Peter Edwards

Transport planner. LTN enthusiast. Bikes. United. In no particular order. Views are my own.

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

'Former Transport Secretary Mark Harper was humiliated when a study intended to prove LTNs were hated showed they were popular and effective; reduced driving; had limited adverse impacts on boundary roads; and didn't adversely affect emergency services'.
https://t.co/4DQsMfxXWY

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

Great thread 👇🏻

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

When we build bigger roads, we get more traffic. Congestion briefly gets better, then the same, then worse. £Billions is spent in the process.

Instead of dualling roads, what if we used the space for active travel instead? Here’s a thread on why it should happen.🧵

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

This thread really encapsulates the crisis our roads are in and the amazing work @for_birmingham are doing. But being badly let down by a lack of action from those in power.

[Sarah Chaundler @ChaundlerSarah]

Birmingham’s leaders may have conceded the city is indeed facing a “road safety emergency”, but this situation has been hiding in plain sight for decades. At every demo @for_birmingham has held, people have talked about their lives being blighted & saddened by dangerous driving

[Lewis Warner @LewisJWarner]

NEW: Birmingham Ciry Council writes to @WMPolice saying a ‘Road Safety Emergency must be declared’

This morning @for_birmingham also said the measure was needed after several deaths of the region’s roads.

@itvcentral

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

The @birmingham_live homepage is filled, as it usually is, with road tragedy.

In the space of a few hours, news of a pedestrian killed on the pavement in Sutton and a driver killed on the A45, metres away from where Azaan Khan, 12, died in June last year.

This is an emergency.

[Better Streets for Birmingham is no longer on X @for_birmingham]

With the sustained trend in those being killed and seriously injured as a result of collisions in Birmingham, we've written to our city and regional leaders urging them to declare a state of emergency on our roads.

Read the letter on our website: https://t.co/3b8z8S6loU

[Peter Walker @peterwalker99]

It seems that the expansion of the Ulez clean air zone in London - the prompt for the Conservatives' pivot away from green policies – was not only effective, but more so even than expected.

https://t.co/PjGGUxKfQX

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

Add Leicester to the list of towns and cities doing more and better for cycling than Birmingham #ActiveCity2024

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

It would appear this was not a winning strategy

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

@gardensinboots Thanks Izzy. Every bin I saw this morning overflowing on walk to bus stop. One on corner of Oxford by m&s particularly bad.

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

Drafting in Boris to win last minute votes in the Midlands and North East seems a really strange move when you’ve spent the whole campaign pretending you’re not a Tory. Am I missing something?

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Exclusive:

Andy Streets brings in Boris Johnson at final stage of his campaign

We’ve obtained a letter to WM voters from the ex PM saying “forget about the government”

Story:

https://t.co/uDqkR4IPRU

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

I wonder which long delayed scheme proposal could fix this overnight?

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

This is a tough watch but really important work from @ChaundlerSarah. A whole community impacted by dangerous driving and its consequences

[Sarah Chaundler @ChaundlerSarah]

Last Sunday a little girl was killed & three mothers were injured in a collision in Highgate in Birmingham. They had been walking home from seeing family friends. The whole community is devastated. I spoke to some of the grieving families and friends.
#SafeStreetsNow

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

Parents living in fear of speeding drivers say it's 'accident waiting to happen' https://t.co/hetqFKvEhX

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

Nobody wants to use a Swift card! It’s not 2014. This is embarrassing

[Andy Street @andy4wm]

Next year our Swift Cards will be the best out there👇🏻

We secured the cash to simplify ticketing in our devolution deal & we’re pressing on with Tap & Go capping across ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT on Swift 🚊🚂🚌🚲

Bank cards will follow shortly after, with work underway 💳

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

Mainoo

[Rio Ferdinand @rioferdy5]

Cole Palmer hitting some mad numbers… on the ✈️ to 🇩🇪

Declan / Jude / Foden / Palmer / Saka / Kane

🥶

[Better Streets for Birmingham is no longer on X @for_birmingham]

📣 Birmingham’s #SafeStreetsNow action is due to take place on Saturday 20th April at 2.30 on the Yardley Wood Rd/Wake Green Rd crossroads (B13)

Please join us to demand #SafeStreetsNow because every voice for safer streets matters

https://t.co/qQZzS5qHoP

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Gosh gosh so Liverpool’s final season under Klopp could end in title glory or could end up mirroring Ten Hag’s first season at Man Utd (3rd and Le Carabao)

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

@knaggsy097 BTEC uncle fester 😭😭😭 take a bow

[Peter Edwards @petepoke]

@ichoosemag Fish pakora at the Merry Maid