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@bicycleben.bsky.social
Utility/leisure #cycling with a bad knee. Advocate for active travel, šŸ‡³šŸ‡±infrastructure, transport choice. Occasional blog. Often off-topic. šŸ“#Nuneaton, #Warwickshire, UK Available for work; donations and other places: fiets.uk/links
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London has by far the lowest overall level of car access and far fewer households with access to multiple cars. Meanwhile in the South East, car owning households are more likely to have two or more cars than one.

Chart showing car or van availability by region. London has the lowest and south east the highest
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We should really ban dockless cars - people leave them all over the pavement.

A red car, a black cat and a blue car all parked entirely on the pavement. Most people could walk past (very close to the road but without leaving the pavement) but it is impassible with most wheelchairs, pushchairs, etc. Corner on a residential street.
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Deliver for *road users*. It's not just drivers who benefit from fixing potholes. Motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians all benefit. It would be nice if the continued fixation with driving that's plagued transport policy for years could be brought to an end. #LouHaigh#Potholes#Transport

Social media post from Louise Haigh MP (Transport Secretary): "We'll get Britain moving and deliver for drivers by fixing up to one million more potholes a year". A still image from an accompanying video shows road workers fixing a pothole.
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Excluding editing a weekly podcast for an award-winning journalist, other work remains elusive. So forgive the self-plug but hereā€™s what I do! If you/anyone you know can use me, do shout! Open to any field BUT if thereā€™s an active travel link, even better! bgprofessional.co.uk

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AUDIO and Business Support by Ben Gamblin

Say hello to your independent voiceover, and audio and business services professional ā€“ available to provide you with high quality voice recordings, podcast and audio production services, accurate med...

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Alternatively, if youā€™ve ever found what Iā€™ve done or posted for active travel useful or interesting, particularly the advocacy work I write about on my website, any support for that would be very helpful. Thank you! buymeacoffee.com/bicycleben

BicycleBen is Advocating for better active travel infrastructure. Occasional blogger
BicycleBen is Advocating for better active travel infrastructure. Occasional blogger

I'm a run-of-the-mill cycle rider in Warwickshire that wants to see Dutch-standard cycle and active travel infrastructure locally, and across the UK. To that end, I spread the message on social media,

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Excluding editing a weekly podcast for an award-winning journalist, other work remains elusive. So forgive the self-plug but hereā€™s what I do! If you/anyone you know can use me, do shout! Open to any field BUT if thereā€™s an active travel link, even better! bgprofessional.co.uk

AUDIO and Business Support by Ben Gamblin
AUDIO and Business Support by Ben Gamblin

Say hello to your independent voiceover, and audio and business services professional ā€“ available to provide you with high quality voice recordings, podcast and audio production services, accurate med...

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Ben
@bicycleben.bsky.social
Utility/leisure #cycling with a bad knee. Advocate for active travel, šŸ‡³šŸ‡±infrastructure, transport choice. Occasional blog. Often off-topic. šŸ“#Nuneaton, #Warwickshire, UK Available for work; donations and other places: fiets.uk/links
265 followers243 following589 posts