Active Travel person - but views/opinions/statements personal. Lives in London. From 't north. Enjoys mountains, and travelling short, medium and long distances by bicyclehttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m5hrri4gk226Let's treat the unnecessary harms massive SUVs cause bystanders like we treat the harms caused by smoking, ie doing everything we can to limit the sales of these awful machines through taxes and regulation [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hrri4gk226https://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m5hhrs22tk2pI really noticed how many adoring shots of these horrific vehicles there were. Totally gratuitous. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hhrs22tk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m5hga7febk2iAge yourself with gaming [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hga7febk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m57343bfec2kSo important to call out all of this "balanced" news reporting for what it is increasingly becoming (or indeed has been for a good while): client journalism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57343bfec2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m4zwgbtois2bWhy not tell drivers: "Take more care now conditions are more difficult because you can cause serious harm".. It is not a difficult message to convey, but don't think I've ever seen it. No, it's the kids who must be taught that they must keep themselves safe from adults who might harm them [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zwgbtois2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m4dalrpz622yWhich is better? [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dalrpz622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3xph3bnnk2aCamden and Islington embarrassing Hackney by doing the necessary to keep people on bikes safe from the main causes of death and injury at junctions. The Pembury Circus scheme should shame all those involved in its implementation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xph3bnnk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3n4tqspm22r"The appeal of endurance sports isn’t just getting somewhere that it would have been quicker to travel to in a machine. It’s about becoming the sort of person who can run [far] despite the physical toll and hardship. Our efforts may not always change the world, but they often change ourselves." [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3n4tqspm22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3m6slcbbc26This would, at a stroke, improve our high streets immeasurably. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2025 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3m6slcbbc26https://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3haoxrxa22sMy kids have never said "yay!, let's go in the car", whereas they love hopping on the cargo bike [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2025 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3haoxrxa22shttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3ds2iufbk2aBeautifully put [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ds2iufbk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3dpebh7lc2jThis. If they aren't fucking *looking*, it doesn't matter what radioactive nonsense you're wearing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dpebh7lc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3dhmxmup22dI really hope this is a feature of the upcoming Hackney transport strategy... The double parked roads near me are getting narrower each year as the SUVs swell in size😳 Over to you @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social 🤞 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dhmxmup22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m3cgsxd4rs2iCardiff gets it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cgsxd4rs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m2o5lmexj22f@sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social hi- FYI the Chatsworth Road camera has been knocked off angle (it's now pointing at the sky) - there's an adjacent cctv camera on Clifden Road so probably possible to identify the vandals that did it.08 Oct 2025 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2o5lmexj22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m2j7gmnyw22yThis is an incredibly powerful way to frame your argument. It got me a few years ago via a Greta T speech to the UN: "My grandchildren one day will ask me about YOU (room full of powerful old men)". Not that I have much in common with them, but I quit my job and went to work for a local authority [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2j7gmnyw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m2izcocs2c2sEvery morning I wake up and see various bits of horrific news from the US, and the Manics' "If you tolerate this, your children will be next" pings into my head.06 Oct 2025 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2izcocs2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rob042.bsky.social/post/3m2bq5i3o4s2cHey @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social : shout about achieving this please, while the vandals and wreckers at the Conservative and Reform parties peddle their lies https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/decoupled-how-spain-cut-the-link-between-gas-and-power-prices-using-renewables/03 Oct 2025 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:ffrxjt77m2yo3wpxwpdnasir/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bq5i3o4s2c