jamie criddle

Life is better on a bike...

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

'It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It's the same as if you bought a 𝗰𝗼𝘄, or 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲, and then ask me where you're going to put them.'
— Miguel Lores, 6x re-elected Mayor of #Pontevedra, Spain🇪🇸

[David Hunter @cyclingmole]

Time for my Tour de France giveaway. 5 luck punters will win a subscription to my previews for the rest of the year, they normally cost £40.

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#TDF2026

[Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics]

UK politics has broken a 200 year trend. Here's what happens next

[jamie criddle @jamiecriddle]

Well whoever is running the Greens com’s at the moment is nailing it…

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

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[🅰ntoine VAYER 📸🖋️ @festinaboy]

GROTESQUE !
N'importe qui, professionnel ou pas, sait que cette scène est une nouvelle fois ridicule.
Aussi odieux et surréaliste que Cancellara dans le Grammont ou bien le contre-la-montre de Vingegaard le 18 juillet 2023.
Ce mec et son encadrement tuent ce sport sous la complicité de ceux qui les couvrent.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve_news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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[🅰ntoine VAYER 📸🖋️ @festinaboy]

Je n'ai vu cela que dans les grandes années EPO. Un équipier UAE relaie 80 km seul devant le peloton, élimine 40 coureurs, puis un autre UAE 40 km qui élimine 50 coureurs, puis un autre 20 km, reste 30 coureurs avec 5 de la même équipe UAE, puis l'un deux attaque, rejoint par le leader. Le contre-la-montre par équipes UAE c'est 1er, 2ème, 5ème, 11ème et 20ème au final. Le 24ème du GP Montréal est à 9 minutes, 123 abandons. Ils se moquent du sport, du monde du cyclisme. Les Gressier vertueux du vélo n'ont aucune chance. Merci @UCI_cycling et @IntTestAgency !

[dr ian greenwood @ian_m_greenwood]

#TalkAboutRoadDeath - Helsinki arrives at Vision Zero - no road deaths since July 2024.

“A lot of factors contributed to this, but speed limits are one of the most important” said Roni Utriainen, a Traffic Engineer on why ZERO people were killed on the city’s roads.

The @HelsinkiTimes is not my go to newspaper 🤔, but have a read of this short piece ⬇️ - it reads like a full implementation of the Safe System approach to stopping road death. It also reports significant reductions in serious injuries.

https://t.co/SoXNTRlxcN

Political choices @Keir_Starmer @Heidi_Labour @LilianGreenwood @KemiBadenoch @EdwardJDavey @LSRPlaid @AdrianRamsay @StephenFlynnSNP @RicHolden

#VisionZero #StopRoadDeath

[20's Plenty for Us @20splentyforus]

Great to see this excellent video from on how 20mph limits have been a success in Wales. A smart way to implement 20mph with 26% fewer casualties and £90m annual savings for motorists on insurance premiums.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Want to get away with murder? Hit them with a car. You might get away with claiming it was an accident, but, even if convicted, the sentence will be a fraction of that you'd get if you used ANY other weapon.

[Digger @Digger_forum]

Every single person on this list, bar Pogacar and Vingegaard, is a confirmed doper.
That’s some going by Pogacar, to be faster than 18 oxygen vector dopers.

[David Hunter @cyclingmole]

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[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

'It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a #cow, or a #refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.'
—@Lorespontevedra, Mayor of #Pontevedra🇪🇸 (re-elected SIX times)

[Josh Mitte @JoshMitte]

A whole regional mayor elected on 25% of the vote with 30% of turnout (that’s 7.5% of the electorate).

Today’s elections should mark the end of First Past the Post in the UK - it’s time to @MakeVotesMatter!

[GregEss @Gregess76]

Remember when Cortinas were big cars?

[Mark Hook @Hookademus]

Terrific news.

Let’s see more of the same.
Reduce reliance on cars for short journeys; increase safety around schools; improve fitness and wellbeing.

https://t.co/Nc1sarW0Gp

[Nicholas Drummond @nicholadrummond]

This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger was head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020. Really worth watching.

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

Here’s how poker champion and science communicator @Liv_Boeree says we can ensure increased competition doesn’t derail the AI industry: