A campaign for Newcastle to Berwick trains via Blyth using the existing line from Bedlington to Pegswood. #NorthumberlandCoastLoop
North East, England
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Find it really strange that aviation emissions appear to include how airport coffee shops are powered but doesn’t include all the fuel burned to fly the planes!?
Yesterday I visited @STN_Airport to see how its new solar farm is helping the airport grow more sustainably.
We back expansion where it boosts jobs and growth while cutting emissions.
This is why we’re driving green innovation in aviation with £43m for projects across the UK.
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Car lanes transport the fewest people per hour and are the least efficient. Cycle lanes move 7,500 people p/h; bus lanes can move 8,000 p/h. To reduce gridlock, we should not prioritise cars, in areas where car ownership is low. In Inner London 62% of households are car-free.
The #A1 in Northumberland ought to be improved, especially made safer using #AverageSpeedCameras and redesigning/rebuilding junctions, but major investment in capacity should arguably focus on the #ECML.
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Andreas Malm is an activist but also a provocative and thoughtful historian. His banishment from the UK should provoke particular consternation for those in our profession. Here is his wonderful account of how climate change challenges the way we relate the past to the present.
A parallel rail route to the #A19?
#NorthumberlandCoastLoop added onto #GrandCentralTrains #Sunderland to #London route to give #Wearside and #Teesside direct rail link to #Edinburgh.
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#NorthumberlandLine hits TWO MILLION passengers, but what next?
Should the #NorthumberlandCoastLoop come before the #Newbiggin extension?
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#OnThisDay in 1937, Joseph Bruce Ismay, an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, sadly dies.🚢⚓ Discover his life and legacy here👉: buff.ly/rH01xp8 (@HistoricUK) #Titanic #MaritimeHistory #OTD
A surviving chunk of #RMSOlympic survives in #Alnwick, Northumberland, not far from #AlnwickCastle and #TheAlnwickGarden - a little town with a lot to offer!
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#OTD in 1910, the hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS #Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Discover the #RMSOlympic postcard collection buff.ly/H1WKyqF #OnThisDay #MaritimeHistory ⚓🚢
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On June 14, 1911, the magnificent RMS Olympic embarked on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England. Olympic would go on to have a long and distinguished career, earning the nickname "Old Reliable" for her consistent service and resilience.
#titanic #rmsolympic
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All the evidence supports pedestrianisation. People and cars don't mix. Cars are the risk.
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Visualise #Titanic and her sister ships #Britannic and #Olympic like never before! 'Recreating Titanic and Her Sisters' features compelling commentary from #maritime experts alongside stunning, original artwork. Out next week. Pre-order now 📘: bit.ly/3qtQQyH #newbook
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Violet Jessop was a nurse who served on the three sister ships: #Titanic, #Britannic and #Olympics. The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, Britannic hit an underwater mine and sank, the Olympic collided with a warship and nearly sank. Violet survived all three, here she is in 1915.
Part of #RMSOlympic, sister ship to the famous #Titanic and less well known #Britannic, has some parts surviving in #Alnwick, #Northumberland.
Why not have a read here, and if you're in town, why not have a visit too?
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In 2022 the North East was awarded £163 million, the highest in the country, to improve bus services in the region. The BSIP proposals included extensive bus priority corridors, with new & extended bus lanes to protect bus services from traffic congestion.
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Independent mobility builds confidence.
A child who can walk to school learns to navigate space, manage risk, and take pride in independence.
A child chauffeured twice a day learns dependence, passivity, and helplessness.
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Obligatory training for bus drivers in Cariacica🇧🇷.
Should we do this for every politician, decision maker and engineer who design our street?
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A massive, hard won victory for the Campaign for @LevelBoarding and its allies in @TransportForAll, as well as supporters of @Railnatter given they've helped me to lobby for this behind the scenes.
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If your'e interested in the distribution of surnames this is a brilliant link apps.geods.ac.uk/gbnames/ with an animation of surname distribution from 1851 onward. Try out the Gaelic-rooted surname Strachan (from a place) compared to its Northumbrian interpretation Straughan.
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Traffic calming opponents either don't understand how street design saves lives, or they don't care.
Either way, never put a safety project up for Yes/No vote.
Too many people are willing to let others suffer so they might save a few seconds while driving.
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We deserve better buses in the North East!
Currently there’s a vast range of complicated operator-specific tickets, an array of confusing route names & colours, and MANY duplicated route numbers! (There’s four DIFFERENT number 10s in Newcastle city centre for God’s sake!)
