Danny Yee

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police actions created the football stadium disaster in Malang - Washington Post
fishing for bicycles in Amsterdam's canals - World
three key things that are necessary for fixing UK public transport - Centre for Cities
traffic violence is the biggest school safeguarding issue - School Governing
how close is Ukrainian to Russian? - Oxford
King Charles on sustainable urban growth (from 2014) - Architectural Review
"The pedestrian must be at the centre of the design process. Streets must be reclaimed from the car."
Oxford to tighten Airbnb regulation - OxfordshireLive
a nice tube-style map of Oxford's bus routes - Reddit
source and updates here
our new government shows its stripes: 63p a month for the poorest and £150 a month for the richest - Guardian
background on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan fighting - EurasiaNet
my and Helen's current favourite source of music - Radio is a Foreign Country
we've had a very quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic - ArsTechnica
the end of an Oxford upper school in 2008 - Guardian
the challenges facing one Oxford primary school - Guardian
Zero Emission Zones fail to inhibit particulate pollution and road danger - Oxford Blog
charging should be based on size and weight, not just tailpipe emissions
should EV acceleration be legally limited for safety reasons? - WhichEV
linking cryptography and complexity: one-way functions and time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity - Quanta
The World Health Organisation recommended air pollution limits are 5μg/m³ for PM2.5 and 10μg/m³ for NO2 - Conversation
London's Direct Vision Standard has made HGVs safer - FleetPoint
trauma and slavery in Clarke's _Piranesi_ - Tor
"the car as we know it is fast becoming extinct; it is a relic of a former age" - Guardian
sounds from around the world - SoundCloud [via Roger Gilchrist]
lorem ipsum and the challenges of Latin translation - Antigone Journal
climb the stairs! - Treehugger
(another reason to build terraced housing)
HS2 is classified as an English and Welsh project, denying Wales railway funding... - Wales Online
a survey of noise pollution studies - Healthy Cities Commission
the UK's energy crisis and how to reduce costs - CarbonBrief
the many ways in which cars increasingly demand a greater allocation of road space - LTT Magazine [via @Phil_Goodwin99]
Operation Park Safe, Operation Close Pass - West Midlands Police seem streets ahead of Thames Valley Police - TransportXtra
In Defence of Pigeons - Conversation
how Airbnb is damaging local communities in north Wales - Guardian
a feminist history of bicycles - Bustle
is there any way we can get Brown back as prime minister? - Guardian
how Mumbai's urban design drives infectious diseases - Bloomberg
Google has its own in-house desktop Linux distribution - Computerworld [via @phaseit]
a nice backgrounder on Donald Knuth and his love for algorithms and stories - Quanta
tyre dust is killing fish - Guardian
England's heritage-listed bicycle sheds - Heritage Calling
the shortlist for the inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin prize - Electric Literature
finally, a convincing explanation of why plants are green - Quanta

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Danny Yee