Very interesting-looking new paper here doi.org/10.1016/j.erss…

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

Quins són els carrers de l’Eixample més i menys exposats a soroll, contaminació i accidents de trànsit🔴?
A partir de dades obertes, hem creat una visualització interactiva examinant com aquestes externalitats han evolucionat en anys recents  📉📊👇storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/75ce06…

The University of Zurich is no longer participating in university ranking scores.

They believe rankings are driven purely by the number of publications.

The is instead of the quality of publications, and ensuring that they are relevant and meaningful contributions.

✈️ Of all the industries to decarbonise, aviation has to be among the trickiest...

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇳🇱🇧🇪 We've conducted one of the largest studies of public opinion on flying and climate change across 6 European countries - and, while there are risks, there are also real opportunities

5pm on 18th April in Marylebone: Cycling@Tea-time ponders the future of electric cycles and Department for Transport consultation. With Phillip Darnton and Kate Ball. ticketsource.co.uk/active-travel-… #cycling #ebike

NEW: CO₂ emissions from aviation have doubled in the last 30 years, and are likely to keep rising

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By Hannah Ritchie

Ian Hislop, 'Three British aid workers have been killed, whereas 30,000 Palestinians have been killed.. It's grim but true. If you kill people who aren't Palestinians, then it suddenly becomes unacceptable'

Clive Myrie, 'How has Netanyahu explained the deadly strike?'

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Do pedestrianisation schemes risk creating “winner” and “loser” streets (and does this matter)? My new article explores this question through a case study of Barcelona’s new pedestrianised “green axes”. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Some key points👇

Very nice tool. Had a look at the geography of places ending in 'Royd' (e.g. Mytholmroyd). I wonder if there is any that are as geographically precise!

I have written 4-6 articles a week for 4.5 years about why car domination is terrible, and yet this paper STILL surfaced a bunch of stuff I had never thought about before. Digest below, short thread of some of the most surprising ones in the🧵. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/03/05/all…

Yes, yes, please do apply for this quantitative social science PhD studentship! It's going to be great!

The demise of the UK over the last few decades can be seen through the way we treat our public spaces

It's abysmal

'We suffer verbal abuse, physical abuse, objects being thrown, we get urine, dirty nappies, bottles. I've had colleagues who've had knives, machetes & even a shotgun pulled out & told they don't care the road is closed they're going down there regardless.' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Thinking aloud here with no fully formed answers yet. Yesterday Kings Cross put up a message all day saying that everyone was a sinner and should repent.

I think it’s pretty obvious that this goes beyond what one might support as the equal celebration of religious events in a

Ginny H Ball is the Reform Party's candidate for parliament at the next election for Rutland and Stamford. Perhaps we should take a closer look at her previous tweets and stated opinions?

Why did the pandemic not entail more of a permanent shift towards low-carbon urban moblity?🚲🚶🏽🌆

In our new paper, we identify 4 main barriers 🚧 to transformative change ☟sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Elsevier Transport GEMOTT_UAB Oriol Roig Alexandra Oriol Marquet

The UK now has a black 1st Minister of Wales, a British-Asian 1st Minister of Scotland, a British-Asian PM & a Catholic 1st Minister of Northern Ireland. This would have been unthinkable 20years ago.

The amazing thing is how unremarkable it feels for the vast majority of Brits

To call Iechyd Da, by Bill Ryder-Jones, one of the best albums of 2024 is faint praise. It's a masterpiece and already sounds like a classic. I saw him play live in Glasgow this week and wrote a little about it. peterross.scot/articles/bill-…