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John Biscuits @diskoBiscuits

QA stuff and chair of CycleSheffield. Sheffield should be the ebike capital of the UK. You should get one, they're great.

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John Biscuits@diskoBiscuits
4 Nov 2025
Essential thread and perspective. The difficulty not addressed being that cars and roads take up so much public space, any attempt to create more space for walking/cycling can be pitted against driving, so even the smallest incremental change can be a struggle.
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas
3 Nov 2025
Cars are great. They give the population huge liberty to move around the country, the countryside & the suburbs with comfort, ease & relative safety. They empower & liberate their users. They can particularly help those with goods to deliver or physical challenges to overcome…
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I thought this looking for growth gang sounded exciting to begin with. But they seem to have become bogged down on niche London issues of tidying up tube trains and complaining about old bridges. Perhaps they've confused growth with trolls
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@lfg_uk
Feb 3
"ABSOLUTELY ANTI-GROWTH" Britain should be a country where taxis, buses and ambulances can cross a bridge. Hammersmith Bridge has been shut for SEVEN YEARS. The Government can choose to REOPEN it. We spoke to local residents last week about the impact on them 👇
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Sam Dumitriu
@Sam_Dumitriu
4 Dec 2025
Sheffield is the largest city in Europe without a single electrified railway. The Midland Mainline electrification would have changed that, but the Govt has now 'paused it'. Meanwhile, £600m has been spent on a fare freeze that will mainly benefit commuters in the South East.
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Crikey. 93 in Sheffield. 19,000 in London.
Dan Neidle
@DanNeidle
28 Nov 2025
We’ve mapped the mansion tax. You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you. Full interactive map here 👇
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Oh wait it's far more extreme in constituency view: about 50 in Sheffield, over 50,000 in London
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Tom Forth@thomasforth
5 Nov 2025
Rare you get so close to an explicit "electrifying railways [in the Midlands and North of England] isn't affordable because we've got to invest in and around London" line. But there it is.
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Essential thread and perspective. The difficulty not addressed being that cars and roads take up so much public space, any attempt to create more space for walking/cycling can be pitted against driving, so even the smallest incremental change can be a struggle.
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas
3 Nov 2025
Cars are great. They give the population huge liberty to move around the country, the countryside & the suburbs with comfort, ease & relative safety. They empower & liberate their users. They can particularly help those with goods to deliver or physical challenges to overcome…
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John Biscuits@diskoBiscuits
4 Nov 2025
Replying to @boys_nicholas
Bus and tram improvements usually involve pushback because of bus gates, roadworks, more loss of on-street car parking etc. Benefits and wider public buy-in comes many years down the line at the speed we do things. We need to provide these better choices much faster!
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Tom Forth@thomasforth
24 Sep 2025
Crikey. Looks like Leeds really is looking at a workplace parking levy. As a business owner in central Leeds, and as a citizen of Leeds, I think this would be a very good thing and I hope our city keeps going and is backed by the UK government. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ala…

Alarm over plans to impose £2,000-a-year charge on each Leeds staff parking space

Businesses “have been caught off the guard” by proposals to make them pay over £2,000 per staff parking space in Leeds city centre.

yorkshirepost.co.uk
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Domonic
@domwhiting
15 Sep 2025
The Rain didn’t stop us from TAKING OVER the BIGGEST ROUNDABOUT in SHEFFIELD!
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Domonic
@domwhiting
11 Sep 2025
Drum & Bass On The Bike is heading to SHEFFIELD this SUNDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER starting at 14:00HRS from DEVONSHIRE GREEN, S1 4GT!
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If anyone still sees stuff like this: two fun social cycle things this week I'm Sheffield: CycleSheffield social this Thursday (6pm Sheffield Plate) Sheffield Mass Cycle Ride on Sunday (2pm Tudor Square) Be Tudor there or be Tudor square
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In, not I'm, of course
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Perhaps this would still have happened if @LouHaigh was still transport minister, but I doubt it. Levelling up plans cancelled once again
Tom Forth@thomasforth
8 Jul 2025
Replying to @thomasforth
And note that Sheffield remains the largest city in Europe (except for Tirana, Capital of Albania) without a single electric train service and has now returned to there being no ongoing plans to change that. As moany Northerners predicted and were told to stop being grumpy about.
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Well done again @chellaquint !
Cycling UK@WeAreCyclingUK
17 Jun 2025
Know a woman making waves in cycling? Nominations for #100WomeninCycling 25' are open! 24' winner @chellaquint, @PeriodPositive founder, rides an e-trike from @cycling4_all proving tricycling is joyful & social, from commutes to @domwhiting’s DnB rides. cyclinguk.org/100women/2025
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STHActiveTravel@STH_Travel
11 Jun 2025
🚲#BikeWeek, join us Friday 13th, 12.30 - 1.30 for a free Urban Cycling Skills webinar! Discover 2 Cycling Superpowers to ride safer & more confidently in the city. 💥 🔗 bit.ly/4kZLNQt Thanks to @BetterPoints – don’t miss it! #UrbanCycling #CycleSafe #BetterByBike
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Replying to @peterwalker99
@peterwalker99 Did your colleague @josephharker chat with you to fact-check some of these opinions before submitting it to be published? I expected a serious discussion on all the different perspectives from different cultural groups within the area. But this is lazy tropes
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The entire paragraph starting 'Residential roads have been cut off' is pure factually incorrect culture war clickbait, so it's especially off to pronounce 'There’s no “culture war” here'. Please argue using facts - not literally incorrect opinions. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Opposing LTNs doesn't make you a 'culture war' petrol-head. Just look at what happened in Lambeth |...

For five years residents have complained about traffic being pushed on to other roads. Finally they’re being listened to, says Joseph Harker, the Guardian’s senior editor, diversity and development

theguardian.com
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These are some of the issues we overcome in events like the CycleSheffield Big Ride/Kidical Mass ride in May and the monthly Sheffield Mass Cycle Rides, next one this Easter Sunday! kidsonbikessheffield.co.uk/ facebook.com/sheffieldmasscy…

Kidical Mass Sheffield

kidsonbikessheffield.co.uk
Cycling UK@WeAreCyclingUK
17 Apr 2025
“I’d cycle more if…” …there were lit cycle lanes. …I wasn’t shouted at. …I didn’t feel so vulnerable. These are real barriers — and they’re all too common. 🎥 Watch. Listen. Share your own “I’d cycle more if…” ✊ Add your voice to #MyRideOurRight cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-ri…
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How does this impact local sites like Sheffield Online and @sheffieldtrib ?
Sam Dumitriu
@Sam_Dumitriu
18 Mar 2025
I've always opposed the Online Safety Act, but I never realised just how mad it was. Every site that allows users to post content is in scope of the law and is forced to carry out a risk assessment. If the PM wants to cut the cost of regulation, here's an easy place to start.
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It's Sheffield Mass Cycle Ride day for those that are still on twitter (or Facebook) to see this! facebook.com/share/p/15uVvoX…
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