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"While there is some support for giving buses priority, there is widespread criticism of what is considered an unnecessary restriction on traffic flowing along the High Street"

Counterpoint, high streets should not be motor traffic conduits.

https://www.barnetsociety.org.uk/plan-for-bus-lanes-on-part-of-barnet-high-street-provokes-heated-debate-with-motorists-warning-of-congestion

Plan for bus lanes on part of Barnet High Street provokes heated debate with motorists warning of congestion

Residents, shopkeepers and bus passengers are among those who have been invited to give their views on a controversial plan to introduce bus lanes ...

The Barnet Society

"In the first register of interests of the new parliament, Nigel Farage appears to have become the highest-earning MP, having made almost £1.2m a year. The Reform UK MP declared that he was earning £97,900 a month as a presenter for GB News, the channel co-owned by the hedge fund billionaire Paul Marshall."

#UKpolitics #ReformUK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/16/nigel-farage-revealed-to-be-uks-highest-earning-mp

Nigel Farage revealed to be UK’s highest-earning MP

Reform UK leader banked £1.2m from role as presenter on GB News and payments from social media

The Guardian
If you drive, then everyone you see on the street who is not driving - walking, rolling, cycling, taking transit - is doing you a personal favour by not making your traffic worse. You're welcome!

Stolpersteine (Tripping/Stumbling Stones)

These are memorials in front of houses where Jews, and others, were taken from their homes during the Holocaust.

There are many, many, MANY of these throughout Germany.

Here in Germany, we are reminded every day where the Road of Hatred leads.

Why
private roads and rights of way (with some Oxfordshire examples) https://moomindave.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/private-roads/ (Moomin Dave)
Private roads

As I’ve wandered around, I’ve from time to time found myself unsure of which rights might apply in a particular situation that arises in repeated places. It happens when you have a priv…

Walking Everywhere in Oxford
Vivek Ramaswamy’s statement during the debate that climate change is a hoax is disqualifying in the extreme. But this is the same fool who wants to give parts of Ukraine to Russia. And this is the future of the GOP? How damning. Who would ever support such a man for the highest office in the land?

In Oxford for a wedding with some Danes. They thought it was hilarious how it brands itself as a cycling city. They couldn't believe it is legal to drive and park in most cycle lanes.

#cycling #oxford

I mean, it's pretty, but it doesn't really affect us beyond that. Except that half the nights aren't really dark, and once or twice a day it makes the oceans flood the coasts.
https://xkcd.com/2809/
Never forget, the truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget.