Sean Whyment

Pedestrian Wait-Time Reduction: a vast improvement to the pedestrian experience on a shoestring budget. | Josef Whitfield Pedestrian Wait-Time Reduction: a vast improvement to the pedestrian experience on a shoestring budget. Here is my research paper on pedestrian wait-time reduction - a project which I led on whilst I...

There’s a good paper here on the work that Greater Manchester have been doing on this with practical steps other local authorities could take to quickly and cheaply reduce wait times

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Grim messaging from Manchester City Council 👀

Van obstructing pavement

Van obstructing pavement

Van obstructing pavement

Satellite view of several vehicles blocking pavement

Why don’t they just go and play in these 2 parks within walking distance 🤔

Nicely built cycle lane, almost complete.

Leigh cycle lane, still not complete but so close. Obviously couldn't photograph them but two 7-8 year old girls scooting down it with their mum, huge smiles on their faces.

Because they felt safe

Photo showing cross section of road annotated with line showing future pedestrian crossing location

Think it’s because there’s going to be a signalised pedestrian crossing there, so presumably to minimise the crossing distance for pedestrians?

There are places that have achieved Vision Zero. Oslo is one of them. Floating bus stops are part of the solution, not the problem. Stop making vulnerable road users fight over scraps of space while prioritizing the mode of transport that kills most.

Disabled people's access needs in transport decarbonisation Click on the article title to read more.

Morning @marshadecordova.bsky.social

I'm a disabled person and an academic focusing on sustainable transport and disability justice.

I wrote this piece last year on bus stop bypasses.

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We have also submitted written evidence today. We are extremely concerned about these exclusionary amendments which would make comprehensive safe cycling for children, families & many disabled people impossible.

Disabled people’s mobility – why Bus Stop Bypasses are sometimes essential briefing Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.

The Bus Services (No.2) Bill is at committee stage
Bus stop bypasses (floating bus stops) are being discussed
Well designed bus stop bypasses are the best option in some places for pan-impairment #ActiveTravel and public transport #accessibility. Here's why:
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-peo...

As promised, my written evidence is now on the @cityinfinity.bsky.social website blog. It has also been acknowledged by Parliamentary support.

I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.

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Right I'm so pissed off that we've got London MPs trying to hijack the Local Buses Bill (which is supposed to be about STUFF OUTSIDE LONDON for a change) to try to ban London / all floating bus stops (utter nonsense), that I've stayed up late writing evidence for the committee. Join me! Link ⬇️

Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament Documents, and debates for Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]

I have just spent a few hours writing up some evidence for the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill which is in the Commons committee stage.

It should be boring but important stuff about running bus services with a model that suits each area.

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Old vs new design for King St junction, now showing a cyclops design

Phase 2 design now also includes a cyclops at the King St junction

First phase of Farnworth Streets for All nearing completion (green surface will apparently be added to cycle lane)

Electric bike ban trend spreads to UK’s largest buildings and real estate groups Despite overwhelming evidence that manufacturer-standard electric bikes are no more thermally dangerous than many other consumer electronics, the trend of

A @cyclingelectric.bsky.social investigation: Electric bike ban trend spreads to UK’s largest buildings & real estate groups

As today's recommendations report to Government is published, what's at stake is stark; it could be any hopes of active travel growth

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The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter If we want autonomous tech to succeed it must be designed to share space with us, rather than forcing us to adapt to it, says former cycling and walking commissioner Adam Tranter

We can allow history to repeat itself, and powerful interests to shape our streets in one way.

Or we can remember that cities are places where walking, cycling and public transport should be prioritised.

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Salford Walking and Cycling Forum The forum is a chance for people within Salford to hear about the schemes that Salford City Council and its partners are working on

The next walking & cycling forum will take place on the evening of Tuesday 10th June, featuring:

- update on current schemes
- presentation from TfGM
- presentation on Irwell River Park Connectivity and Movement Strategy

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/salford-wa...

Photo of public right of way cleared of overgrown vegetation with a new gravel path

Excellent to see this useful path brought back into use, and looking forward to see how it can be integrated into Salford’s ever growing walking/cycling network in future

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Purple link on map between Deansgate’s Liverpool Rd junction and the junction of Middlewood St / East Ordsall Lane

Build this little missing purple bit and you’ve connected the city centre to the quays

Good to see that the new Deansgate / Quay St junction gives pedestrians and cycles 2 stages in every full cycle of the lights, so even though I missed this first green light letting pedestrians cross, it was only 25 seconds before another green light 🚦

Having almost been hit by a taxi driving on the wrong side of a traffic island while crossing here,it’s good to see the pedestrian improvements.

Having actually been hit by a car here while cycling (thankfully unhurt) the bike aspects are really disappointing given the space available.

Would really love to see these expanded to Swinton.

The idea of having satellite zones in places with new infrastructure such as Rochdale is also interesting.

4.3 £1.66million of this revenue funding will enable the continued development of GM's walking, wheeling, and cycling infrastructure scheme pipeline. The detail of the distribution of this funding across GM is shown in the table below. Authority Scheme Name/s £000's Bolton Bolton Town Centre West/Farnworth Town Centre East-West Links 228 Bury Bury Town Centre 100 Manchester City Centre Movement Strategy/Whitwort Street/Wythenshawe Active Trave 200 Oldham Bee Network Connectivity/Audit Development 175 Rochdale Hollin Lane / Middleton Road 100 Salford Islington Active Neighbourhood 206 Stockport High Lane to Stepping Hill/Accessibility Improvements/Heaton Chapel Active Neighbourhood 160 Tameside lowson Road, Hyde/Hurst Brook Activ leighbourhoo 70 Wigan addle Junction Links/ Ashton Town Centre Study Vest of Leigh Additional Route 300 GM-Wide Cycle Hire Expansion Total 120 1,659

4.4 In addition, a further £1.74million of GM's Capability revenue funding is to be used to deliver centrally coordinated activities associated with the promotion, analysis, management and enablement of active travel across Greater Manchester. Managed and led by TiGM, these initiatives are grouped as shown in the table below. Initiative £000's Grants for Workplaces, Schools, Communities 535 Awareness, Engagement and Participation Campaigns 310 Monitoring and Evaluation (Data and Evidence Collection) 275 Cycle /Loan / Share / Training 255 Network Audit / Wayfinding 151 Programme Management 110 Cycling, Wheeling, and Walking to School Programme 100 Total 1,736

Here’s an example of how Greater Manchester used their 2023/24 revenue funding allocation

National formula - The capability ratings are used to calculate funding allocations for local authorities for integrated settlements. This includes revenue funding to local authorities to boost technical capability to deliver high quality schemes as well as capital to develop and construct schemes. Ratings are used to guide indicative allocations for active travel funding. Higher rated authorities are eligible to access more funding, ensuring that investment is appropriate to the level of capability. Allocations are based on population level and capability level, with more favourable weightings for lower levels of capability for revenue funding in order to accelerate capability building, as follows: Funding weighting by Capability Rating Level 1 = (CDEL) 1 x population / (RDEL) 1.5 x population Level 2 = (CDEL) 2 x population / (RDEL) 2 x population Level 3 = (CDEL) 3 x population / (RDEL) 3 x population

Now they’ve combined it into one overall pot of money distributed to local authorities following a formula

Active travel capability fund: local transport authority allocations Funding amounts to local transport authorities outside London from the active travel capability fund.

There’s a bit more of an explanation of the sorts of things the revenue funding can be used on here from when the active travel fund (capital) and active travel capability fund (revenue)

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Lots of good stuff in here all across Salford.

The Barton Swing Bridge one is particularly interesting, currently pretty awful for both walking and cycling

February cycle count totals for the years 2017 to 2025, by direction. 2025 shows a slight increase on 2024, but this is misleading because 2024 was a leap year. 2025 has the highest counts for any year.

A cumulative chart showing cycle counts for 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. The 2025 count is in first place for most of the month.

February 2025 has been a good one for the Oxford Road Cycleway. For the first time in February, over 6,000 cyclists were recorded in a day and over 3,000 northbound (25 Feb). Factoring in last February's extra day, we saw 7% growth overall, and new monthly records in either direction.

An important forum which will help shape Salford’s future network

Ever wanted to know what council leaders think about active travel?

We sat down with Trafford Council leader @tomwross.bsky.social and his Exec for Climate Aidan Williams to discus taking home the Best Council award and their determination to continue delivery in the borough.

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You're in. Paying for journeys on public transport is easy with Express Mode for Apple Pay. There's no need for Face ID or Touch ID. Just hold your iPhone or Apple Watch to the card reader and go.

No power? No problem. Keep travelling up to five hours after the red Power Reserve icon appears.

Where can I use Express Mode today to travel? UK transport operators that support Express Mode: • Transport for London • Arriva UK Bus (available nationally) • First Bus (available nationally) • Go North East • East Yorkshire Buses • Go North West • konectbus • Norwich Park & Ride • Hedingham & Chambers • Oxford Bus Company • The Airline (Oxford - London Heathrow & Gatwick airport coach services) • Thames Travel • Carousel • Brighton & Hove Buses • Metrobus • morebus • Bluestar • Unilink • UniBUS, the bus for Bournemouth University • Salisbury Reds • Southern Vectis • Swindon's Bus Company • Damory • Go Cornwall Bus • Plymouth City Bus

Any chance you can add support for Apple Pay Express Mode?

Would speed up bus boarding and means people can still use bus/tram if they’re unfortunate enough to run out of battery. TfL and many other UK operators already offer this