Badenoch giving engineers a bad name

Having grown up in the Netherlands, Veronica White had a very different experience to cycling in the UK which she initially found daunting, until she discovered the joy of cycling on the National Cycle Network. Read her story 👉 buff.ly/3YyxaeM

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % for those who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via Carlton Reid forbes.com/sites/carltonr…

Our MRP found there was not a single constituency in Britain where concern about climate change falls below 50% of the electorate. Voters across the political spectrum expected politicians to take action to tackle it.

Least surprising news today! Sadly even when connected it's to intermittent bus routes that may be gone in 3 years once s106 funding has gone. Its time for a rethink of planning and transport with a rules based approach to transport in place pre planning theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

No LTN to blame, half term for many schools. Why is Exeter congested with single occupancy car traffic? Maybe because it's so easy & cheap to drive? How to fix pollution, congestion, climate crisis if this continues?

Yes and why hand such a open goal to Exeter Green Party? The people who want to park in the bus lane are few; the people who want better buses are many. In July we voted for a "bus revolution" @steve_race

Farrukh This is worth signing. Let's send an early message to the Government that we are not going away. You can view this as either giving KS political cover or a shot across the bows. Either works for us. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000… 1800 people signed in the last hour.

The Climate and Nature Bill is dream legislation and we - you and I - have the chance to help make it UK law But what’s so great about it, don’t we have legislation on climate and the environment already? Well... Here are my Top 10 favourite things about the #CANBill

The myth of a "cult of guilt" Since Musk vented the myth of a "cult of guilt" in Germany (and subsequently Austria) a few words on this topic. When Musk adressed the AFD he used a narrative that´s one of the favorites of the new (far) right in Austria and Germany. That "we"⬇️

Trumpism is alive and well in Britain. Several major UK politicians backed the president in some quite shocking ways – and must now be held accountable. Here are 7 of them: