisconnect

At Climate Summit, presenter has long list of advantages to making more sustainable choices and addressing #ClimateChange. Audience member asks “what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

A photo of Hertfordshire University campus. Science Block, Innovation centre and the Nexus building on a blue sky winter's day

Hello bsky. First blue-sky post is yesterday's winter sun on campus. Apt. Hoping to rebuild my cosy twitter bubble here as best as I can. 🙏