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Adam Tranter

@adamtranter

Urbanism + Active Travel. Founder @fusionmediasvs, co-host @podstreetsahead. Was Cycling & Walking Commissioner for @andy4wm. Views all mine. Substack in bio 👇

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Those poor shops.
Tom Edwards (@BBCTomEdwards) profile pictureTom Edwards@BBCTomEdwardsNov 6
Oxford Street 1730 Friday 6th Nov
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This city is going to hell! That used to be a parking lot. Cartoon.

ALT This city is going to hell! That used to be a parking lot. Cartoon.

Brian Coleman (@BrianColeman251) profile pictureBrian Coleman@BrianColeman251Nov 5
Went for a walk up Oxford Street after my appearance on @BBCRadio2 it all seems very quiet.The occasional cyclist and men sitting in these green boxes eating their sandwiches. It seems to me the lack of traffic has sucked the life out of the street
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This broken red light camera in Birmingham tells you everything about Britain’s road safety debate. By me, on @roadcc road.cc/blog/this-broken-cam…
This broken red light camera in Birmingham tells you everything about Britain’s road safety debate

This broken red light camera in Birmingham tells you everything about Britain’s road safety debate

On Tuesday morning, Good Morning Britain set up its outside broadcast on Belgrave Middleway in Birmingham to tell the nation that police forces aren’t fining cyclists. If it felt familiar, that’s...

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Jon Stone@joncstoneOct 26
imagine if someone suggested cramming all these people onto the pavements to make space for motor traffic down the middle
Tom Edwards (@BBCTomEdwards) profile pictureTom Edwards@BBCTomEdwardsOct 26
Oxford Street now
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Lewis Goodall
@lewis_goodallOct 26
There is no area, of any city which isn’t made infinitely better by well-thought through pedestrianisation.
Sam 🏳️‍🌈 🚉 🎸 (@flpcharthiatus) profile pictureSam 🏳️‍🌈 🚉 🎸@flpcharthiatusOct 26
people replying like the rest of europe hasn't been removing cars from city centres for years now and all of them are cleaner, happier, prettier public spaces which their residents prefer
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In an ideal world, everyone would follow the rules. But with limited resources, police rightly focus on major causes of harm; last year, 364 pedestrians were killed, almost all of them hit by motor vehicles. In comparison, more pedestrians are killed by cows than cyclists.
Do police in your area let reckless cyclists ride roughshod? new Our searchable database shows a stark variance in how two-wheeled rule-breakers are treated. Some forces say they issue no fines at all

ALT Do police in your area let reckless cyclists ride roughshod? new Our searchable database shows a stark variance in how two-wheeled rule-breakers are treated. Some forces say they issue no fines at all

Cycling campaigners have argued that police are right to prioritise “limited resources” on enforcement on motorists. Adam Tranter, a former cycling and walking commissioner for the West Midlands, said: “The reality is that the biggest danger to pedestrians is overwhelmingly drivers of motor vehicles. On average, more pedestrians are killed each year by cows than by cyclists. “By comparison, in 2025 alone, 364 pedestrians were killed and 5,960 seriously injured, almost all of them hit by drivers of motor vehicles. In an ideal world, everyone would follow the rules of the road but with limited policing resources and competing priorities, if you want to improve road safety, it does not make sense to focus much police attention on cycling behaviour.” The National Police Chiefs’ Council said: “We must all take responsibility for keeping everyone safe on our roads and any behaviour which puts other road users at risk is unacceptable. Police forces are operationally independent and decis

ALT Cycling campaigners have argued that police are right to prioritise “limited resources” on enforcement on motorists. Adam Tranter, a former cycling and walking commissioner for the West Midlands, said: “The reality is that the biggest danger to pedestrians is overwhelmingly drivers of motor vehicles. On average, more pedestrians are killed each year by cows than by cyclists. “By comparison, in 2025 alone, 364 pedestrians were killed and 5,960 seriously injured, almost all of them hit by drivers of motor vehicles. In an ideal world, everyone would follow the rules of the road but with limited policing resources and competing priorities, if you want to improve road safety, it does not make sense to focus much police attention on cycling behaviour.” The National Police Chiefs’ Council said: “We must all take responsibility for keeping everyone safe on our roads and any behaviour which puts other road users at risk is unacceptable. Police forces are operationally independent and decis

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Do police in your area let reckless cyclists ride roughshod?

Do police in your area let reckless cyclists ride roughshod?

Our searchable database shows a stark variance in how two-wheeled rule-breakers are treated. Some forces say they issue no fines at all

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Our ‘waddling’ delivery robots will be a hit, predicts tech boss: “I mean, they’re these pink boxes that say Coco on them and they kind of waddle their way along the sidewalk. So the general public is actually a caretaker of the robots.” The robots:
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Our ‘waddling’ delivery robots will be a hit, predicts tech boss thetimes.com/article/babb972…
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This is weird because we were told that autonomous vehicles would always follow the rules? sf.gazetteer.co/waymo-has-be…
Waymo has been slapped with more than 8,300 parking tickets since January 2025

ALT Waymo has been slapped with more than 8,300 parking tickets since January 2025

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James O'Malley@PsythorOct 19
New YIMBY Pod! In which I get surprisingly mad about the fact that we're spending *millions* on *not* generating electricity. Plus guest @adamtranter explains to me why pavement robots are bad, actually. abundancepod.com/p/were-spen…
We’re spending millions NOT generating electricity

We’re spending millions NOT generating electricity

Plus why James is wrong about pavement robots

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Lisboa vai suspender o sistema de trotinetes elétricas partilhadas, citando estacionamento inadequado, aumento do número de acidentes e utentes em contramão. Prevê-se que a proxima medida a apresentar, na segunda-feira, seja uma proibição à circulação automóvel…
Carlos Moedas (@Moedas) profile pictureCarlos Moedas
@MoedasOct 15
🛑🛴 Vamos suspender o atual sistema de trotinetes partilhadas em Lisboa. Queremos uma Lisboa com passeios livres, seguros e acessíveis, onde todos possam circular em segurança.
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Of nearly 19,000 driving violations captured over two weeks, precisely zero drivers were prosecuted. This is because there isn't enough back-office capacity at West Midlands Police, and the process to issue fines hasn't kept pace with camera tech. bbc.com/news/articles/c39wzp…
AI cameras spot nearly 19,000 road offences in West Midlands

AI cameras spot nearly 19,000 road offences in West Midlands

Captured images include a front-seat passenger holding a small child on her lap without a seatbelt.

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It doesn't have to be this way. Devon & Cornwall Police managed to send notices of intended prosecution to drivers they caught using the same cameras. bbc.com/news/uk-england-corn…
AI cameras catch 297 drivers in three days in Cornwall

AI cameras catch 297 drivers in three days in Cornwall

Drivers using phones or not wearing seatbelts have been identified by the AI camera system.

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Developing Police systems that receive information from AI-enabled cameras and automatically issue notices of intended prosecution would be a good AI project for the Government. CC @davidgelberg @KanishkaNarayan
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Youssef 🚜
@yelkhayamiOct 8
complaining is the most dutch way of doing nothing there's been a pothole next to our office for years - everyone complained about it nobody did anything classic low agency behavior so i (high agency) decided to do something about it i took six photos, gave them to claude, and had it rebuild the pothole in 3D accurate to the millimeter then i asked what happens when a car hits it at 30km/h it built a liability simulator the tire drops in the rim folds the car behind brakes too late a bakfiets swerves into a delivery scooter the pizza lands on a tesla €21,340 in damage per incident claude estimates four a month i sent it to the gemeente slow motion with sound and a polite note asking who they'd like the invoices addressed to two days later a road crew showed up and filled it i'm not an activist i'm just a high agency individual with a claude subscription
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Lionel Reid, 19, ploughed his BMW into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol, then left the scene. Cannabis was also found in his system. The cyclist sustained serious head injuries. I am sure we all feel reassured Reid’s punishment is an 18-week suspended sentence.
A teenager who ploughed into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol and then left the scene of the crime has received an 18-week suspended jail sentence.

ALT A teenager who ploughed into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol and then left the scene of the crime has received an 18-week suspended jail sentence.

A smashed windscreen after the collision

ALT A smashed windscreen after the collision

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He will also need to complete 100 hours of unpaid work, and received a driving ban lasting for two years, which includes completing an extended re-test to receive his driving licence back. nottinghamshire.police.uk/ne…
Teenager sentenced for 'hit and run' which left cyclist with serious head injuries

Teenager sentenced for 'hit and run' which left cyclist with serious head injuries

A teenager who ploughed into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol and then left the scene of the crime has received an 18-week suspended jail sentence.

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At some point a room full of people agreed there was no space on this carriageway for a cycle lane so they settled on this instead.
A cycle lane on the sidewalk heading into two trees and a bus stop. Meanwhile, a large road remains empty.

ALT A cycle lane on the sidewalk heading into two trees and a bus stop. Meanwhile, a large road remains empty.

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Pro cycling has a dangerous driving blind spot.
Lukáš Ronald Lukács (@lucxsronald) profile pictureLukáš Ronald Lukács
@lucxsronaldSep 24
It looks like we have Rally Championships in Montreal instead of Cycling Championships 🫣😂 Captured by borrdrou #Montreal2026
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