John Stevenson

@CyclingJourno
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John Stevenson, freelance cycling journalist, Cambridge
John StevensonNov 11, 2022
Jarrett WalkerNov 11, 2022
Many journalists and social media experts are surprised that Elon Musk would go into a business that he doesn't understand and refuse to listen to anyone who does. But we who work in urban transport planning already knew this about him. https://humantransit.org/2018/12/elon-musks-tunnel-it-doesnt-scale-so-it-doesnt-matter.html
Elon Musk's Tunnel: It Doesn't Scale, so it Doesn't Matter — Human Transit

Elon Musk just gave the media a tour of his 1.5 mile prototype tunnel under Los Angeles, which he spent US$10m to build.  Why are Elon Musk’s tunnels so cheap?  Because they’re tiny. As media photos of the event will show you, the tunnel is just slightly wider than a car.  That means that if […]

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Show threadRosamundiNov 11, 2022
@CyclingJourno I always used to wince whenever someone started a pile-on like that. Eg innocently mentioning "road tax" and getting brigaded for *days* by people "well akshually road tax hasn't existed since 1937 drone bore winston churchill blah blah blah". Like, how do you think that helps to change minds?
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Brian BilstonNov 11, 2022
Today’s poem is called ‘Three Postcards’. #remembranceday
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Show threadIka MakimakiNov 10, 2022
When measured by energy required to move people around, it's obvious that the real game changer in the EV field is not a Tesla, or even a car (although microcars come closer). The revolution here is the #ebike.
It's cheaper, safer, more efficient, more fun and it makes users healthier and happier. Although it also shares the problem of sustainability for battery production, the scale of this issue for ebikes is drastically reduced (close to 100x)
And the charging infrastructure already exists.
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ScarfolkNov 10, 2022

Revealing concealed text such as this is illegal and carries a fine of up to £500 or 18 months in prison.

For more information, please re-read.
#Scarfolk

John StevensonNov 10, 2022

When I first got here I thought Mastodon's lack of free-text search odd. But you know what I'm really enjoying? The lack of arguments that start when some muggle posts 'cyclists suck', it gets quote-tweeted by someone with a search for 'cyclists', #cycling twitter piles on, football & cabbie twitter pile back, days later people are still fighting with no minds changed or knowledge exchanged.

I've started a few of those and taken part in a few more. Mea maxima culpa.

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KimberleyNov 10, 2022
With more #cycletweeps finding their way over here could I please politely request any close pass or road violence videos & photos get wrapped in a content warning. They exacerbate the anxiety I and many others feel about cycling (and about loved ones who cycle)
Thank you #biketoots
John StevensonNov 10, 2022
Brian BilstonNov 10, 2022
Today’s poem is called ‘An Outbreak of Matt Hancocks’.
John StevensonNov 9, 2022
Brian BilstonNov 7, 2022
Here’s a poem called ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’.
John StevensonNov 9, 2022

My latest for road.cc is an anti-nostalgia look at some of the features you often find on 'vintage' and 'unfinished project' bikes on Facebook Marketplace and eBay
https://road.cc/content/feature/8-bike-technologies-were-well-rid-297183

#cycling

8 bygone bike technologies we're now well rid of

Think old-school bikes were cool? They weren't if they featured these components!

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