Quietly wondering about things... mostly in Exeter.
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Child safety zones.
I give it 24 hours before the naysayers reply saying children should only be in parks.
Locally this makes so much sense.
Ward councillors would have a much much harder time making arguments against Child Safety Zones. Opposing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods doesn't really show them in a bad light.
Nice one @Chris_Boardman
Women are thinking about this all the time.
Men haven't noticed. Aren't registering. They don't even know her name.
Say her name.
Gisele Pelicot.
I can't stop thinking about how many other women this might be happening to worldwide.
How many women think they are going mad due to the drug side effects?
How many women are living with STDs they have no clue about?
When I climb into bed at night I know I'm safe, I know my partner would never hurt me.
They will be many women out there who can't say the same.
I know it's not all men but how do women know which ones it is. 50 years she was with him and he did this to her.
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Of course 20mph limits will be set where some drivers think the "aren't needed". That's why we have speed limits and they are set for the good of society as a whole rather than the preferences of individual drivers.
Didn't Councillor @philbialyk say exactly this to the highways committee (HATOC), while halting progress on sustainable travel? All this while leader of Exeter city council.
"I'm just one man".
Such a shame that Exeter councillors bottled it.
'Former Transport Secretary Mark Harper was humiliated when a study intended to prove LTNs were hated showed they were popular and effective; reduced driving; had limited adverse impacts on boundary roads; and didn't adversely affect emergency services'.
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About no. 15 in the thread... "Look for times when people's lives are disrupted and GO IN HARD to encourage change at this point."
DCC did virtually no comms before, during or after the Heavitree & Whipton AST. Is that one reason why it failed?
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Hi Phil, as a newly-appointed member of HATOC you voted to stop the Active Steets Trial. Other @ExeterCouncil members, who you lead, also sit in HATOC and have voting rights, so you are part of the decision-making process here. Caspar is right ask you about on this vital issue.
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Take some leadership! Stop trying to shift the blame away from you. You voted to scrap a safe streets scheme, and voted to stop a plan for a slight extension in bus lane times.
You lead the party with a majority on that committee, and majority of your party voted with you!
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Perhaps @steve_race will be now be able to stop @philbialyk and @ExeterCouncil from being so damn lilly livered and build a cycling & walking network suitable for people in our fantastic city.
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"People Power! The Nation is Uniting against this Tyranny"
What is this tyranny?
A bus lane.
A bus lane with slightly longer hours.
This comment is from a leading campaigner against Exeter's recent Low Traffic Neighbourhood.
The state of things.
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For anyone reading this far (I'd understand if you're bored by his attempts at diversions from #motornormativity) there were also lots of drivers, elderly, disabled & others in FAVOUR of the scheme.
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Lol the attempt to deflect with "good & bad on both sides"
People who supported planted flowers, protected school children, wrote thankful emails.
People against vandalised planters, drove violently into those manning safe streets, put poo through councillors letterboxes.
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Exeter's newest Low traffic neighbourhood was removed after noisy & law breaking opposition from drivers.
The FB group cheering their removal lays bare their #motornormative thinking. Not concern for children's safety but "if a kid gets hurt we might be inconvenienced"
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