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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Re-Think CS11

    Anti-cycling lobby wants halt to cycle superhighway in London because of air pollution levels. Let that sink in. Take all the time you need.https://twitter.com/StopCS11/status/804411067451449344 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Re-Think CS11 @StopCS11
    In light of today's #airpollutionwarnings in London we call on @tfl and @MayorofLondon to halt all Cycle Superhighway Schemes until reviewed
    12:41 AM - 3 Dec 2016
    • 425 Retweets
    • 280 Likes
    • Pendler #FBPE #WeAreEurope Lithuanian 🌲 🇱🇹 Hugh Guiney Keith Devlin TheFazbearFan Dominik AnnaBOOma 👻 Ch. Christiaens InlineBot ✪ ‏
    22 replies 425 retweets 280 likes
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        Oh yeah, and in other news, there’s an anti-cycling lobby. In their time off, they apparently campaign against kittens.https://twitter.com/aral/status/804968688528945152 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        Anti-cycling lobby wants halt to cycle superhighway in London because of air pollution levels. Let that sink in. Take all the time you need. https://twitter.com/StopCS11/status/804411067451449344 …
        1 reply 20 retweets 20 likes
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      2. Moosecycle‏ @MamaMoose_Be 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        by the way, thank you for those tweets. Coming from big accounts like yours, it helps us a lot!

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @MamaMoose_Be

        Happy to help. Saw a cycle superhighway in Copenhagen recently and it made me feel like I was living in the future :)

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      4. Moosecycle‏ @MamaMoose_Be 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral we aim for the future in London. Protected cycle lanes so everyone can cycle. To highligt this, we hold #kidicalmass this Sunday!pic.twitter.com/g9qU6X39bs

        2 replies 6 retweets 9 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @MamaMoose_Be

        Awesome :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Moosecycle‏ @MamaMoose_Be 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral a lot of cargo bike families. These are the most awesome people London knows! @bikesandbabies @RantyHighwayman

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Martin_LUCAS‏ @teratogenese 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        What about reducing motorized traffic, to allow safe and fast cycling accross London ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @teratogenese

        Indeed; would also be great. Not mutually exclusive. Same lobby would even more vehemently oppose that step, of course.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Chris Puttick‏ @putt1ck 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @glynmoody

        what happens in winter to all the cyclists?

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Siem Vaessen‏ @siemvaessen 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @putt1ck @aral @glynmoody

        They like *cycle*. Ever been to The Netherlands?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Chris Puttick‏ @putt1ck 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @siemvaessen @aral @glynmoody

        yes. It's not London.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Siem Vaessen‏ @siemvaessen 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @putt1ck @aral @glynmoody

        Any data on that? Like amount of people not cycling in cold weather?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Chris Puttick‏ @putt1ck 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @siemvaessen @aral @glynmoody

        try TfL stats for public transport figures during cold/bad weather. Anecdotally can say traffic increases

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Chris Puttick‏ @putt1ck 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @putt1ck @siemvaessen and

        some of that is motorcyclists swapping to cars, but certainly some is cyclists

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @putt1ck @siemvaessen @glynmoody

        Peopke cycle in the Winter in Scandinavian countries all the time.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Chris Puttick‏ @putt1ck 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @siemvaessen @glynmoody

        they also drive on ice without crashing. London is not Scandinavia

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      2. Moosecycle‏ @MamaMoose_Be 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        I went to two anti cs11 meetings this year. It was painful. People confessing they'd use their car for 2 miles trip

        1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Moosecycle‏ @MamaMoose_Be 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        when I said, but what about the future of our kids? "I dont care, I'll be dead then" and shrugged. That is the anti cs mentality.

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