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Prof. Ian Walker

@ianwalker.bsky.social

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Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views

World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com

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@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:03 PM

I'll be talking about exactly that this week!

@patrickmorgan.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:09 AMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

New Zealand has more cars than USA and Australia, per capita. Why is this problem invisible? How could we fix it?
Join us on Friday as we discuss with Prof. @ianwalker.bsky.social from Swansea University. Get your free tickets events.humanitix.com/motonormativ... @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 5:23 PM

Ho ho ho

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

Sigh. Welsh Gov are going to "fix" congestion with more road capacity. Obligatory Mumford quote here...

@psimonk.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 1:42 PMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

Oh snap bsky.app/profile/psim...

@fascowell.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:07 AMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

Classic motornormatvity . Cars are presented as natural and inevitable rather than the result of policy choices and planning.

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 6:23 PM

That's a really helpful recommendation as I was planning to get one of his books for my wife's birthday

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 5:25 PM

I remember seeing this exhibition in the National Film and Photography Museum. Even though I was too young properly to appreciate it at the time, something about it left a re impression on me.

@davidzipper.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 11:20 PMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

"Cycling and walking to work were associated with better physical health, mental health, and life in general than driving."

doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:46 PM

This train carriage smells like somebody has urgently discharged a whole can of cheap air freshener to disguise a violent poo

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:45 PM

I am begging people to stop buying perfume off Instagram and wearing it in public places

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 5:34 AM

I'd never noticed they were spelt differently before! Top-class pedantry

@grantennis.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:23 PMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

“Great Britain can internalize the negative externalities of driving by expanding congestion charging, increasing the cost of parking to match its true societal cost, and by going down @gregshill.com ‘s checklist to eliminate the many laws that force society to subsidise driving.”

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:29 PM

Lest we forget, the police took quite some time to decide that it was terrorism when a bomb went off in public with an obvious political motive - presumably because cars

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 12:54 PM

Autonomous vehicles offer to entrench, for another generation, the idea that the any other use of urban streets must come second to the rapid movement of metal boxes

@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:54 AM

If you want to help Wheels for Wellbeing with their incredible work, a small donation would make a big difference: cafdonate.cafonline.org/11192#!/Dona...

@willnorman.co.ukOct 2, 2026, 8:35 AMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

Really enjoyed joining @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk this week to learn about Wheels4Me - an amazing inclusive cycle hire project providing adapted cycles for people with disabilities.

with @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social Pedal UK & Motability Foundation

@livingstreets.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 6:30 AMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

#InternationalWalkToSchoolMonth starts today!

Spend quality time together and start the day with a smile.

Share your photos with us throughout the month for a chance to win a Sprite Neochrome scooter from Micro Scooter. Terms and conditions apply: livingstreets.org.uk/October

Illustrated Living Streets promotional graphic encouraging active school journeys. An adult carrying a bag walks alongside three children, including one child using a wheelchair. Text reads: “Spend quality time together and start your day with a smile. Walk or wheel to school and feel great.” The graphic includes the web address: livingstreets.org.uk/October.
@seamas.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 11:12 AMReposted by @ianwalker.bsky.social

If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.

A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion 
E extreme shivering or muscle pain 
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured
@ianwalker.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:39 PM

Can't believe Bluesky hasn't added a content warning to this because phwoar

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