David Gregory-Kumar

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[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

You can find me “DrDavidGK” on Threads but mostly https://t.co/GfApxV7G8Y

[Jordan @jordanbhx]

In an alternative universe BCC mandated ground floor commercial units in every new development, ignored HE’s objections to street trees and de-trafficked the Jewellery Quarter so now it looks like Covent Garden, jewellers have endless footfall and there’s New York slice shops.

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

It’s taken us longer to clear security at Tenerife than it did to fly here.

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

#cargobike

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

We're selling our old Raleigh Cargo Bike. Excellent deal, good shape (just had new brakes) Check it out! https://t.co/AJYKmY2qkO

[John Oliver @iamjohnoliver]

Hello again! Here's our piece from Sunday about Twitter. Bye! https://t.co/KqA7EUY18B

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

The BBC is calling on the Government of Israel to allow independent journalists into Gaza. Please share. (You may find some images in this short film upsetting) https://t.co/nMadpk34JQ

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

Great story today https://t.co/gcVSSnji6z 🌟

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

@BCC_Help the cycle lanes on Hingeston St are now underwater because the leaves were never cleared and now the drains are blocked. I’ve flagged this so often now. Any help? Location: https://t.co/KToZuYqfTh

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

@BalthazarBlaze @bbcmtd My extra bit is more about the wider context I'm afraid.

[Jordan @jordanbhx]

The Hall of Memory is a beautiful and solemn memorial to the fallen and I can’t help thinking that if we could bare to wait another week before erecting a garish ice rink next to it we could do this there instead of having to wheel out an embarrassing portable cenotaph every year

[Jordan @jordanbhx]

My vision for Bennett’s Hill if you make me mayor.

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

Woohooo

[Independent Birmingham @IndependentBham]

Hot off the press: Yakinori New Street is FINALLY re-opening on 21 November!!!

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

It’s the stuff in the second tweet that brings the receipts.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Years ago, while I was doing consulting work for the City of Sydney, Australia, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state minister of transportation was stuck in traffic, and saw bike riders zoom by his limousine in a safe, protected bike-lane.

He had a petty temper tantrum, and ordered that the bike-lane be ripped out.

Those were people safely riding who would otherwise have been inside cars, making traffic even worse on that street. They were saving public money, improving their health (and public health costs), reducing pollution and emissions, improving their happiness and quality of life, enhancing their affordability, reducing noise, supporting businesses, reducing traffic congestion, and making more space for better streets and cities for everyone.

That transportation minister didn’t understand urban transportation. He didn’t understand geometry. He sure didn’t understand the public interest.

Or he did understand, but didn’t care.

There were plenty of studies and evidence proving that bike-lanes in Sydney weren’t causing congestion.

The bike-lane hadn’t even replaced a lane of car traffic! It replaced street parking, which ironically can contribute to street congestion.

He wasted public money, put lives in danger, made the city less healthy, undermined the economic development success of the city, increased pollution, made congestion worse. and a lot more.

All because he was petty.

It was pretty much one of the dumbest, most damaging things I’ve ever seen a bad politician do. And that’s saying a lot.

And now we have what’s happening with the Ford Government in Ontario, with his war on evidence-based decision making, bike-lanes and better cities.

Sound familiar, Ontario?

The good news? That Australian politician actually didn’t last very long in government.

[Peter Walker @peterwalker99]

In a rare outing for our opinion site, I’ve written about why councils seeking to ban bikes from city centres due to delivery bikes are treating it as a “cycling problem” when it’s actually a law enforcement problem - these are mainly electric mopeds.

https://t.co/23L3gh3WT3

[Jordan @jordanbhx]

Sadly not, because I live in the West Midlands.

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

Diwali 🪔 and Halloween 🎃 fall on the same day for the first time in a century! The BBC explains how to celebrate both which is what our little family will be doing! https://t.co/iLzbpfSWyF

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

Government saying changes to Inheritance Tax will only affect about 2000 estates? Interested to hear reaction from farmers here. #Budget2024

[BBC Midlands @bbcmtd]

This is the moment Nick Owen received his MBE from the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle today.

[Tim on two wheels @2wheelsgoodBrum]

It’s clear that the main cause of the terrible rate of death and serious injury on Birmingham’s roads is reckless driving. We need to enforce traffic law, redesign our roads to encourage good driving and mitigate the impact of the bad. We need to do it now.