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Exeter, England
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Amy Sparling retweeted
If you have a bike you can keep it safe today by getting down here to Prncesshay to have it marked! The local Police are here until 12.
And it's free. Once marked, your bike will be put on the national bike register so that if it's stolen you can be connected up.
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Could you be the 200th person to sign this petition asking for better bus lanes in Exeter?
Follow the link and add your name...
democracy.devon.gov.uk/mgEPe…
ALT End of bus lane sign
Amy Sparling retweeted
@ExeterStreets volunteers used publicly available data to analyse the speed of 800 buses on Heavitree Fore St. 🧵
ALT A scatterplot graph. The y axis is speed and the x axis is time of day. Each dot represents a bus. ~There are 800 dots. The caption is Bus speeds along bus lane on Heavitree Fore Street
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Stop speeding/follow the law = no revenue generated 👍🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🙄
Anger over 'revenue-generating' 20mph speed zone bbc.in/4f53SKu
Amy Sparling retweeted
Residents in parts of St David's - look out for this envelope being delivered today and tomorrow. If you get one, it means the Council are ready to collect your food waste! Collections will start Wednesday 6th November.
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Click & switch between the photos. Notice what happens to your sense of well-being?
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Yet more data released on the Exeter Active Streets Trial.
This time by South West Ambulance Trust. They have shared data comparing ambulance response times during the Trial (Aug 23- June 24) vs same months pre Trial (Aug 22-June 23).
ALT Stock image of ambulance in traffic
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We wrote this thread in early September with our estimate of what traffic levels would welcome kids back to primary schools in Heavitree & Whipton.
Devon County Council data now out
We did pretty well.....
Amy Sparling retweeted
So delighted that @ExeterCouncil have FINALLY divested from the fossil fuel investing Barclays Bank. It was a long fought campaign with lots of different people involved in lots of ways. Thank you everyone who made this happen! #climate #ClimateAction #fossilfuels #GreenParty – at Exeter, England
As I spoke about in committee, I struggled to reconcile the limited data we were presented with against the negative narrative. It makes me so sad that the trial wasn't allowed to run its course to allow for meaningful data to be collected at all times of year / season
Amy Sparling retweeted
1/ Did you know that if you live in Exeter, everything you put in your black bin is taken to a power station in Marsh Barton and burned to create electricity? I went there this week. Let’s dive into the details. A thread 🧵#WasteToEnergy #Exeter
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A really interesting post 👇👇👇
Do Low Traffic Neighbourhoods make women less safe?
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#Exeter #ActiveTravel #Walking #Cycling #Safety #safestreets #women
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ALT A woman in a short skirt walks down a street without any cars in view captioned "Let's talk about safety"
Amy Sparling retweeted
Hi @DevonCC 👋
Looks like we need a lot more “NO ENTRY” signage for Magdalen rd please 🤦🏻♂️
@DC_Police have said they need to see “the vehicle committing a clear violation with signs visible” and the nearest are approx 200m down the bottom of the road 🤷🏻♂️
Amy Sparling retweeted
Such a great morning looking after our new trees at Haven woodland, putting mulch at their roots, and generally making sure they are growing and thriving, which almost all of them are! Lovely time with these fab ladies and so many residents and helpers! #Green #Exeter #TreesRule
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This is fueling a culture war over a *trial* scheme to make streets safer & less polluted.
Even using military language: "A *huge army* of furious Exeter residents... descended upon an exhibition to voice their anger."
We deserve more balanced reporting. devonlive.com/news/devon-new…
Amy Sparling retweeted
Lovely to join Nigel's farewell. As Vicar of @StDavids_Exeter
& @StMikes_Exeter he has served the Church and Community over the last 5 years though many ups and downs. Words we heard a lot of today were 'kind' and 'wisdom'.
#Exeter
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'The Greens have been urging the council to rebuild the bridge and included it as part of their rejected (by Labour) budget amendments earlier in the year, describing it as a “vital link.”' devonlive.com/news/devon-new…
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Our Green councillors are working hard to make #Exeter a fairer, greener, safer and healthier place to live.
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Shocked that @ExeterCouncil #Scrutiny tonight I was shut down in asking questions. How can Councillors do our job if we are stopped from asking questions?As a #Green Councillor in official opposition my job is to ask questions.The chair’s job is to facilitate this not stop it.
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Labour trumpeted the Net Zero #Exeter 2030 Plan. However, it appears Labour’s real priority is about property development in the city.
@DianaFMoore has asked auditors to urgently investigate how the project has been run and how money has been spent. theprsd.co.uk/2023/06/17/gre…
