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car dependency is crippling the UK theconversation.com/how-the-… "for the UK to be more like Singapore, the government needs to make motorists pay much more for their car use. To be more like the Netherlands, it must take away their space"
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21 Nov 2025
insights from Hammersmith Bridge nickmaini.substack.com/p/ham… (Nick Maini) "closing a major bridge carrying 25,000 daily vehicles should lead to more traffic on other nearby crossings and less economic activity on either side. The evidence shows the exact opposite."

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Bike City Amsterdam: How Amsterdam Became the Cycling Capital of the World dannyreviews.com/h/Bike_City… (my review) - "the interaction of the city's geography, planning and politics with its cycling culture, people, and infrastructure"
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what are 16-18 year olds thinking? demos.co.uk/research/inside-… "workshops and conversations with over 700 students ... reveal a generation that is thoughtful, diverse and far more politically aware than many assume"
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The History of Wales in Twelve Poems - short historical essays accompanied by poems dannyreviews.com/h/History_W… (my review)
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Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War dannyreviews.com/h/Europes_T… (my review) - "a long and involved, but rewarding, account of one of the most traumatic periods in European history"
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21 Sep 2025
Would be great if all these people were able to cycle around Oxford all the time, not just on a specially organised ride.
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Danny Yee retweeted
Local residents have set up a petition to oppose an increase in parking at the proposed Warneford Park develpment. The plans create an additional 230 car parking spaces, which residents say are likely to result in at least 500 extra car trips a day. actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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Oral history integrated into a compelling narrative - my review of David Van Reybrouck's _Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World_ dannyreviews.com/h/Revolusi.…
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24 Aug 2025
Replying to @OxfordClarion
The plans also include 240 more car parking spaces. Making a mockery of the university's commitment to Vision Zero, as that will increase traffic at the junctions where Ling Felce and Jennifer Wong were killed, making safe redesigns impossible.
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