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recent bookmarks from andrewduckerHow they fix potholes in Cambridgeshire2026-01-27T09:27:56+00:00
https://notesfromalex.substack.com/p/just-fix-the-dammed-potholes?triedRedirect=true
andrewduckerroads cambridgehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:147763e15a97/How roundabouts transformed Carmel, Indiana2025-06-18T13:04:07+00:00
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2024/11/21/how-roundabouts-transformed-carmel
andrewduckertransport planning roads design usahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:769cf89557ae/Yes, AI really can be used to tackle potholes2025-01-17T10:20:21+00:00
https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/ai-pothole-tech-is-good
andrewduckerai roads infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2a2e698d2045/What good cycling infrastructure looks like when it interacts with roads and pavements2024-11-21T12:23:11+00:00
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/a-common-urban-intersection-in-the-netherlands/
andrewduckercycling netherlands infrastructure design roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f0616b603f7c/Work set to begin at Edinburgh's Lawnmarket and Upper Bow2024-09-10T11:57:13+00:00
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14058/work-set-to-begin-at-lawnmarket-and-upper-bow
andrewduckeredinburgh transport roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a0a5a9ace091/Minnesota has been installing roundabouts, and they've improved road safety dramatically2024-07-13T20:27:29+00:00
https://www.urbanismspeakeasy.com/p/86-of-americans-now-work-from-home
andrewduckersafety roads design usahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c1c890892a18/Road planners embrace an unconventional intersection2024-05-30T06:57:10+00:00
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/28/1243933142/diverging-diamond-interchange-chlewicki
andrewduckerroads design USAhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:29c8d561c3c6/IT used to take six hours to divert traffic from the Queensferry Crossing onto an alternative route - now they can do it in 19 minutes.2024-04-27T14:24:06+00:00
https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/24280815.queensferry-crossing-diversion-system-trial-success/?ref=socialflow
andrewduckerroads bridge Scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:06f450509c13/Queensferry Crossing diversion tonight: Traffic will use Forth Road Bridge in full trial of new automated diversion barriers2024-04-20T10:58:49+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/queensferry-crossing-diversion-tonight-traffic-will-use-forth-road-bridge-in-full-trial-of-new-automated-diversion-barriers-4598581
andrewduckerbridge Edinburgh automation transport roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:49a26b843350/Edinburgh’s Cameron Toll roundabout to close ‘in its entirety’ for up to a month with bus diversions in place2024-04-01T16:17:05+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburghs-cameron-toll-roundabout-to-close-in-its-entirety-for-up-to-a-month-with-bus-diversions-in-place-4575689
andrewduckerEdinburgh bridge roads buseshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:58f1edc523d3/Why improving traffic around the M25 is so hard2024-03-15T20:54:59+00:00
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1768566977721688142.html
andrewduckerLondon roads transporthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cdd29be522fb/Why Edinburgh's potholes are winning2024-03-05T09:37:41+00:00
https://medium.com/@edward.tissiman/why-the-potholes-are-winning-3dd57cc63a8c
andrewduckeredinburgh roads weighthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a9796c0946a0/Edinburgh's roads: Here's what the council's blueprint says on the future for streets across the city2024-02-25T08:43:26+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburghs-roads-heres-what-the-councils-blueprint-says-about-the-future-for-streets-across-the-city-4531802?page=1
andrewduckerEdinburgh roads transporthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:aaa387d94388/What's going on with the collapsed culvert at Cameron Toll?2024-02-23T21:14:10+00:00
https://x.com/CllrScottArthur/status/1761099513530368203?t=99ieeftIO54EPHGTYJzTog&s=09
andrewduckerroads river Edinburghhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:afac0e7a787b/Edinburgh roads: Through traffic to be banned from key routes across city centre2024-01-29T09:46:26+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-roads-through-traffic-to-be-banned-from-key-routes-across-city-centre-4495063
andrewduckertransport edinburgh roads carshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a27620fa7e11/Edinburgh roads: Work to transform Lothian Road into a boulevard will not start until 20282023-08-13T18:27:06+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-roads-work-to-transform-lothian-road-into-a-boulevard-will-not-start-until-2028-4253349
andrewduckerEdinburgh transport roads thefuturehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fcc0ca71461b/Sand was not used to fill potholes along the coronation procession route2023-05-11T16:24:22+00:00
https://fullfact.org/online/sand-potholes-coronation-false/
andrewduckermonarchy roads UK FactCheckhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d53630fd97a1/Edinburgh's most dangerous road junctions named as council plans major safety upgrades2023-04-16T08:41:12+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburghs-most-dangerous-road-junctions-named-as-council-plans-major-safety-upgrades-4105862
andrewduckersafety Edinburgh transport roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:049b70cf0c25/The longest straight line in Great Britain (without crossing a public road)2023-04-07T20:55:48+00:00
http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2023/04/the-longest-straight-line-in-great.html?m=1
andrewduckermaps uk roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9f4066e7ee1d/Energy Saving Road Lighting in Norway Dims To 20% When No Cars Are Nearby2023-04-01T08:35:06+00:00
https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/energy-saving-road-lighting-norway/
andrewduckerlighting energy roads Norwayhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5025c26db7a4/New Edinburgh and Glasgow street layouts are still unsafe2023-02-01T11:47:11+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64464404?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerdesign roads edinburgh glasgow disability blindnesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8341b27e3c3e/Looking at Edinburgh pedestrian deaths2023-01-10T09:42:44+00:00
https://twitter.com/edtiss/status/1612581455435014145
andrewduckeredinburgh transport cars buses death safety roads viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d083e3343262/Edinburgh council warns condition of city's roads will get worse over the rest of this decade2022-08-20T06:55:37+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-council-warns-condition-of-citys-roads-will-get-worse-over-the-rest-of-this-decade-3812932
andrewduckerroads Edinburgh fail Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:36b1ceebec55/Edinburgh scores less than two out of ten for the state of its roads in new analysis (and badly elsewhere too)2022-06-15T10:05:52+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-scores-less-than-two-out-of-ten-for-the-state-of-its-roads-in-new-analysis-3731610
andrewduckeredinburgh scotland roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:00af8ae06579/Edinburgh street temporarily closed to traffic to allow children to play freely2022-03-28T21:43:01+00:00
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-street-closed-traffic-allow-23515563.amp
andrewduckerEdinburgh roads childrenhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:69a0112e8111/There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada2021-11-16T21:31:01+00:00
https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Vancouver_is_now_completely_cut_off_to_the_rest_of_Canada_by_road/
andrewduckerCanada transport roads weatherhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fad3dbbf7b33/An impressive feat of engineering2021-03-15T19:33:15+00:00
https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1370808516752068608?s=09
andrewduckerengineering transport Netherlands video roads viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:036b68cf3c25/Road signs that should exist, but sadly don't2021-02-28T11:03:03+00:00
https://mobile.twitter.com/PudseyPedaller/status/1365705812799324160
andrewduckertransport roads sign funnyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a88257937915/Should Edinburgh Council retain the improvements they made for pedestrians and cyclists? (fill in the questionnaire if you're a local with opinions!)2021-02-23T12:32:04+00:00
https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/bi/retainingspacesforpeopleconsultation/
andrewduckerEdinburgh transport cycling walking roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6532300b39f5/A Silk Road Renaissance: Excavations in Tajikistan have unveiled a city of merchant princes that flourished from the fifth to the eighth century A.D.2020-07-15T12:20:58+00:00
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/386-2007/features/8756-a-silk-road-renaissance
andrewduckertrade history silk roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2841edd0e9dc/Maps show which UK pavements are not wide enough for social distancing2020-06-03T08:04:14+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jun/01/pavement-widths-and-social-distancing-esri-uk-maps?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
andrewduckerpandemic roads UK mapshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b429cf9beeaa/This is why I won't ride a bicycle on a road that's also used by cars2019-05-24T12:19:05+00:00
https://medium.com/@dorothy_donald/ballad-of-the-vulnerable-road-user-f3ad68bd2755
andrewduckerbicycles safety roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:81f111bd04bb/Edinburgh's road signs hacked by artist2018-11-09T11:29:36+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-46139025
andrewduckerroads sign graffiti art edinburghhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f8b7d94af329/Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway. Here are the results.2018-09-23T18:55:11+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/solar-panels-replaced-tarmac-on-a-motorway-here-are-the-results/
andrewduckersolarpower roads failhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0adb24d698a2/Visualizing street orientations on an interactive map2018-07-19T10:05:40+00:00
https://blog.mapbox.com/visualizing-street-orientations-on-an-interactive-map-1eefa6002afc
andrewduckerdesign roads citieshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:730687474742/Edinburgh's Leith Street to reopen after almost a year2018-07-18T16:55:24+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-44872178
andrewduckerEdinburgh roads transporthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:672b0d43a374/Which way do cities point?2018-07-15T11:59:31+00:00
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/07/city-street-orientations/
andrewduckercities visualisation roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cf626b464340/All of the Roads in Ireland on OpenStreetMap Over Time (hypnotic video)2018-06-25T10:01:07+00:00
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/8k2z73/all_of_the_roads_in_ireland_on_openstreetmap_over/
andrewduckertimelapse roads Ireland OpenStreetMap viaSwampers maphttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d887f2afaf5e/World's first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in Sweden2018-04-13T10:54:37+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/12/worlds-first-electrified-road-for-charging-vehicles-opens-in-sweden
andrewduckersweden electricity transport cars roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3b16c7caa388/Redesigned Picardy Place to have more public areas2018-01-19T17:18:30+00:00
http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2018/01/redesigned-picardy-place-to-have-more-public-areas/
andrewduckeredinburgh transport roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1729f8a731a0/These Traffic Flow Simulations Are Weirdly Mesmerizing2017-12-17T10:19:30+00:00
https://interestingengineering.com/video/these-traffic-flow-simulations-are-weirdly-mesmerizing
andrewduckertraffic transport roads video games viaElfyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:df366d064d8a/An Epic Landslide in California, Before and After2017-05-25T13:39:28+00:00
https://www.wired.com/2017/05/photo-week-highway-1s-epic-landslide/
andrewduckercalifornia earth photo roadshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2f1168cbdb0c/The tricks being played on you by UK roads2017-02-09T07:18:01+00:00
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170206-the-tricks-being-played-on-you-by-uk-roads?ocid=global_bbccom_email_07022017_future
andrewduckerUK design roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:14932f867c00/Potholes repair bill to reach £14bn by 2020, amid warnings this year will be a tipping point2017-01-07T09:49:19+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/potholes-repair-bill-14-billion-tipping-point-2017-a7513586.html
andrewduckerroads ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c445da627792/World’s first solar road opens in France: It’s ridiculously expensive2016-12-24T08:19:29+00:00
http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/12/worlds-first-solar-road-opens-in-france/
andrewduckerfrance solarpower roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1470b92b3b56/A flooded road + a four-wheel-drive vehicle + a surfboard = WIN2016-08-18T21:29:07+00:00
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJI2m_9BxDb/
andrewduckerfunny russia water roadshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d574f1c1359c/A list of Edinburgh roadworks2015-11-21T00:44:05+00:00
http://edinburgh.cdmf.info/public/disruptions/list.htm
andrewduckerEdinburgh roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4a98e69132bb/ThisMachine 'Prints' Brick Roads2015-11-11T11:47:58+00:00
http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/amazing-machine-prints-brick-roads-151109.htm
andrewduckerroads technologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4ec471d84c5e/Crossing From Right-Hand-Drive Countries to Left-Hand-Drive Countries (and Vice Versa)2015-07-17T09:37:00+00:00
http://basementgeographer.com/crossing-from-right-hand-drive-countries-to-left-hand-drive-countries-and-vice-versa/
andrewduckerroads countries design driving cars transporthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f886769c34d2/Rotterdam to consider trialling plastic roads2015-07-14T07:28:18+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/10/rotterdam-plastic-roads-trial-netherlands
andrewduckerplastic roads transport hollandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8a8dc2206067/How cyclists, not drivers, first fought to pave US roads2015-03-20T08:10:53+00:00
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/19/8253035/roads-cyclists-cars-history
andrewduckerbicycles history roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fc08a438f8e4/India's 'Plastic Man' Turns Litter Into Paved Roads - Businessweek2014-07-21T21:46:20+00:00
http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-10/indias-plastic-man-chemist-turns-litter-into-paved-roads
andrewduckerplastic roads Indiahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8ac6e4a2d414/Glow-in-the-dark roads make debut in Netherlands2014-04-13T18:39:13+00:00
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-04/11/glow-in-the-dark-highway-launches
andrewduckerroads transport netherlandshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3610e9c92dbd/Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything?2013-09-04T11:04:15+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23869955
andrewduckertechnology roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:96f96fe733e9/The secret button at pedestrian crossings2013-05-31T09:55:01+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-22706881
andrewduckeruk disabilities roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:576ded9a35b9/Netherlands highways will glow in the dark from mid-20132012-10-30T22:36:35+00:00
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/30/smart-highway-glows-in-the-dark
andrewduckerthefuture Technology roads netherlandshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:36b01237b4bc/The most confusing roundabout ever built2012-09-24T18:43:52+00:00
http://www.gtack.com/p.php?p=rzqsscb&s=3
andrewduckerviaSkreidle transport roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d7d31c9b02b9/The man who single-handedly carved a road through a mountain2012-09-23T09:25:27+00:00
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Manjhi
andrewduckerimpressive roads indiahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:94b4a5105b3a/London 2012: 32 mile queue as first Games lane opens2012-07-16T10:02:15+00:00
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9402563/London-2012-32-mile-queue-as-first-Games-lane-opens-on-M4.html
andrewduckerdriving traffic roads london olympicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f8125156fd6b/What would British roads look life if they were treated like cycle lanes2012-07-02T14:14:01+00:00
http://lcc.org.uk/articles/what-would-british-roads-look-like-if-we-treated-them-the-same-way-we-do-our-cycle-lanes
andrewduckerbicycles roads transport uk funny viaFanfhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:588ae77149f0/Using non-Newtonian fluids to fill potholes2012-04-16T10:26:14+00:00
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/silly-putty-for-potholes.html
andrewduckerengineering fluid roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a8baba00994f/The bottom half of this article puts forward a much better proposal for funding roads, IMHO2012-03-19T10:40:21+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17429776
andrewduckerroads uk government money investmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fc2d38b315a8/Government pushing to privatise the roads. I really cannot see how this would be more efficient in the long run.2012-03-19T10:20:09+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17423693
andrewduckergovernment uk roads travelhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c387b083db1b/Utility companies to be charged for digging up the road. Yaaaay!2011-08-22T07:23:49+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14610580
andrewduckeruk roadshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d510aabe3bd5/So, why do some roads cost over £100m per mile?2011-06-27T10:47:05+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13924687
andrewduckertransport roads cars ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0ef7ba8df597/Mindboggling Bridge Would Flip Traffic Lanes2010-06-16T07:46:09+00:00
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2010/06/mindboggling-bridge-would-flip-traffic-lanes-for-drivers-in-china.html
andrewduckerarchitecture roads chinahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d55ab5db567a/