Maybe I'm not getting the irony here, but seriously, @WhichUK ? In a borough where 63% of households don't own a car and sustainable travel is crushing it, *this* is your hook? @hackney_cycling
NEW: government faces a legal challenge over its cuts to cycling & walking in England, with funding for the rest of this parliament (outside London) at £1 per person a year. Scotland spends £58.
https://t.co/VFhWCTvfwi
Here are a few facts from @henrygrabar’s new book on parking that really illustrate how much we’ve built our communities around cars instead of around people.
Buckle your seatbelts and hold on tight!
Here we go…
@RantyHighwayman @roadcc Christ, so the characteristics of his enemy are
- wears comfortable footwear
- has facial hair, a beard specifically
- had a diet that contains nuts
- cares about environment
@RantyHighwayman And it's err, just a teenage boy, using a pavement that didn't seem to have a single other user at the time he opted for it. Ohh but he's in trackies, basically a scary hoodie. Pensioners lap that shit up I guess.
@whythedevilnot They just help themselves to your money then cry, bribe and threaten you when you've had enough. I swear if it was a relationship between people it would be called coercive control.
@2_Wheeled_Wolf If you enjoy this sort of game you can play along and get a reasonable deal. But I don't. So I'm out. I can't have a company in my life that exhibits signs of coercive control!