Ben Fulton
benfulton@urbanists.social
<p>Research Software Engineer for Earth Sciences at the Imperial College in London. Bicycling, trying to figure out how to advocate for bike infrastructure in the city, and reading a lot about cities.</p>
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Over 1,000 dockless bikes seized in Westminster Caroline Sargent: &quot;Behind each of these 1,000 seizures is a resident who has been inconvenienced by a bike left where it shouldn&#39;t be. &quot;That could be a parent...or someone forced to step into the road.&quot; Note the assumption that pedestrians don&#39;t belong on the roads. How much more space is taken up by cars than poorly parked bikes? The solution is very clear: More docks. Fewer cars. https://www.bbc.co....
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Residents claim Albert Bridge being closed to cars is ruining their quality of life I would really like to see hard numbers on this rather than just residents complaining. Where is the gridlock exactly? &quot;The west London crossing has been shut to traffic since February, after a crack was found in a cast iron component at one of its abutments. It reopened to pedestrians and cyclists in April.&quot; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqze4yyz17plo #CarsRuinEverything #London
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It&#39;s not an e-bike, it&#39;s an electric motorcycle. &quot;Clearly defined by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as “two- or three-wheeled bicycles with an electric motor of less than 750 watts, fully operational pedals, and a maximum speed of less than 20 mph when operated solely on electric power,” real e-bikes are widely regarded in advocacy circles as one of the most critical street safety tools around.&quot; https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/26/why-deadly-illegal...
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Santa Monica Council Sends Back Boulevard Safety Plan, Demands Stronger Protections This is great: &quot;The City Council unanimously sent back a proposed safety plan for Santa Monica Boulevard on Tuesday, directing staff to return within 60 days with revisions that prioritize pedestrian and cyclist safety over vehicle throughput.&quot; Wow, go Santa Monica Council! Set the carbrain traffic engineers back on their heels a bit. https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-council-sends-back-boul...
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Mamdani Revives Bus and Bike Lanes Killed by Adams in ‘Backroom Deals’ &quot;install offset bus lanes on Fordham Road, the busiest bus route in the Bronx, which is the city’s poorest and most bus-reliant borough...Mr. Mamdani also said the city would install a two-way, protected bike lane on Ashland Place in Brooklyn, nearly three years after Mr. Adams’s top aide pulled the project, also in deference to local power brokers.&quot; https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/nyregion/mamdani-bus-...