Kit Allwinter

cricket-lover, foodie, transport urbanist and general academic-y type person - interested in urban development, regeneration, liveability and sustainability

[Kit Allwinter @KitAllwinter]

@keighleybus That YOUR APP - dynamic, updated, realtime, etc. doesn't notice that a KEY TERMINUS POINT is no longer served by a major route is... well, hardly an advertisement for your commitment to customers - especially those getting taxis tonight and regretting trusting you. What a shame.

[Kit Allwinter @KitAllwinter]

@keighleybus hello! Can you explain why the 2120 service 66 from Skipton dropped off at the entrance to the bus station, went up the high street, turned around and then went off to Keighley WITHOUT CALLING AT THE BUS STATION? What on earth happened and why am I now an hour late?!

[Kit Allwinter @KitAllwinter]

@keighleybus I'm actually more furious that it turns out this is planned rather than a driver just having a wild one. The latter is kind of beyond your control, although obviously you can limit it. That this is corporately planned to be so terribly communicated is actually worse?

[Kit Allwinter @KitAllwinter]

@keighleybus It didn't even save him time. He could have pulled in, boarded us all and left in the time he spent going up and down the High Street.

It just makes no sense and I look forward to hearing the reasoning for it. And either justification for why it is OK or how it will be stopped.

[Kit Allwinter @KitAllwinter]

What processes do you have to pick up drivers "avoiding stops on route *especially terminus"! And how will you make sure this doesn't happen again/often? How can we trust you to take us home?! Why did this happen?

[Bob From Accounts 🚲 @BobFromAccounts]

Just to be clear your driving habit is heavily subsidised. This is especially true for the 46% of London households and the 22% of UK households who don’t own a car

In summary for every mile a motorist drives, taxpayers subsidise 21p outside London, up to £1 inside.

[kasey @kaseyklimes]

this was my entire masters thesis at berkeley, “the supply and demand of human-scale neighborhoods in america”

the data absolutely supports this. if we don’t build more walkable neighborhoods, the few that we have become luxury items—not because they are any more expensive to build or maintain (the opposite, in fact) but because they are artificially scarce and highly desirable

[cyclesixmile @cyclesixmile]

I love cars so much I wish they were much larger and carried like 50 people and went on a set route every few minutes.

[Kit Allwinter @KitAllwinter]

Oooooh. Well now that is an interesting opportunity. Good luck to all applicants, that looks brilliant!

[Jillian Anable @jillian_anable]

🚨 ‼️ New #Postdoc opportunity ‼️🚨
We're looking for a #ResearchFellow to join us at @UniversityLeeds @ITSLeeds to work on the @EPSRC -funded #INFUZE project.
Deadline is 4th Sept 2024
Details & more info attached
https://t.co/qdVJ1heQGp

#PostDoc #TransportResearch

[Naqiy Mcmullen @NaqiyNY]

"Elevated railways with a capacity of 40,000 people per hour are being torn down while elevated highways with a capacity of 6,000 per hour are being erected" -Transit Journal, 1935