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Matt Martin
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Work In renewables, raising two mini me's. Love cycling, running and generally exploring.
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Matt Martin @mattmartin82.bsky.social · Aug 21
I've said it before, I'll say it again: As a society we would never accept the level of injury and death we do on the roads in a place of work. PPE is always the last line of defense

#activetravel
Health and Safety (inverted) pyramid Colour strips from top to bottom indication which actions to take first when assessing risk: Blue - elimination, green - Substitution, Yellow - Engineering controls, Orange - Administrative Controls, Red - PPE
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Just another day in the life of a person that some times uses bike instead of a car and gets abused for it. Today was a Taxi driver beeping their horn and shouting at me for slowing down traffic after passing me dangerously to get to a red light n seconds quicker 😕

#activetravel
September 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Reposted by Matt Martin
americanfietser.bsky.social
We took traffic laws explicitly designed to manage the deadly physics of multi-ton motor vehicles and applied them directly to bicycles. When your only regulatory tool is a hammer, every vehicle looks like a nail. In cities, bicycles simply shouldn't be governed like cars. It's lazy policy.
jeremycole.bsky.social Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 17d
Do they, though?
Sign reading “traffic laws apply to bicyclist”
August 31, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Reposted by Matt Martin
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Another good example of why we need the Bearsway, and need it extended! Sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
Knocked over bollard alongside cycle path
August 27, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Loch Lomond, that is all
August 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Reposted by Matt Martin
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It has been over 10 years since the BearsWay cycle lane phase 1 was completed. Due to angry, ignorant voices none of the following phases were built That was and still is a tragedy. With nearby Glasgow investing in active travel it is time for East Dunbartonshire to finish the #bearsway!
July 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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This petition is to get our local bike lane completed. Phase 1 was completed in 2015 and to date it is left unfinished due to a few local & very vocal NIMBYs
#activetravel
July 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Spotted wild orchids blooming in the rewilded field on the school run today 🥰

#rewilding
#nature
#bloomingbrilliant
A small purple wild orchid amongst wild grass and yellow buttercups.
June 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Reposted by Matt Martin
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LATEST: Reform UK has lost its first electoral test to the Green Party of England in a by-election triggered by the jailing of one of its councillors 👇
Greens win by-election to replace jailed Reform councillor
www.thenational.scot
April 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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In the same vain, this is an interesting piece as well. Goes in to the science around driver awareness. Basically light up any bits that move i.e. your legs.

www.bikeradar.com/features/tec...
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Another #activetravel #commute to the office this morning. Wet abd dark but still beats driving in any day!
My bike leaning against a gate beside a bridge. Light up by front and rear lights otherwise its pretty dark. Trees can be made out in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Sorted the lights out so had a bit more of a scenic ride this morning 😄

##activetravel
My bike leaning against a gate next to a bridge. Red and white bike lights on. Darker foreground, trees in the back ground with a grey sky.
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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First commute in to the office in a while.

Had to stick to the roads this morning due to main beam light issues. Promise I'll get a more scenic pic tomorrow @plotfolk.bsky.social

#activetravel
My bike locked up under a bike shelter in the work car park
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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One day hopefully we will look back on the reduction on speed limits the same way we do the smoking ban. Individual needs should not come at the expense of the safety of wider society

#activetravel
#20splenty
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 9
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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A thread where two people discuss and expand there knowledge on a topic they care about! Why can't more posts be like this
#discourse
againstkookery.bsky.social Antibodies Against Kookery @againstkookery.bsky.social · Sep 2
And this is even more important in third-world countries like the USA, where asbestos is still allowed to be used in brake pads.
September 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Was scanning the @theguardian.com site & noticed the good news that England qualified 4 the quarter finals of the #wrwc Also that unfortunately Wales were knocked out 😕 &, in keeping with their usual reporting standards, not 1 mention of how Scotland got on, spoiler alert they also qualified.
August 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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💯 this!!!

One of my sons friends and his dad joined us on our cycle to rugby this morning after chatting to us about it yesterday.

#onelesscar
#activetravel
#bikesky
lauragmitchell.com Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · Aug 23
Overheard at the playground:

“I’m seeing all of these parents pull up w/ their kids on cargo bikes & thinking I should try biking here next time.”

Do not underestimate the potential inspiration & motivation you might offer simply by riding your bike.

🚲 ❤️
4 bikes (3 cargo bikes) are parked at a playground
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Hey @theguardian.com you guys know that England isn't all of the UK right? Just checking as this article about water shortages in England seems to be showing a map of the UK. I checled and only 1 reference to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and 0 to NI and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
How can England possibly be running out of water?
While famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possible
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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SUNday Spin (Trying to block out the implication of the long warm spell here in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🫤)

#bike
#sundayspin
#globalwarming
#climatechange
View of Dumgoyne (the closest pointy hill) and Ben Lomond in the distance) My bike leaning against a tree in the shade. Roadint running in between two green fields. Blue sky with some clouds dotted around.
May 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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This is a brilliant idea (if infuriating it is needed). I can't help feel though that the proposed outcome of using the data to redirect cyclists to quieter routes misses the mark completely. Surely a better use of these data would be to identify the best locations for new cycle infra

#activetravel
£20 bike handlebar sensor could help create close pass risk map for cyclists – as researchers find direct link between near misses and driver collisions
Researchers from the University of Washington have built a small sensor that plugs into a handlebar and tracks close passes from motorists, which they say could eventually help cyclists find safer cit...
road.cc
May 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Been a busy week with a wee jaunt to Bristol and trying to get work sorted for a week off. OoO run to clear the head ahead of some time off with the family 🥰

#spring
##trailrunning
#crafbeer
#BESS
Vivid green filed with some long shadows cast. Blue sky with some thin white clouds. Some low lying hills in the middle ground. Some trees to the left at the edge of a shaded field. Sky is blue with lots of thin white cloud. A hazy beet in a tulip glass with some red vertices line decoration. The glass. Is on a marbled counter with a grey wall behind it. To the right of it is the can, blue with some black and white waves and white writing on it. The green metal fence surrounding the Battery site I visited for work. A smaller wooden gate is to the right with a path leading into the distance. A colleguengot caught in the pic on the right edge with a black top and white hard hat. Behind him are the back ends of some lorries.
April 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Had an hours Teams meeting. One of those ones you know you're not going to have to speak on. Stuck my headphones in and squeezed in a half hour run in the spring sun 😎
#runningmeeting
#zone2
#spring
View over a filed I ran pass. Blue sky, a few white clouds on the horizon. Leaf less trees to the left and right of the picture. A green field viewed through a leaf less headgrow bush. Sky is hazy with clouds. Wired headphones I used to listen into my teams call
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Long run out and back along the start of the West Highland. So lucky to have this on my doorstep!

#Weekendwarrior
#longrun
#trailrunning
#WHW
View of the furthest point I got to.on the trail today. Some scrub to the left. Path is of centre to the right with some trees top right on a slight embankment.
March 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Weekend trip to the barbers with the offspring. Took the bikes of course. Wee Colpies ice cream as a treat 😋
#activetravel
#bikes
Picture of our bikes locked up. Picture of the offspring with their ice creams. Faces obscured with red blobs.
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Easy run last night up to the west highland way and back. Such a clear night, spotted a couple of deer out as well 😍

#trailrunning
#zone2
#nature
#whw
View over town from the West Highland Way at night. The trail lit up by my head torch. The two deer are visible if you zoom in.
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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What a cracking day for today's long weekend run, proper spring feels! Up to the resevoir then back via the shops for Sunday dinner supplies. Cheeky wee beer in the garden to "rehydrate" 😉

#longrun
#weekendwarrior
#activetravel
Blue sky reflected in the resevoir. Surrounded by trees White and purple wild crocus' Bag in the weighing section of a self serve till Helles lager in a glass being held up o a ble sky with the sun hidden behind some thin clouds.
March 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM