The death of Harry Webb and London’s gas-and-drive problem. www.londoncentric.media/p/nitrous-ox...
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Wandsworth Living Streets
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Campaigning for safe, attractive & enjoyable streets across the London Borough of Wandsworth
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@willnorman.co.ukReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialHarry Webb was cycling home when he was killed by a driver using nitrous oxide.
His tragic death shows the devastating consequences of people taking drugs & driving.
I hope that the seriousness of this judgement will deter other offenders in the future.
@rikuforthrail.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialIt’s clear as day- our society has left totally unquestioned the idea of putting pedestrians at a disadvantage just to have a car in close reach. This culture has played a part in normalising the dominance of motor vehicles in our neighbourhoods, and prevented sustainable transport expansion.
@dwknight.co.ukReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialNot an e-bike
@mumsforlungs.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialNEW: DEFRA’s 2025 compliance assessment shows Greater London has illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), after being declared compliant in 2024.
According to DEFRA, Bristol and Glasgow are the only other UK zones that exceed the NO2 legal limits. #AirPollution
@garethdennis.ukReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialI talk a lot about major transport investment, but one of the biggest bangs for the buck policy-wise would be a full pavement parking ban and more rigid enforcement of traffic rules. Enforcement is so lax that this stuff is just completely normalised now, and it's unacceptable.
@chairrdrf.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.social...and see the Obituary in the current edition of Local Transport Today @transportxtra.bsky.social
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
with comments from yours truly.
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@livingstreets.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialDr Hilary Jones MBE is the new Living Streeets President.
He says: “We need streets that are safe, accessible and free from fear and exclusion. As Living Streets’ President, I'm committed to supporting the charity in their work to make that happen.”
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialThe government is consulting on a long-awaited update to the safety at street works and road works code of practice which is of 2013 vintage with a closing date of 14th December.
I have responded through one of my professional bodies, but I have broadly said:
@paolosandro.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialThe real headline, of course, is that our streets and roads are being filled with monster SUVs, which represent a danger to everyone but particularly the most vulnerable road users (kids, pedestrians, cyclists). But sure let's talk about whether Jaguar's rebranding will work
@howarthm.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.social💔Another day, more #KSIs - this time two fatalities💔
A 32yo woman was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving/driving w/a specified controlled drug >the prescribed limit.
@fascowell.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialClassic motornormatvity . Cars are presented as natural and inevitable rather than the result of policy choices and planning.
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialBenches are important mobility aids - they allow people to take frequent rests, enabling them to walk greater distances, by breaking them down into stages
@urbancyclinginstitute.orgReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialReducing road safety to data about victims blinds us from larger systemic causes. This severely limits our thinking about effective solutions.
The only way forward begins with knowing WHO KILLS WHO.
Look for the #CollissionMatrix.
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialThe tragedy to one side, just a reminder that traffic signals are not magical.
@lastnotlost.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.social... they've hacked £1.6m from the Queenstown Road cycling scheme ... God knows what gets delivered .. presumably more paint?
@lastnotlost.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.social@wandsworthcycling.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social Seems Wandsworth's Tories ain't happy with the gyratory plans ...
@georgeweeks2014.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialLifts need regular maintenance and TLC; if they become non-functional, step-free access is no longer possible.
A lift can be a single point of failure.
Ramps, by contrast, very rarely fail.
@wandsworthls.bsky.social@rantyhighwayman.bsky.socialReposted by @wandsworthls.bsky.socialGood luck to any children trying to cycle south through this junction.
#VisionZero is just words.
