Cities, urbanism, streets & infrastructure ...perhaps also the occasional @ManCity related tweet. Views my own.
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Humanity faces three enormous problems; climate change, public health, and inequality.
Only one invention is the antidote to all three.
#COP26 – at Liverpool, England
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Tom Roberts retweeted
People living in #HighPeak commute to Greater Manchester every day.
They attend college and use health services there.
Now it’s time to fix the historical anachronism that they aren’t in #GreaterMancheter
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
@Jon4HighPeak & myself in @MENnewsdesk
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Briefing on the Bath Street Active Travel Scheme tonight before the public consultation next month:
🚴 New segregated cycle lanes all the way to Boundary Street.
🌳 Public realm improvements on Bath Street Triangle.
🚶Pedestrian link between Princes Dock and Old Hall Street.
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People help to repair damaged wall at #Southport Mosque after violence last night. Latest in @BBCNWT at 1.30
Tom Roberts retweeted
Big update on the Liverpool Baltic station scheme ⬇️
📰 | 🚉 BREAKING – Stunning new CGIs have been unveiled of the £100m Liverpool Baltic station scheme, ahead of a public consultation starting next month.
Read more 👉 ow.ly/WlBq50RN0PZ #MerseyrailForAll #BreakingNews
ALT CGI showing the outside of the main ticket office of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
ALT CGI showing the concourse of the main ticket office of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
ALT CGI showing the platform level of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
ALT CGI showing an aerial view of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
Tom Roberts retweeted
📰 | 🚉 BREAKING – Stunning new CGIs have been unveiled of the £100m Liverpool Baltic station scheme, ahead of a public consultation starting next month.
Read more 👉 ow.ly/WlBq50RN0PZ #MerseyrailForAll #BreakingNews
ALT CGI showing the outside of the main ticket office of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
ALT CGI showing the concourse of the main ticket office of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
ALT CGI showing the platform level of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
ALT CGI showing an aerial view of the proposed new Liverpool Baltic station
There’s a certain irony to getting your first bout of Covid on the day of @HCDCongress 😩 – at Liverpool, England
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Excellent discussion this morning with a very knowledgeable panel - thank you 🙏 – at Liverpool, England
See @ProfSMillington speaking w/ @LucyUrbanDesign, @jamesmurray_ldn & @SHinchcliffe at our fringe event w/ @CentreforCities tomorrow🙌
We'll explore the future for our high streets inc. what they need to thrive ⚡️
Join us for a fascinating debate 👇
centreforcities.org/event/la…
‘We feel forgotten’: anger in Crewe at scaling back of HS2 theguardian.com/uk-news/2023… – at Liverpool, England
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Tom Roberts retweeted
On great rail cancellations, a reminder that the expansion of Piccadilly, intended to alleviate the chronic northern rail bottleneck in the centre of Manc, was promised a decade ago, then put on ice, messed about with and actually only officially cancelled a few months ago.
This is very good advice 👇 – at Liverpool, England
Don’t hate cars. Don’t wage a war against motorists. But don’t wage a war for them either. Instead fight the battle for place and for happy and healthy, prosperous and productive neighbourhoods. All the evidence suggests that voters will thank you.
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Tell me you don’t understand economics without telling me you don’t understand economics. – at Liverpool, England
It's not a 'problem', it's a good thing.
In poorer countries people depend on public transport & bikes. When they get richer they want cars because they bring freedom.
Public transport will *never* be good enough for a free people to move around on.
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I’ve tried so hard to get this but I just cannot - a cancer doctor and former WHO director opposing a major urban air pollution policy, which will almost certainly improve health outcomes. What am I missing here? – at Garston, England
Same tactic being used for ULEZ critics as was the case for lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
Oppose it, you're responsible for countless deaths.
Obviously total nonsense, but an effective way to smear and censor dissenting voices.
It's important to push back.
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Big thanks to the guys at @PictonCycles who sorted me out in no time 👍
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