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"However, the Government does not support mandating a national change, as many roads are unsuited to 20mph by the nature of their function or geometry and could unintentionally reduce safety."

This government is not very good at this stuff.

Thank you for that context.
I can see the closed section on maps and that it's single track with no space for a footway. Didn't know about the tunnel. Any widening or anything there would presumably involve substantial works hence the timescale. They just need to suck it up.

Can you imagine any scenario in which this would be feasible today in the UK?! Even if there was good infrastructure the whole way, there's no way all the parents would agree to it due to "concerns" and half the kids wouldn't be physically fit enough.

Hi Bob. For 26 years and counting, I have been following a route to work on my bicycle which is 4 miles longer than it needs to be in both directions because there's literally zero provision for cyclists on the shorter route and it's occupied by impatient, useless drivers.

Hope this helps.

How about no? How about drive less? How about stop building towns and cities that force driving? How about we stop subsidising drivers to the tune of £4 to every £1 of tax they pay?

Plymstock cycle path work to shut road for 14 months Residents say they face long delays to their homes as a council undertakes

Objecting to a road closure to build a footway because:
"It means now my two-mile round trip has escalated into a five-mile round trip," she said.

It doesn't inconvenience a driver that much to do a couple of extra miles.

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A snip of a vehicle lease quote for an electric vehicle where the term rod fund licence is used. FFS.

Just seen this on Reddit. A lease quote for an electric vehicle. Arval seems to still think it's the mid-1930s with "road fund licence".

How an electric bike can protect your money as another oil shock hits Over $100 per barrel and rising, the oil shock of 2026 in its early days could still surpass the levels

How an electric bike can protect your money as another oil shock hits.

The argument for fossil fuels is ending, but so too is the argument for relying on cars for journeys of under five miles.

Here's some numbers to convince:

www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...

Too tall because they scraped the bottom of tatty BMWs and Audis which have had the springs chopped?

How on earth can there be *any* rational relationship with this fool?

MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers The House of Lords had backed a move to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms in January.

This is a good move. A blanket social media ban for under 16s wasn't gonna ever work. And if you ban something, the kids will only want it more.
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I've got you a canal adventure cycle touring holiday from Willcycle.com. Enjoy

Diesel is £1.90 at my nearest motorway service. But if you're filling up there then youre either minted, have a work fuel card, or are a gibbering idiot. Its always way more expensive than anywhere else.

Fuel has jumped 10p a litre here and is currently £1.36. Its still to cheap as people are driving everywhere, idling and wasting fuel.
Adding 2p as increased fuel duty won't make a blind bit of difference to them.
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I can't speak for the US but I find in the UK car users tend to overestimate how difficult it would be to replace many car journeys with active or public transport using existing provision, while also underestimating (& refusing to learn) how difficult it is for non-drivers to make certain journeys.

Wow. A lot of small dick energy there. These vehicles are insane.

“Key findings from Bristol’s 2025 Walking and Cycling Index include:
- 66% of those surveyed thought fewer cars parked on the pavement would help them to walk or wheel more”

I figured it was always going to end up being about the oil for the usa. This is not some gallant crusade to free the Iranian people, its a heist. Same as Venezuela was.

I came to that conclusion a long time ago. I only ever hit my head on the car when I had a helmet on.
My theory is humans evolved to instinctively know to avoid hitting heads. A helmet messes with that instinct cos the head is effectively bigger.

Tax those massive, and massively polluting, American pick ups into oblivion. This is Hertfordshire not fucking Wyoming.

Did that path used to be an old branch line, closed by Beech-ing?

I'll put a tenner on the planned fuel duty increase to be binned off.

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago "The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."

FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city

Genius idea.

Worst Doctor Who villain ever.

Gonna get stuck at the chicane barriers with that.

Just seen this. Yea, hope you're Ok and no one saw you fall.
We've all done it. haven't we?

Galaxybrain at work here. Wild:

Ogier said she knew batteries were not allowed to be thrown away in the one-tonne waste bag she had ordered online.

But she said that it did not occur to her that she was doing so because the batteries were in the toys.

Ahh I see we have reached the stage of fuel suppliers being accused of profiteering.
Cos businesses making a profit is only bad when it comes to selling petrol for cars.
Funny how so many unwittingly become communists when it comes down to filling the suv.

I firmly believe helmets should be personal choice.
The problem is that they dont make cycling safer.
I believe the dawned things make cycling less safe. Often wearers take more risks, and drivers take more risks around helmetted riders too.