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James Stafford

2 years

I made a video suggesting some alternative modes of transport to beating 45 minutes of car traffic in a city. I got hundreds of responses along the lines.. 'well of course people need to drive, what if it is raining, cold or they need to get to the supermarket.'

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

The European mind can't comprehend this cycle commute.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

5 months

Everyone loves a closed road.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

This is for all those drivers that claim you couldn't possibly transport goal posts via e-scooters.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

2012 vs 2020 What a transformation. Highlighting the inefficiency of the automobile as means of transporting people. @Anne_Hidalgo 2014 vision of re-engineering the city's roads and Junctions to be less car centric has really paid off. Less pollution, congestion & more cycling

Emmanuel

@EmmanuelSPV

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Croisement Rue de Rivoli - Rue de la Coutellerie à l’instant. C’est géré au sifflet pour augmenter le débit de passage des voitures.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

"This is a private road sunshine, it belongs to Horsham District Council"

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

It's interesting watching how they deal with illegally parked cars elsewhere.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

@DudleyButt It's not the distance or speed. I've never seen a cycle in a city so straight.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 months

Me and @Boxrick did some path clearing on a 1km path that has become an inaccessible jungle in Stockport.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

8 months

Imagine how much HS2 would've cost if we just built most of it at ground level.

Nigel Harris

@railnigel

8 months

Words fail me. Here's HS2 being built at Chipping Campden. Anyone bellyaching about why HS1 costs so much, look at this and then just shut up and go away.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

How to avoid traffic & car parking stress in the Peak District.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Completed cycling 453km around the Netherlands with my 10 year old daughter in a week from the Hook of Holland. Lots of cycling in the dunes, along dykes & cycle paths. We'd see how far we get each day and at around 4-5pm find a local campsite.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

9 months

It's a mystery how the high powered BMW ended up down there from Snake Pass? 🤔

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

How are drivers getting on obeying the Highway code?

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

Shame, there are no alternative ways of getting around in London.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

Why would bicycling do this.

Better Streets for Birmingham

@for_birmingham

1 year

Good morning from Institute Road, the Kings Heath M25.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

@waller82220 Almost if you can get local highways department to straighten out this bend.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

We need to switch parking fines in the UK to a % of people's income.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

@pseuderman It's a commute, not a race.

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@Jamesdestafford

4 years

The land in front of the fence & the land above the fenced tree line, sheep are reared. The land in the middle is part of a military base, left to grow wild. Interesting to see what the hills should look like. @GeorgeMonbiot

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

@greenday761 Maybe don't park illegaly, action - consequences?

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

@BBCWorld Can't have young people going to Europe learning languages, participating in other societies & cultural life. Observing how people live, where many EU countries have better transport systems, better public spaces & welfare systems etc. No keep them here, keep them ignorant.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@StanCollymore Some England fans make it hard for people to get behind England. I was on train last night and had to witness '10 German bombers' and England fans harassing passengers. It's no wonder no other country wants England to do well. Zero class & awful 'banter'

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

8 months

The cargo bike is evolving.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

All bus lanes should be 24/7 and never allow parking.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

5 years

With fewer cars on the road, I am seeing way more families and leisure cyclists on the road. I recorded this within a few minutes. Never seen anything like this where I live. The people will cycle, if they believe and know the roads & infrastructure are safer.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

Some climate change progress. Time to admit we have reached peak new road building in the UK, should be moving to maintenance only.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

NQ, this is good. Well done @ManCityCouncil . I always pictured NQ like this without the cars. I am enjoying the table service in pubs, am I in Berlin or somewhere.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

11 months

@I_amMukhtar @MikeyCycling It's a shame his family doesn't have lots of spare rooms and land. Else he could have looked at putting him up.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

This should be all road closures.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

If you ever see a unreadable dirty numberplate and you've got a tissue spare, give it a wipe. The owners will appreciate it 👍

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

I asked a driver to stop engine idling. His response 'why should I? What's the problem'?' Had to explain the issue of air pollution, how much he emits. Driver 'fair enough' and turned his engine off. Big problem is people don't even know it's wrong. Needs a national campaign.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

"Sheffield Council has revealed plans for a pavement parking ban covering the the city centre. The proposed Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) will make it illegal to stop at any time on a path or verge around most streets in the centre of the city."

Cyclists thrilled as pavement parking to be made illegal in Sheffield

A cyclists' group has hailed the ban as being positive for Sheffield

www.examinerlive.co.uk

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 months

@BythewayNigel @jm0ses Yeah, it should normal, likes how it would be completely legal in Scotland?

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

5 months

"The 40-year-old man driving the car was uninjured." Was that addition necessary? The driver in the tank is always fine.

Baby girl dies after being hit by Land Rover in church car park in Aberdeenshire

Police Scotland said the girl was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the collision on Wednesday evening, but was pronounced dead a short time later.

news.sky.com

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

5 months

The claim people are cycling around at 52mph on London doesn't stand up to the midlest of enquiries. You are better than this, you are supposed to be professional journalists. 1/2 @eleanorsteafel @bienbutcher

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

Please don't ever cycle in the door zone cycle lane.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

Whenever I see this, I remember E-bikes limited to 15.5mph for safety. It boggles my mind.

GMP Traffic

@gmptraffic

4 years

McLaren 570 seen driving in excess of 100mph on the M6 close to Wigan. It's a shame he didn't spot the unmarked police car behind him! Vehicle stopped and driver reported. #Fatal5 #XJ #SCIU #GMPTRAFFIC

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

What the 15 minute city protestors in Oxford are protesting against vs what they want

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

Has a cycle lane turned Chorlton into a ghost town?

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

Mini Planters for sale £15, will post. Made in Manchester by Stephanie. 10% of money raised goes to Rescue Kitties.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Don't trust your local Facebook group. What I found cycling in London would shake their belief system to the ground.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

They were only doing what the Ads suggested.

knowmadiqx2x

@knowmadiqx2x

1 year

Don’t try to use #crossleyroad in #heatonchapel #stockport at present . #levenshulme #burnage #manchester #flood #floods #flooding

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

Why are the pavements so narrow in Knutsford?

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 month

Imagine all these people are drivers & they're in their cars. Think about what the traffic would be like.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

9 months

Just offering helpful advice.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

10 months

Saw my first Citroen Ami in the wild today while cycling in Cheshire.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

Is there a different type of low traffic neighbourhood in the UK that is less controversial? The holiday park.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

5 years

@JimMFelton Least the Stormtroopers had decent PPE.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

This is possibly one reason Scotland has much better gravel tracks for cycling than England. When wind farm gets built, they require service roads which can create 100kms of gravel tracks for walking, running and cycling.

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@jburnmurdoch

6 months

Your periodic reminder that England, a windswept nation with more potential for onshore wind power than almost anywhere else in the world (other than Scotland), banned new onshore wind farms in 2017.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

There is absolutely no way you would know there was a bus gate here.

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@PassPixi

1 year

'Unsuspecting motorists' hit with an 'incredible' 27,000 fines in 12 months

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

10 months

Gov could stop speeding like this if they wanted with technology. Car manufacturers sell something they know is unnecessarily capable of speeding. Doubly they sell them on the basis of their performance. (watch most adverts) Car industry & gov both irresponsible.

Cheshire Police

@cheshirepolice

10 months

It doesn’t matter how good a driver you think you are, at these speeds you’re not even slightly in control. (5/11)

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

Shared Users pavements that give way should be made illegal. Not fit for purpose, more dangerous, constantly having to give way at junctions. They also create resentment. This video was captioned "£1000s spent on cycle lanes and they don't use them"

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

@eye_am_the_i Or that using a car as an umbrella is really expensive.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Pedestrian crossings should be near instantaneous. @MCRCycleSam

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

@theflournoy Set your ride as a commute I think.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 year

Signs e-bikes are a game changer? seen my first late 70-80s women flying up the road out of Kettleshulme on an e-bike to the top of the Brickworks. Then I saw another older lady on an e-bike at the top of Cowlow Lane, which is here:

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 months

Stockport now has its own Leuven style Fietsspiraal, a helix cycling and walking ramp. I went to check it out and spent the day in Stockport.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

UK Council: There is no way we could give one lane of the dual carriageway to a bi directional cycle lane, it would cause traffic chaos and delay the buses. Dual carriageways in urban areas up and down the UK:

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

Paid my Road Tax (vehicle excise duty) A generous contribution to the up keep and maintenance of the roads. The right to complain about cyclists has been granted, they don't pay road tax, therefore have have no right to be on the road or have the cheek to ask for their own lanes

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

6 months

Glasgow to get city wide 20mph zone. Green are to become 20mph streets, Blue are existing 20mph streets and Red are to stay 30mph streets.

Glasgow City Council

@GlasgowCC

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To encourage more walking, wheeling and cycling, the speed limit on almost 4,000 Glasgow streets is set to be lowered to 20mph. These proposed changes support national strategy to roll out this safer speed limit in built up areas across Scotland. More 👉

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 months

I don't think the war ever started.

Merseyside Have Your Say

@MerseyRoads

4 months

Driver ran over two elderly sisters just three days after ban for drink driving

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

1 month

This walking & cycling bridge is a game changer for the communities that live either side the river. What was over an hour walk from Govan to Partick is about 20 mins now. More economic opportunities with reduced travel times north, south & into the city centre of Glasgow

Glasgow Times

@Glasgow_Times

1 month

🌉Govan-Partick Bridge officially opens to public

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Just imagine crawling through the centre of Manchester in a car on a warm day, being overtaken by pedestrians. People put themselves through this nightmare.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@Rachel_Mantell When you opposed to LTNs, traffic calming and safer streets and your sides doing this.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@OutOfCycling Got to be honest, I always cycle a bit faster when someone is chasing me with a chainsaw too.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

I wish the mostly single occupancy drivers would stop attempting to drive two seats a breast, slowing the cyclists, getting them frustrated. They should be made to drive single file. They're just stopped in the middle of the road not moving, it's awful. Council should sort it.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

This is exactly what we want to see, streets safe enough kids can play out on them. Where motorists drive slowly, respectfully and cautiously. The only problem here is the driver.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

@_chrisdeleon @RachSalv @GeorgeMonbiot Most of the Snowdonia, Lake District & The Pennies should be rain forests. They are instead lands ravaged by intensive sheep farming

James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

The land in front of the fence & the land above the fenced tree line, sheep are reared. The land in the middle is part of a military base, left to grow wild. Interesting to see what the hills should look like. @GeorgeMonbiot

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

@LiamThorpECHO @davelostdave You could help by persuading your paper not to take the editorial line of not presenting cycle lanes as 'controversial' & 'row' so much. They should be treated as standard infrastructure like roads and pavements, all main roads should have them like in the Netherlands etc

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

@BrentToderian @EmmanuelSPV I found footage from the same road in 2012. The difference is stark.

James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

2012 vs 2020 What a transformation. Highlighting the inefficiency of the automobile as means of transporting people. @Anne_Hidalgo 2014 vision of re-engineering the city's roads and Junctions to be less car centric has really paid off. Less pollution, congestion & more cycling

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@Jamesdestafford

2 years

@adamtowler2 Nope, I suggested an alternative to beating 45 minutes because someone was complaining about being stuck in car traffic, they weren't happy with it. That's when I got all the...what if it's raining

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

Great turnout on the A6 through Levenshulme. Cross section of people, families to brand new people on bikes. Asking for safe protected cycle lanes on the A6, so they don't have share the same road space as HGVs and heavy traffic. @StockportMBC @ManCityCouncil You can do this.

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@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Went to visit the new Lombard Street style walking/cycling path & bridge over the M8 in Glasgow to the new Sighthill housing development.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@nytimes The anarchy before was far worse.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

@liambillington Active travel barely exists in Tameside. Their 'tantrums' are probably out of desperation for safety. If you built a network of quality protected cycle lanes, which should be basic infrastructure like pavements & roads. You would probably never hear from people who ride bikes.

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@Jamesdestafford

2 years

If someone had intentionally shot someone with a shotgun, would we give them their gun license back after a 20 month suspension? @DominicRaab

road.cc

@roadcc

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Driver who told cyclist “I’m going to kill you” before ramming him with car jailed Judge told Bradley Harris he had carried out an “appalling piece of deliberate dangerous driving” when he knocked Michael Edge off his bike #cycling

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@Jamesdestafford

2 years

There is room for a bi-directional cycle path on Bramhall Lane South, @WalkRideStocky . Shouldn't have to cycle in the central hatching to avoid the traffic.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

11 months

Car Parking in a major city center is expensive shocker. If you park in the centre of Amsterdam etc you can expect to pay 6 euros an hour.

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@diannebourne

11 months

Erm Manchester what fresh car parking hell is this? £34.95 for SIX HOURS!! Feel sorry for anyone stung by this one heading to the city for a day out. It’s the NCP at Spinningfields

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

@dibbeke1 Try it in a city, at best you are going to get 8km in Amsterdam, before you hit the centre.

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@Jamesdestafford

6 months

The radicalisation that goes on in anti 20mph FB groups is astounding.

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@Jamesdestafford

1 year

@fredcolon That sounds like poor driving, should be giving way to people starting to cross.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

@andrewellson 3 people, even the trolley alone wasn't enough, hence the need for a back pack too. If it was 5 people, I'd be tempted to get a cart like the below.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 months

Why don't the buses run through Rusholme after 8pm? Part 1

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

7 months

@WelshConserv Seems you misunderstood what a 20mph speed limit on urban roads are about, I've put it in picture terms for you.

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@Jamesdestafford

3 years

Someone on a local FB posted dash cam footage of a car going through a red light. I can't see the people reacting this way if it were a person on a bike.

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@Jamesdestafford

6 months

@__Raff @greenday761 I own a car, but I want to end car dependency, fewer cars in cities and more alternative options for people to travel around. If that makes me anti-car then so be it.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

4 years

Cycled up and down the A56 with my 8 year old. Thank you @TraffordCouncil @AndrewHWestern We would not have been able to do this before. Great addition to safe cycling infrastructure in GM. Saw lots more cycling on it as well, will get more popular. @Chris_Boardman @onetrafford .

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@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Paris before and after. Part 2. @urbanthoughts11

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@Jamesdestafford

7 months

Complaining about things is worthwhile. Well done @StockportMBC

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@Jamesdestafford

9 months

This gets worse every time I am in Stockport. Is this a public square or a car park now? How is this fair on those who legitimately pay to park in Stockport? @StockportMBC @cllrmattwynne

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@Jamesdestafford

3 years

A pick up truck to return a smoke alarm.

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

2 years

Why do some cyclists, cycle on the pavement and not the road? I've used the A6 through Stockport as an example.

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@Jamesdestafford

1 year

When you get back from spending a week cycling in the Netherlands......

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@Jamesdestafford

2 years

@birmingham_live

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James Stafford

@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@official_fgd Can you have a word with what I believe is your employee Liam Thomas (as your trucks feature in his TL) Using a phone while driving 32 tonne truck & professing a desire to murder people on bicycles falls well below the standards of a professional driver.

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@Jamesdestafford

1 year

The South City Way is good. No way I'd be cycling this route with a child if the protected cycle lane and crossing did not exist. @FietserGlasgow

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@Jamesdestafford

4 months

@zero_stevie It's amazing that this has been normalised.

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@Jamesdestafford

1 year

Do pedestrianisation properly and you get this. Stockport have done an excellent job around the market place.

Stop in Stockport

@stopinstockport

1 year

Positively continental ☀️ #stopinstockport @createstreets

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@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@WorldBollard At 23 seconds you see a massive car safely passing through the width filter. All these crashes are down to terrible driving, no excuses.

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@Jamesdestafford

3 years

@Tony_Devenish @SadiqKhan Park Lane was Chaos 8 years ago. If you choose to travel by one of the slowest, most space inefficient forms of transport in a city, expect to encounter traffic. Removing the faster, space efficient alternative would be crazy, everyone shouldn't have to suffer @cyclegaz

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