Executive Product Manager @BBCSounds. Low traffic fan, climate change worrier. Member of the Guardian reading, tofu eating wokerati, Hackney branch
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Annual “best albums of the year” playlist, for 2023. A shit year in many respects, but some very good new music released.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6p…
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Chris Kimber retweeted
Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026)
It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral
It instantly went viral.
People watched it over and over again.
It still offers the power to shock a decade on.
Chris Kimber retweeted
cycle routes costs on average £460,000 to £880,000 per km
motorway on average costs £20 million + per km
physical inactivity amongst adults contributes to 1 in 6 deaths in the UK & costs the NHS over £1 billion per year
Build more cycle lanes, everyone wins @LouHaigh
Something i've been working on recently... Live News 24/7 on BBC Sounds (audio on) #bbcsounds
Something to really cheer you up if you already understand that active travel is the future of transport in urban areas. If you don’t, listen to find out why…
Don't miss our latest episode: Secretary of State for Transport @LouHaigh joins @laura_laker to discuss long-term and "unprecedented" funding for active travel, 20mph, supporting local authorities and more.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea…
ALT Louise Haigh MP and Laura Laker
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Not getting quite enough election coverage? 😁
You can now listen 24/7 to BBC coverage via @BBCSounds with content from radio, tv, @BBCNews and @BBCiPlayer . Just tap/click on Election24 on Sounds or say "Alexa, ask BBC Sounds to play Election 24"
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:b…
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We just released a new live audio stream on @BBCSounds around the Election. Yes, 24/7 live audio from right across the BBC, including radio, TV and iPlayer/News online streams, all in audio. For Echo speaker users - "Ask BBC Sounds for Election 24"
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:b…
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Even if it were true (clearly not as @hzeffman shows), personally I think £9 per week would be worth paying for good public services and a fairer, less divided nation… (2k over 4 yrs = £9.61 per week).
EXCLUSIVE
The chief Treasury civil servant wrote to Labour two days ago saying that the £38 billion/£2,000 tax attack “should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service”
He said he had reminded ministers of this
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The London Mayoral vote was a proxy poll on ULEZ, road pricing, climate action, clean air, active travel, green policies. The results are completely clear: London wants more of these policies. I am overjoyed. Get cracking @SadiqKhan and make London the greenest city in Europe
So happy to live in a city which clearly supports the ULEZ, LTNs, School Streets, traffic reduction and climate action. Congratulations @SadiqKhan , now please push even harder to clean our air and support active travel
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Chris Kimber retweeted
Results for @SadiqKhan are a vindication for every city leader that chooses to prioritise the health of their residents and our planet. This is a solid mandate to continue to tackle toxic air pollution in the capital and to deliver policies that align with net zero by 2030 🙏💚
ALT BBC forecast Sadiq Khan win and results are due at 4.30pm
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Turns out London is a sensible, tolerant, multicultural, amazing city that has no time for culture wars
Almost 2 years since Cathal Coughlan @realcathalc sadly died. This doc brought a tear to my eye. Not mentioned in the programme but Cathal worked for the BBC where I was lucky enough to spend time with him. What an interesting, funny, special man.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Government report shows LTNs
🚑 Don’t slow emergency vehicles
🏘️ Reduce traffic in residential areas
☁️ Improve air quality
👮♀️ Reduce street crime
🚲 Improve road safety
🚶🏻♂️ Encourage active travel
⭐️ Improve quality of life
💷 Are good for the economy forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…
2/3 of Hackney households don’t have access to a car. This latest pro-car announcement from the govt means, I suspect, absolutely nothing. I look fwd to new LTNs in Chatsworth Rd and Dalston, alongside the change to Hackney Central, in 2024.
The DfT has put out a press release on clamping down on LTNs and various other scourges like 20mph limits - and it’s interesting in what is says about where we are with transport policy and the culture around it. Thread. 1/
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Two key graphs from the now-published Government LTN review.
After posting a survey invite to every household inside + outside the LTNs (as per new Gov’t consultation guidance):
- More people support LTNs than oppose them.
- Most people weren’t even aware they lived in one.
ALT Support for local LTN scheme graph
ALT Awareness of local LTN scheme graph
All series 3 episodes of Cillian Murphy’s brilliant @BBC6Music show are now available again on @bbcsounds. My favourite specialist music radio show. Highly recommended
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m000n…
